{ "book": "poetic-edda", "title": "Poetic Edda", "sub": "The Old Norse poems of gods and heroes · 33 poems and 2 prose links", "credit": "Old Norse: Sophus Bugge (ed.), Norrœn fornkvæði, almindelig kaldet Sæmundar Edda hins fróða (Christiania: P. T. Malling, 1867; public domain), as transcribed by Tor Gjerde at etext.old.no; Bugge prints the manuscripts' own spelling with abbreviations written out (Völuspá in his normalised text), and his notes, crux marks and brackets are left out. English: Henry Adams Bellows, The Poetic Edda (New York: American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1923; public domain), from Project Gutenberg eBook #73533, with his notes left out and dashes replaced. Passages follow Bellows' stanza order and numbering; where the two editions divide or order stanzas differently they are matched by content.", "order": [ "voluspa", "havamal", "vafthrudnismal", "grimnismal", "skirnismal", "harbardsljod", "hymiskvida", "lokasenna", "thrymskvida", "alvissmal", "baldrs-draumar", "rigsthula", "hyndluljod", "svipdagsmal", "volundarkvida", "helgakvida-hjorvardssonar", "helgakvida-hundingsbana-1", "helgakvida-hundingsbana-2", "fra-dauda-sinfjotla", "gripisspa", "reginsmal", "fafnismal", "sigrdrifumal", "brot", "gudrunarkvida-1", "sigurdarkvida-skamma", "helreid-brynhildar", "drap-niflunga", "gudrunarkvida-2", "gudrunarkvida-3", "oddrunargratr", "atlakvida", "atlamal", "gudrunarhvot", "hamdismal" ], "titles": { "voluspa": "Voluspa: The Prophecy of the Seeress", "havamal": "Havamal: The Sayings of the High One", "vafthrudnismal": "Vafthrudnismal: The Lay of Vafthrudnir", "grimnismal": "Grimnismal: The Lay of Grimnir", "skirnismal": "Skirnismal: The Lay of Skirnir", "harbardsljod": "Harbardsljod: The Song of Harbard", "hymiskvida": "Hymiskvida: The Lay of Hymir", "lokasenna": "Lokasenna: Loki’s Quarrel", "thrymskvida": "Thrymskvida: The Lay of Thrym", "alvissmal": "Alvissmal: The Lay of Alvis", "baldrs-draumar": "Baldrs Draumar: Baldr’s Dreams", "rigsthula": "Rigsthula: The Lay of Rig", "hyndluljod": "Hyndluljod: The Song of Hyndla", "svipdagsmal": "Svipdagsmal: The Lay of Svipdag", "volundarkvida": "Volundarkvida: The Lay of Volund", "helgakvida-hjorvardssonar": "Helgakvida Hjorvardssonar: The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvard", "helgakvida-hundingsbana-1": "Helgakvida Hundingsbana I: The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane", "helgakvida-hundingsbana-2": "Helgakvida Hundingsbana II: The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane", "fra-dauda-sinfjotla": "Fra Dauda Sinfjotla: Of Sinfjotli’s Death", "gripisspa": "Gripisspa: Gripir’s Prophecy", "reginsmal": "Reginsmal: The Lay of Regin", "fafnismal": "Fafnismal: The Lay of Fafnir", "sigrdrifumal": "Sigrdrifumal: The Lay of Sigrdrifa", "brot": "Brot af Sigurdarkvidu: Fragment of a Sigurd Lay", "gudrunarkvida-1": "Gudrunarkvida I: The First Lay of Gudrun", "sigurdarkvida-skamma": "Sigurdarkvida in skamma: The Short Lay of Sigurd", "helreid-brynhildar": "Helreid Brynhildar: Brynhild’s Ride to Hel", "drap-niflunga": "Drap Niflunga: The Slaying of the Niflungs", "gudrunarkvida-2": "Gudrunarkvida II: The Second Lay of Gudrun", "gudrunarkvida-3": "Gudrunarkvida III: The Third Lay of Gudrun", "oddrunargratr": "Oddrunargratr: Oddrun’s Lament", "atlakvida": "Atlakvida: The Lay of Atli", "atlamal": "Atlamal: The Greenland Ballad of Atli", "gudrunarhvot": "Gudrunarhvot: Gudrun’s Inciting", "hamdismal": "Hamdismal: