(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) Völundarkviða (Old Norse)
Völundarkviða Codex Regius manuscript Níðuðr hét konungr í Svíþjóð. Hann átti tvá sonu ok eina dóttur. Hon hét Böðvildr. Bræðr váru þrír, synir Finnakonungs. Hét einn Slagfiðr, annarr Egill, þriði Völundr. Þeir skriðu ok veiddu dýr. Þeir kómu í Úlfdali ok gerðu sér þar hús. Þar er vatn, er heitir Úlfsjár. Snemma of morgin fundu […]
(1270) Völundarkviða (English)
Völundarkviða English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 There was a king in Sweden named Nithuth. He had two sons and one daughter; her name was Bothvild. There were three brothers, sons of a king of the Finns: one was called Slagfith, another Egil, the third Völund. They went on snowshoes and hunted wild beasts. […]