Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Yuletide lads - part 2

Sheep-Cote Clod
(Stekkjastaur)



The first of them was Sheep-Cote Clod.
He came stiff as wood,
to pray upon the farmer´s sheep
as far as he could.

He wished to suck the ewes,
but it was no accident
he couldn´t; he had stiff knees
- not to convenient.

English translation/Copyright © Hallberg Hallmundsson.

1 comment:

sandra said...

you know this one really does sound rude Elin. This bit about sucking the ewes is worryingly ambiguous... and then it just gets worse because he's too stiff to go through with it!!!

Filthy Vikings!!