The Lay of Hamdir" }, "subs": { "voluspa": "A seeress tells Othin how the world began and how it will end at Ragnarok", "havamal": "Othin’s advice on guests, friendship and wisdom, his winning of the mead, and his runes and spells", "vafthrudnismal": "Othin visits a wise giant and they stake their heads on a contest of lore", "grimnismal": "Othin, tortured between two fires by King Geirroth, reveals the halls of the gods and his own names", "skirnismal": "Freyr’s servant Skirnir rides to woo the giant maiden Gerth for his master, by gifts and then by threats", "harbardsljod": "Thor, wanting to cross a sound, trades boasts and insults with the ferryman Harbard, who is Othin in disguise", "hymiskvida": "Thor fetches a great kettle from the giant Hymir and hooks the World Serpent while fishing", "lokasenna": "At Ægir’s feast Loki insults each god and goddess in turn until Thor arrives", "thrymskvida": "A giant steals Thor’s hammer, and Thor goes to the wedding disguised as Freyja to win it back", "alvissmal": "Thor keeps a dwarf who wants his daughter talking about the names of things until the sun rises", "baldrs-draumar": "Othin rides to the underworld and wakes a dead seeress to learn Baldr’s fate", "rigsthula": "The god Rig visits three homes and fathers the races of thralls, freemen and nobles", "hyndluljod": "Freyja makes the giantess Hyndla recite the ancestry of her favourite Ottar, with the Short Voluspa set inside", "svipdagsmal": "Svipdag wakes his dead mother for spells, then questions the giant watchman Fjolsvith to reach his bride Mengloth", "volundarkvida": "The smith Volund, lamed and imprisoned by King Nithuth, takes a terrible revenge and flies away", "helgakvida-hjorvardssonar": "Helgi wins his name and the Valkyrie Svava, outwits the giantess Hrimgerth, and dies in battle", "helgakvida-hundingsbana-1": "The birth and first battles of Helgi, and his fight with Hothbrodd for the Valkyrie Sigrun", "helgakvida-hundingsbana-2": "Helgi’s wooing of Sigrun, his death at her brother’s hand, and his return from the grave", "fra-dauda-sinfjotla": "A prose link: Sinfjotli is poisoned by his stepmother and Sigurth is born", "gripisspa": "Young Sigurth asks his uncle Gripir to foretell his whole life", "reginsmal": "The story of the otter’s ransom and the cursed gold, and Sigurth’s voyage to avenge his father", "fafnismal": "Sigurth kills the dragon Fafnir, hears the birds warn him, and kills Regin", "sigrdrifumal": "Sigurth wakes a sleeping Valkyrie, who teaches him runes and gives him counsel", "brot": "The end of a lost poem: the Gjukungs kill Sigurth and Brynhild laughs", "gudrunarkvida-1": "Gudrun sits unable to weep beside Sigurth’s body until his face is uncovered", "sigurdarkvida-skamma": "Brynhild drives Gunnar to kill Sigurth, then foretells the future and dies on his pyre", "helreid-brynhildar": "On her way to Hel, Brynhild answers a giantess who blames her", "drap-niflunga": "A prose link: Gudrun is married to Atli, who lures her brothers to their deaths", "gudrunarkvida-2": "Gudrun tells Thjothrek her sorrows: Sigurth’s death, the draught of forgetting, and marriage to Atli", "gudrunarkvida-3": "Accused of adultery, Gudrun clears herself by the ordeal of the boiling kettle", "oddrunargratr": "Atli’s sister Oddrun tells of her love for Gunnar and his death", "atlakvida": "Atli kills Gunnar and Hogni for the Niflung gold, and Gudrun takes revenge", "atlamal": "A longer retelling of the fall of the Gjukungs and Gudrun’s revenge on Atli", "gudrunarhvot": "Gudrun urges her sons to avenge their sister Svanhild and mourns her whole life", "hamdismal": "Hamdir and Sorli ride to avenge Svanhild on King Jormunrek and fall in his hall" }, "sections": { "voluspa": [ { "ref": "Voluspo 1", "orig": "„Hljóðs bið ek allar\nhelgar kindir,\nmeiri ok minni\nmögu Heimdallar;\nviltu, at ek, Valföðr!