(1270) Helgakviða Hundingsbana I (Old Norse)
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I Codex Regius manuscript Hér hefr upp kvæði frá Helga Hundingsbana ok þeira Höðbrodds. 1. Ár var alda, þat er arar gullu,hnigu heilög vötn af Himinfjöllum;þá hafði Helga inn hugumstóraBorghildr borit í Brálundi. 2. Nótt varð í bæ, nornir kómu,þær er öðlingi aldr of skópu;þann báðu fylki frægstan verðaok buðlunga beztan þykkja. 3. […]
(1270) Helgakviða Hundingsbana I (English)
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Here begins the poem of Helgi Hundingsbane and and that of Hodbrodd* 1. In olden days, | when eagles screamed,And holy streams | from heaven’s crags fell,Was Helgi then, | the hero-hearted,Borghild’s son, | in Bralund born. 2. ‘Twas night in the dwelling, | and […]
(1270) Lokasenna (Old Norse)
Lokasenna Codex Regius manuscript Ægir, er öðru nafni hét Gymir, hann hafði búit ásum öl, þá er hann hafði fengit ketil inn mikla, sem nú er sagt. Til þeirar veizlu kom Óðinn ok Frigg, kona hans. Þórr kom eigi, því at hann var í austrvegi. Sif var þar, kona Þórs, Bragi ok Iðunn, kona hans. […]
(1270) Lokasenna (English)
Lokasenna English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Ægir, who was also called Gymir, had prepared ale for the gods, after he had got the mighty kettle, as now has been told. To this feast came Othin and Frigg, his wife. Thor came not, as he was on a journey in the East. Sif, Thor’s […]
(1270) Hymiskviða (Old Norse)
Hymiskviða Codex Regius manuscript 1. Ár valtívar veiðar námuok sumblsamir, áðr saðir yrði,hristu teina ok á hlaut sáu;fundu þeir at Ægis örkost hvera. 2. Sat bergbúi barnteitr fyrmjök glíkr megi miskorblinda;leit í augu Yggs barn í þrá:“Þú skalt ásum oft sumbl gera.” 3. Önn fekk jötni orðbæginn halr,hugði at hefndum hann næst við goð,bað hann […]
(1270) Hymiskviða (English)
Hymiskviða English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 1. Of old the gods | made feast together,And drink they sought | ere sated they were;Twigs they shook, | and blood they tried:Rich fare in Ægir’s | hall they found. 2. The mountain-dweller | sat merry as boyhood,But soon like a blinded | man he seemed;The […]
(1270) Grímnismál (Old Norse)
Grímnismál Source: Codex Regius manuscript Frá sonum Hrauðungs konungs Hrauðungr konungr átti tvá sonu. Hét annarr Agnarr, en annarr Geirröðr. Agnarr var tíu vetra, en Geirröðr átta vetra. Þeir reru tveir á báti með dorgar sínar at smáfiski. Vindr rak þá í haf út. Í náttmyrkri brutu þeir við land ok gengu upp, fundu kotbónda […]
(1270) Grímnismál (English)
Grímnismál Of the sons of King Hrauthung King Hrauthung had two sons: one was called Agnar, and the other Geirröth. Agnar was ten winters old, and Geirröth eight. Once they both rowed in a boat with their fishing-gear to catch little fish; and the wind drove them out into the sea. In the darkness of […]