(1270) Atlamál hin Groenlenzku (English)
Atlamál hin Groenlenzku 1. There are many who know | how of old did menIn counsel gather; | little good did they get;In secret they plotted, | it was sore for them later,And for Gjuki’s sons, | whose trust they deceived. 2. Fate grew for the princes, | to death they were given;Ill counsel was […]
(1270) Atlakviða (English)
Atlakviða Guthrun, Gjuki’s daughter, avenged her brothers, as has become well known. She slew first Atli’s sons, and thereafter she slew Atli, and burned the hall with his whole company. Concerning this was the following poem made: 1. Atli sent | of old to GunnarA keen-witted rider, | Knefröth did men call him;To Gjuki’s home […]
(1270) Oddrúnarkviða (English)
Oddrúnarkviða Heithrek was the name of a king, whose daughter was called Borgny. Vilmund was the name of the man who was her lover. She could not give birth to a child until Oddrun, Atli’s sister, had come to her; Oddrun had been beloved of Gunnar, son of Gjuki. About this story is the following […]
(1270) Guðrúnarkviða in þriðja (English)
Guðrúnarkviða in þriðja Herkja was the name of a serving-woman of Atli’s; she had been his concubine. She told Atli that she had seen Thjothrek and Guthrun both together. Atli was greatly angered thereby. Then Guthrun said: 1. “What thy sorrow, Atli, | Buthli’s son?Is thy heart heavy-laden? | Why laughest thou never?It would better […]
(1270) Guðrúnarkviða in Forna (English)
Guðrúnarkviða in Forna King Thjothrek was with Atli, and had lost most of his men. Thjothrek and Guthrun lamented their griefs together. She spoke to him, saying: 1. A maid of maids | my mother bore me,Bright in my bower, | my brothers I loved,Till Gjuki dowered | me with gold,Dowered with gold, | and […]
(1270) Dráp Niflunga (English)
Dráp Niflunga Gunnar and Hogni then took all the gold that Fafnir had had. There was strife between the Gjukungs and Atli, for he held the Gjukungs guilty of Brynhild’s death. It was agreed that they should give him Guthrun as wife, and they gave her a draught of forgetfulness to drink before she would […]
(1270) Helreið Brynhildar (English)
Helreið Brynhildar After the death of Brynhild there were made two bale-fires, the one for Sigurth, and that burned first, and on the other was Brynhild burned, and she was on a wagon which was covered with a rich cloth. Thus it is told, that Brynhild went in the wagon on Hel-way, and passed by […]
(1270) Sigurðarkviða in Skamma (English)
Sigurðarkviða in skamma 1. Of old did Sigurth | Gjuki seek,The Volsung young, | in battles victor;Well he trusted | the brothers twain,With mighty oaths | among them sworn. 2. A maid they gave him, | and jewels many,Guthrun the young, | the daughter of Gjuki;They drank and spake | full many a day,Sigurth the […]
(1270) Guðrúnarkviða I (English)
Guðrúnarkviða I Guthrun sat by the dead Sigurth; she did not weep as other women, but her heart was near to bursting with grief. The men and women came to her to console her, but that was not easy to do. It is told of men that Guthrun had eaten of Fafnir’s heart, and that […]
(1270) Sigurðarkviða in Meiri (Enlgish)
Sigurðarkviða in Meiri Hogni spake: 1. “(What evil deed | has Sigurth) done,That the hero’s life | thou fain wouldst have?” Gunnar spake: 2. “Sigurth oaths | to me hath sworn,Oaths hath sworn, | and all hath broken;He betrayed me there | where truest allHis oaths, methinks, | he ought to have kept.” Hogni spake: […]