pieces of "Völuspá"

..."Brœðr muno beriaz
ok at bǫnom verða[z]
muno systrungar
sifiom spilla.
Hart er í heimi,
hórdómr mikill
—skeggǫld, skálmǫld
—skildir ro klofnir—
vindǫld, vargǫld—
áðr verǫld steypiz.
Mun engi maðr
ǫðrom þyrma..."

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Translation to english

..."Brothers will fight
and kill each other,
sisters' children
will defile kinship.
It is harsh in the world,
whoredom rife
—an axe age, a sword age
—shields are riven—
a wind age, a wolf age—
before the world goes headlong.
No man will have
mercy on another..."

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*Völuspá (prophecy of the völva), is a poem of Poetic Edda, a famous edda in norse mythology. and narrates the story of the "genesis" of the world and everything that comes.
*völva where like the priestess in norse mythology