(1270) Alvíssmál (Old Norse)
Alvíssmál Codex Regius manuscript Alvíss kvað: 1. “Bekki breiða, nú skal brúðr með mérheim í sinni snúask;hratat um mægi mun hverjum þykkja,heima skal-at hvíld nema.” Þórr kvað: 2. “Hvat er þat fira?Hví ertu svá fölr um nasar?Vartu í nótt með ná?Þursa líki þykki mér á þér vera;ert-at-tu til brúðar borinn.” Alvíss kvað: 3. “Alvíss ek […]
(1270) Alvíssmál (English)
Alvíssmál English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Alvis spake: 1. “Now shall the bride | my benches adorn,And homeward haste forthwith;Eager for wedlock | to all shall I seem,Nor at home shall they rob me of rest.” Thor spake: 2. “What, pray, art thou? | Why so pale round the nose?By the dead hast […]
(1270) Þrymskviða (Old Norse)
Þrymskviða Codex Regius manuscript 1. Vreiðr var þá Vingþórr er hann vaknaðiok síns hamars of saknaði,skegg nam at hrista, skör nam at dýja,réð Jarðar burr um at þreifask. 2. Ok hann þat orða alls fyrst of kvað:“Heyrðu nú, Loki, hvat ek nú mælier eigi veit jarðar hverginé upphimins:áss er stolinn hamri!” 3. Gengu þeir fagra […]
(1270) Þrymskviða (English)
Þrymskviða English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 1. Wild was Vingthor | when he awoke,And when his mighty | hammer he missed;He shook his beard, | his hair was bristling,As the son of Jorth | about him sought. 2. Hear now the speech | that first he spake:“Harken, Loki, | and heed my words,Nowhere […]
(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 […]