(1270) Baldrs Draumar – Vegtamskviða (Old Norse)
Baldrs Draumar – Vegtamskviða Arnamagnæan Codex 1. Senn váru æsir allir á þingiok ásynjur allar á máli,ok um þat réðu ríkir tívar,hví væri Baldri ballir draumar. 2. Upp reis Óðinn, alda gautr,ok hann á Sleipni söðul of lagði;reið hann niðr þaðan niflheljar til;mætti hann hvelpi, þeim er ór helju kom. 3. Sá var blóðugr um […]
(1270) Baldrs Draumar – Vegtamskviða (English)
Baldrs Draumar – Vegtamskviða Arnamagnæan Codex 1. Once were the gods | together met,And the goddesses came | and council held,And the far-famed ones | the truth would find,Why baleful dreams | to Baldr had come. 2. Then Othin rose, | the enchanter old,And the saddle he laid | on Sleipnir’s back;Thence rode he down […]
(1270) Vafþrúðnismál (Old Norse)
Vafthruthnismol Source: Codex Regius manuscript Óðinn kvað:1. “Ráð þú mér nú, Frigg,alls mik fara tíðir at vitja Vafþrúðnis;forvitni mikla kveð ek mér á fornum stöfumvið þann inn alsvinna jötun.” Frigg kvað:2. “Heima letja ek mynda Herjaföðrí görðum goða;því at engi jötun ek hugða jafnrammansem Vafþrúðni vera.” Óðinn kvað:3. “Fjölð ek fór, fjölð ek freistaða,fjölð ek […]
(1270) Vafþrúðnismál (English)
Vafthrudnismol English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 Othin spake:1, “Counsel me, Frigg, for I long to fare,And Vafthruthnir fain would find;fit wisdom old with the giant wiseMyself would I seek to match.” Frigg spake:2. “Heerfather here at home would I keep,Where the gods together dwell;Amid all the giants an equal in mightTo Vafthruthnir know […]