yew-bow

Updated: May 4, 2025

Fain was Gunnar Gold to lay down All wrongs to atone for, And Hogni in likewise; Then she asked who was fain Of faring straightly, The steed to saddle To set forth the wain, The horse to back, And the hawk to fly, To shoot forth the arrow From out the yew-bow.

- The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) : With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda