(1270) Gróttasöngr (Old Norse)
Gróttasöngr Edda Sæmundar hinns frôða – The Edda of Sæmund the Learned. From the Old Norse or Icelandic with an Index of Person and Places. Part II by Benjamin Thrope. Skjöldr hét sonr Óðins, er Skjöldungar er frá komnir. Hann hafði atsetu ok réð löndum, þar sem nú er kölluð Danmörk, en þá var kallat […]
(1270) Gróttasöngr (English)
Gróttasöngr Edda Sæmundar hinns frôða – The Edda of Sæmund the Learned. From the Old Norse or Icelandic with an Index of Person and Places. Part II by Benjamin Thrope. Skjöldr was a son of Odin from whom the Skjöldungs are descended. He had his residence in and ruled the land that is now called […]
(1270) Sigrdrífumál (Old Norse)
Sigrdrífumál Source: Codex Regius manuscript Sigurðr reið upp á Hindarfjall ok stefndi suðr til Frakklands. Á fjallinu sá hann ljós mikit, svá sem eldr brynni, ok ljómaði af til himins. En er hann kom at, þá stóð þar skjaldborg ok upp ór merki. Sigurðr gekk í skjaldborgina ok sá , at þar lá maðr ok […]
(1270) Sigrdrífumál (English)
Sigrdrífumál English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Sigurth rode up on Hindarfjoll and turned southward toward the land of the Franks. On the mountain he saw a great light, as if fire were burning, and the glow reached up to heaven. And when he came thither, there stood a tower of shields, and above […]
(1270) Lokasenna (Old Norse)
Lokasenna Codex Regius manuscript Ægir, er öðru nafni hét Gymir, hann hafði búit ásum öl, þá er hann hafði fengit ketil inn mikla, sem nú er sagt. Til þeirar veizlu kom Óðinn ok Frigg, kona hans. Þórr kom eigi, því at hann var í austrvegi. Sif var þar, kona Þórs, Bragi ok Iðunn, kona hans. […]
(1270) Lokasenna (English)
Lokasenna English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Ægir, who was also called Gymir, had prepared ale for the gods, after he had got the mighty kettle, as now has been told. To this feast came Othin and Frigg, his wife. Thor came not, as he was on a journey in the East. Sif, Thor’s […]
(1270) Hárbarðsljóð (Old Norse)
Hárbarðsljóð Source: Codex Regius manuscript In Scene – Thor and Harbardr Þórr fór ór Austrvegi ok kom at sundi einu. Öðrum megin sundsins var ferjukarlinn með skipit. Þórr kallaði: 1. “Hverr er sá sveinn sveina, er stendr fyr sundit handan?” Ferjukarlinn kvað:2. “Hverr er sá karl karla, er kallar of váginn?” Þórr kvað:3. “Fer þú […]
(1270) Hárbarðsljóð (English)
Hárbarðsljóð English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Thor was on his way back from a journey in the East, and came to a sound; on the other side of the sound was a ferryman with a boat. Thor called out: 1. “Who is the fellow yonder, | on the farther shore of the sound?” […]