(1270) Sigurðarkviða in Meiri (Old Norse)
Sigurðarkviða in Meiri 1. Eldr nam at æsask en jörð at skjalfaok hár logi við himni gnæfa;fár treystisk þar fylkis rekkaeld at ríða né yfir stíga. 2. Sigurðr Grana sverði keyrði;eldr sloknaði fyrir öðlingi,logi allr lægðisk fyrir lofgjörnum,bliku reiði er Reginn átti— — — Brynhildr kvað: 3. “Sigurðr vá at ormi, en þat síðan munengum […]
(1270) Sigurðarkviða in Meiri (Enlgish)
Sigurðarkviða in Meiri Hogni spake: 1. “(What evil deed | has Sigurth) done,That the hero’s life | thou fain wouldst have?” Gunnar spake: 2. “Sigurth oaths | to me hath sworn,Oaths hath sworn, | and all hath broken;He betrayed me there | where truest allHis oaths, methinks, | he ought to have kept.” Hogni spake: […]
(1270) Helgakviða Hundingsbana II (Old Norse)
Helgakviða Hundingsbana II Codex Regius manuscript Sigmundr konungr Völsungsson átti Borghildi af Brálundi. Þau hétu son sinn Helga ok eftir Helga Hjörvarðssyni. Helga fóstraði Hagall. Hundingr hét ríkr konungr. Við hann er Hundland kennt. Hann var hermaðr mikill ok átti marga sonu, þá er í hernaði váru. Ófriðr ok dylgjur váru á milli þeira Hundings […]
(1270) Helgakviða Hundingsbana II (English)
Helgakviða Hundingsbana II English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 King Sigmund, the son of Volsung, had as wife Borghild, from Bralund. They named their son Helgi, after Helgi Hjorvarthsson; Hagal was Helgi’s foster-father. Hunding was the name of a powerful king, and Hundland is named from him. He was a mighty warrior, and had […]
(1270) Helgakviða Hundingsbana I (Old Norse)
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I Codex Regius manuscript Hér hefr upp kvæði frá Helga Hundingsbana ok þeira Höðbrodds. 1. Ár var alda, þat er arar gullu,hnigu heilög vötn af Himinfjöllum;þá hafði Helga inn hugumstóraBorghildr borit í Brálundi. 2. Nótt varð í bæ, nornir kómu,þær er öðlingi aldr of skópu;þann báðu fylki frægstan verðaok buðlunga beztan þykkja. 3. […]
(1270) Helgakviða Hundingsbana I (English)
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Here begins the poem of Helgi Hundingsbane and and that of Hodbrodd* 1. In olden days, | when eagles screamed,And holy streams | from heaven’s crags fell,Was Helgi then, | the hero-hearted,Borghild’s son, | in Bralund born. 2. ‘Twas night in the dwelling, | and […]