(1270) Hymiskviða (Old Norse)
Hymiskviða Codex Regius manuscript 1. Ár valtívar veiðar námuok sumblsamir, áðr saðir yrði,hristu teina ok á hlaut sáu;fundu þeir at Ægis örkost hvera. 2. Sat bergbúi barnteitr fyrmjök glíkr megi miskorblinda;leit í augu Yggs barn í þrá:“Þú skalt ásum oft sumbl gera.” 3. Önn fekk jötni orðbæginn halr,hugði at hefndum hann næst við goð,bað hann […]
(1270) Hymiskviða (English)
Hymiskviða English translation by Henry Adams Bellows 1923 1. Of old the gods | made feast together,And drink they sought | ere sated they were;Twigs they shook, | and blood they tried:Rich fare in Ægir’s | hall they found. 2. The mountain-dweller | sat merry as boyhood,But soon like a blinded | man he seemed;The […]
(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?” […]
(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 […]