(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) 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 […]