(1270) Sólarljóð (Old Norse)
Sólarljóð The poem is sometimes included in various editions of the Poetic Edda, it has several elements that are clearly Christian and other elements that are Forn Seðr. 1. Fé ok fjörvi rænti fyrða kind sá hinn grimmi Greppr;yfir þá vegu, er hann varðaði, náði engi kvikr komask. 2. Einn hann át oft harðla, aldri […]
(1270) Sólarljóð (English)
Sólarljóð The poem is sometimes included in various editions of the Poetic Edda, it has several elements that are clearly Christian and other elements that are Forn Seðr. 1. Of life and property a fierce freebooter despoiled mankind; over the ways beset by him might no one living pass. 2. Alone he ate most frequently, […]
(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 […]