Editing Norns (section)

====''Reginsmál''====
As Snorri Sturluson stated in ''Gylfaginning'', one's fate depended on the Norn's good or bad will. In ''[[Reginsmál]]'', the water dwelling dwarf [[Andvari]] blames his plight on an evil norn, presumably one of the daughters of Dvalin:

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:2. "Andvari ek heiti,
:Óinn hét minn faðir,
:margan hef ek fors of farit;
:aumlig norn
:skóp oss í árdaga,
:at ek skylda í vatni vaða."<ref>[http://wayback.vefsafn.is/wayback/20070508161410/http://www.heimskringla.no/original/edda/reginsmal.php ''Reginsmál''] Guðni Jónsson's edition of the text with normalized spelling.</ref>
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:2. "Andvari am I,
:and Oin my father,
:In many a fall have I fared;
:An evil Norn
:in olden days
:Doomed me In waters to dwell."<ref>[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe23.htm ''The Ballad of Regin''] in translation by [[Henry Adams Bellows (businessman)|Henry Adams Bellows]] (1936), at Sacred Texts.</ref>
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