(1270) Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá (Old Norse)
Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá The poem is found only in manuscript antedating the seventeeth century 1. Útan garða hann sá upp of komaþursa þjóðar sjöt:“Hvat er þat flagða, er stendr fyr forgörðumok hvarflar um hættan loga? 2. Hvers þú leitar, eða hvers þú á leitum ert,eða hvat viltu, vinlaus, vita?Úrgar brautir árnaðu aftr heðan;átt-at-tu hér, verndar […]
(1270) Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá (English)
Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmá The poem is found only in manuscript antedating the seventeeth century 1. Before the house | he beheld one comingTo the home of the giants high. Svipdag spake: “What giant is here, | in front of the house,And around him fires are flaming?” Fjolsvith spake: 2. “What seekest thou here? | for […]
(1270) Völuspá in Skamma (Old Norse)
Völuspá in Skamma Flateyjarbok within the Hyndluljóð 1. Váru ellifu æsir talðir,Baldr er hné, við banaþúfu;þess lézk Váli verðr at hefna,síns of bróður sló hann handbana. 2. Var Baldrs faðir Burs arfþegi,Freyr átti Gerði, hon var Gymis dóttir,jötna ættar, ok Aurboðu;þó var Þjazi, þeira frændi,skrautgjarn jötunn, hans var Skaði dóttir. 3. Margt segjum þér ok […]
(1270) Völuspá in Skamma (English)
Völuspá in Skamma Flateyjarbok within the Hyndluljóð 1. Eleven in number | the gods were known,When Baldr o’er the hill | of death was bowed;And this to avenge | was Vali swift,When his brother’s slayer | soon he slew. 2. The father of Baldr | was the heir of Bur,Freyr’s wife was Gerth, | the […]
(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 […]