(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) 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) 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) Grímnismál (Old Norse)
Grímnismál Source: Codex Regius manuscript Frá sonum Hrauðungs konungs Hrauðungr konungr átti tvá sonu. Hét annarr Agnarr, en annarr Geirröðr. Agnarr var tíu vetra, en Geirröðr átta vetra. Þeir reru tveir á báti með dorgar sínar at smáfiski. Vindr rak þá í haf út. Í náttmyrkri brutu þeir við land ok gengu upp, fundu kotbónda […]
(1270) Grímnismál (English)
Grímnismál Of the sons of King Hrauthung King Hrauthung had two sons: one was called Agnar, and the other Geirröth. Agnar was ten winters old, and Geirröth eight. Once they both rowed in a boat with their fishing-gear to catch little fish; and the wind drove them out into the sea. In the darkness of […]