(1270) Guðrúnarkviða in Forna (Old Norse)
Guðrúnarkviða in Forna Þjóðrekr konungr var með Atla ok hafði þar látit flesta alla menn sína. Þjóðrekr ok Guðrún kærðu harma sín á milli. Hon sagði hánum ok kvað: 1. Mær var ek meyja, – móðir mik fæddi, –björt í búri, unna ek vel bræðrum, –unz mik Gjúki gulli reifði,gulli reifði, gaf Sigurði. 2. Svá […]
(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) Guðrúnarkviða I (Old Norse)
Guðrúnarkviða I Guðrún sat yfir Sigurði dauðum. Hon grét eigi sem aðrar konur, en hon var búinn til at springa af harmi. Til gengu bæði konur ok karlar at hugga hana, en þat var eigi auðvelt. Þat er sögn manna, at Guðrún hefði etit af Fáfnis hjarta ok hon skilði því fugls rödd. – Þetta […]
(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 […]