(1270) Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá (Old Norse)
Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá The poem is found only in manuscript antedating the seventeeth century 1. Útan garða hann sá upp of komaþursa þjóðar sjöt:“Hvat er þat flagða, er stendr fyr forgörðumok hvarflar um hættan loga? 2. Hvers þú leitar, eða hvers þú á leitum ert,eða hvat viltu, vinlaus, vita?Úrgar brautir árnaðu aftr heðan;átt-at-tu hér, verndar […]
(1270) Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá (English)
Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá The poem is found only in manuscript antedating the seventeeth century 1. Before the house | he beheld one comingTo the home of the giants high. Svipdag spake: “What giant is here, | in front of the house,And around him fires are flaming?” Fjolsvith spake: 2. “What seekest thou here? | for […]
(1270) Völuspá in Skamma (Old Norse)
Völuspá in Skamma Flateyjarbok within the Hyndluljóð 1. Váru ellifu æsir talðir,Baldr er hné, við banaþúfu;þess lézk Váli verðr at hefna,síns of bróður sló hann handbana. 2. Var Baldrs faðir Burs arfþegi,Freyr átti Gerði, hon var Gymis dóttir,jötna ættar, ok Aurboðu;þó var Þjazi, þeira frændi,skrautgjarn jötunn, hans var Skaði dóttir. 3. Margt segjum þér ok […]
(1270) Völuspá in Skamma (English)
Völuspá in Skamma Flateyjarbok within the Hyndluljóð 1. Eleven in number | the gods were known,When Baldr o’er the hill | of death was bowed;And this to avenge | was Vali swift,When his brother’s slayer | soon he slew. 2. The father of Baldr | was the heir of Bur,Freyr’s wife was Gerth, | the […]