(1270) Rígsþula (Old Norse)
Rígsþula Wormanius Codex Svá segja menn í fornum sögum, at einnhverr af ásum, sá er Heimdallr hét, fór ferðar sinnar ok fram með sjóvarströndu nökkurri, kom at einum húsabæ ok nefndist Rígr. Eftir þeiri sögu er kvæði þetta: 1. Ár kváðu ganga grænar brautiröflgan ok aldinn ás kunnigan,ramman ok röskvan Ríg stíganda. 2. Gekk hann […]
(1270) Rígsþula (English)
Rígsþula Wormanius Codex They tell in old stories that one of the gods, whose name was Heimdall, went on his way along a certain seashore, and came to a dwelling, where he called himself Rig. According to these stories is the following poem: 1. Men say there went | by ways so greenOf old the […]
(1270) Völuspá (English)
Völuspá English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 1. Hearing I ask | from the holy races,From Heimdall’s sons, | both high and low;Thou wilt, Valfather, | that well I relateOld tales I remember | of men long ago. 2. I remember yet | the giants of yore,Who gave me bread | in the days […]
(1270) Völuspá (Old Norse)
Völuspá Source: Codex Regius manuscript 1. Hljóðs bið ek allar helgar kindir,meiri ok minni mögu Heimdallar;viltu, at ek, Valföðr! vel framtelja forn spjöll fíra,þau er fremst um man. 2. Ek man jötna ár um borna,þá er forðum mik fœdda höfðu;níu man ek heima, níu íviði,mjötvið mœran fyr mold neðan. 3. Ár var alda þar er […]