Slow Havamal: 114

In verse 114, Odin counsels Loddfafnir that this sorceress will enchant him so he cares nothing for the advice of powerful men, nothing for food, or the company of friends. Instead, he will sleep sorrowfully.

We hear more of the pitfalls of bedding a sorceress. She has a power over her lover that renders him death-seeking—that is, he will do nothing to his own benefit, so deep is his obsession with her. It’s an enchantment that would prefer to cease to exist than to care for himself or others above his sorceress. But it’s set against the bitter sorrow of the intuition that this love can’t last, or has already ended.( Read more... )