• THE ELDER EDDAS & YOUNGER EDDAS

    *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND SIGFUSSON *** Produced by Paul Murray, Stephen Schulze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This ebook was produced using images from the University of Georgia Libraries. THE ELDER EDDAS OF SAEMUND SIGFUSSON. Translated from the Original Old Norse Text into English BY BENJAMIN…

  • L’Edda Poétique – Regis Boyer

  • Rígsþula – Rígsmál – The Lay of Ríg

    p. 202 https://archive.org/details/elderorpoeticedd01brayuoft/page/202/mode/2up?view=theater

  • BALDRS DRAUMAR – Vegtamskviða

    BALDRS DRAUMAR – Vegtamskviða Baldr’s Dreams INTRODUCTORY NOTE Baldrs Draumar is found only in the Arnamagnæan Codex, where it follows the Harbarthsljoth fragment. It is preserved in various late paper manuscripts, with the title Vegtamskvitha (The Lay of Vegtam), which has been used by some editors. The poem, which contains but fourteen stanzas, has apparently been preserved in excellent condition. Its…

  • Hrafnagaldr Óðins – Forspjallsljóð  – Odin’s raven-galdr

    Hrafnagaldr Óðins – Forspjallsljóð  – Odin’s raven-galdr 01 ODIN’S RAVEN-CHANT 1 Alföður orkar, Allfather works, 2 álfar skilja, elves understand, 3 vanir vitu, vanir know, 4 vísa nornir, norns reveal, 5 elur íviðja, íviðja gives birth, 6 aldir bera, men endure, 7 þreyja þursar, thurses wait, 8 þrá valkyrjur. valkyries yearn.  02 1 Ætlun æsir…

  • Gróttasöngr – The Lay of Grotti, or The Mill-Song

    Gróttasöngr – The Lay of Grotti, or The Mill-Song Introductory Note: Bellows for what ever reason decided not to include the Gróttasöngr in his rendition of the Poetic Edda. The translation used comes from Edda Sæmundar hinns frôða – The Edda of Sæmund the Learned. From the Old Norse or Icelandic with an Index of Person…

  • The Poem of Hyndla

    The Poem of Hyndla Fragment of « The Short Voluspo »

  • SVIPDAGSMOL

    The Ballad of Svipdag THE LAY OF FJOLSVITH

  • Grottasongr (La chanson de Grotti)

     Grottasongr (La chanson de Grotti) Le roi danois Frodi, contemporain de l’empereur romain Auguste, était réputé pour la longue période de paix et de prospérité qu’avait apporté son règne. Cet âge d’or était appelé « la paix de Frodi ». Cette prospérité et paix étaient alimentées par le moulin de Grotti, après la découverte de deux lourdes…

  • RIGSTHULA

  • HYNDLULJOTH

    HYNDLULJOTH http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe15.htm HYNDLULJOTH The Poem of Hyndla INTRODUCTORY NOTE The Hyndluljoth is found in neither of the great manuscripts of the Poetic Edda, but is included in the so-called Flateyjarbok (Book of the Flat Island), an enormous compilation made some where about 1400. The lateness of this manuscript would of itself be enough to cast a doubt…