Two questions and an Icelandic poem:

(1) sure, I'd read it, ya know, for the articles (and recipes!)... wait... there'd be pictures, too, right?

(2) society, sorority, sobriety, so-riot-ee, ... "soriety"? The word's new to me but not google, and I'm curious about its derivation and what it implies beyond "sorority".

The Farmer in Wet Weather

Goddess of drizzle,
driving your big
cartloads of mist
across my fields!
Send me some sun
and I'll sacrifice
my cow -- my wife --
my Christianity!

Date: 1826-8.

HEY KEVIN

Thanks for the catch.

The weird sisters hand in hand
Posters of the sea and land
Thus do go about, about
Thrice to thine, and thrice to mine
And thrice again to make up nine
Peace, the charm's wound up

-Macbeth Act I scene iii

I'm just sayin'

There'd be pictures?

HEY MB

Oh yessss.....there would be pictures.

Last Icelandic poem I read began; "There was a young lady from Thule....."

Ah, on second thought, skip it. Although I would like to see the related pictures!

:o)

Here is one poem in Icelandic, written by Egill Skallagrímsson (the murderous hero) in the 10. century:

Þat mælti mín móðir,
at mér skyldi kaupa
fley ok fagrar árar,
fara á brott með víkingum,
standa upp í stafni,
stýra dýrum knerri,
halda svá til hafnar
höggva mann ok annan.

Here it is in english;
Þat mælti mín móðir,
at mér skyldi kaupa
fley ok fagrar árar,
fara á brott með víkingum,
standa upp í stafni,
stýra dýrum knerri,
halda svá til hafnar
höggva mann ok annan.

Here it is in english:

Thus spake my mother
That for me should they buy
A barque and beauteous oars
To go forth with vikings.
Stand in the stern,
Steer a dear vessel,
Hold course for a haven,
Hew down many foemen.

She wouldn´t though be study this very much as it is a children´s poem, most children learn it at an early age, sadly we can´t use this militaristic spirit in a real military.