(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 […]
(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) Vafþrúðnismál (Old Norse)
Vafthruthnismol Source: Codex Regius manuscript Óðinn kvað:1. “Ráð þú mér nú, Frigg,alls mik fara tíðir at vitja Vafþrúðnis;forvitni mikla kveð ek mér á fornum stöfumvið þann inn alsvinna jötun.” Frigg kvað:2. “Heima letja ek mynda Herjaföðrí görðum goða;því at engi jötun ek hugða jafnrammansem Vafþrúðni vera.” Óðinn kvað:3. “Fjölð ek fór, fjölð ek freistaða,fjölð ek […]
(1270) Vafþrúðnismál (English)
Vafthrudnismol English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Othin spake:1, “Counsel me, Frigg, for I long to fare,And Vafthruthnir fain would find;fit wisdom old with the giant wiseMyself would I seek to match.” Frigg spake:2. “Heerfather here at home would I keep,Where the gods together dwell;Amid all the giants an equal in mightTo Vafthruthnir know […]
(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 […]