\nvel framtelja\nforn spjöll fíra,\nþau er fremst um man.", "en": "Hearing I ask from the holy races,\nFrom Heimdall’s sons, both high and low;\nThou wilt, Valfather, that well I relate\nOld tales I remember of men long ago." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 2", "orig": "Ek man jötna\nár um borna,\nþá er forðum\nmik fœdda höfðu;\nníu man ek heima,\nníu íviði,\nmjötvið mœran\nfyr mold neðan.", "en": "I remember yet the giants of yore,\nWho gave me bread in the days gone by;\nNine worlds I knew, the nine in the tree\nWith mighty roots beneath the mold." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 3", "orig": "Ár var alda\nþar er Ýmir bygði,\nvara sandr né sær\nné svalar unnir,\njörð fannsk æva\nné upphiminn,\ngap var ginnunga,\nen gras hvergi.", "en": "Of old was the age when Ymir lived;\nSea nor cool waves nor sand there were;\nEarth had not been, nor heaven above,\nBut a yawning gap, and grass nowhere." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 4", "orig": "Áðr Burs synir\nbjöðum um ypðu,\nþeir er Miðgarð\nmœran skópu;\nsól skein sunnan\ná salar steina,\nþá var grund gróin\ngrœnum lauki.", "en": "Then Bur’s sons lifted the level land,\nMithgarth the mighty there they made;\nThe sun from the south warmed the stones of earth,\nAnd green was the ground with growing leeks." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 5", "orig": "Sól varp sunnan,\nsinni mána,\nhendi inni hœgri\num himinjódyr;\nsól þat ne vissi\nhvar hon sali átti,\nmáni þat ne vissi\nhvat hann megins átti,\nstjörnur þat ne vissu\nhvar þær staði áttu.", "en": "The sun, the sister of the moon, from the south\nHer right hand cast over heaven’s rim;\nNo knowledge she had where her home should be,\nThe moon knew not what might was his,\nThe stars knew not where their stations were." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 6", "orig": "Þá gengu regin öll\ná rökstóla,\nginnheilug goð,\nok um þat gættusk;\nnátt ok niðjum\nnöfn um gáfu,\nmorgin hétu\nok miðjan dag,\nundorn ok aptan,\nárum at telja.", "en": "Then sought the gods their assembly-seats,\nThe holy ones, and council held;\nNames then gave they to noon and twilight,\nMorning they named, and the waning moon,\nNight and evening, the years to number." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 7", "orig": "Hittusk æsir\ná Iðavelli,\nþeir er hörg ok hof\nhátimbruðu,\nafla lögðu,\nauð smíðuðu,\ntangir skópu\nok tól görðu.", "en": "At Ithavoll met the mighty gods,\nShrines and temples they timbered high;\nForges they set, and they smithied ore,\nTongs they wrought, and tools they fashioned." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 8", "orig": "Tefldu í túni,\nteitir váru,\nvar þeim vettugis\nvant ór gulli;\nunz þrjár kvámu\nþursa meyjar\námátkar mjök\nór jötunheimum.", "en": "In their dwellings at peace they played at tables,\nOf gold no lack did the gods then know,\nTill thither came up giant-maids three,\nHuge of might, out of Jotunheim." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 9", "orig": "Þá gengu regin öll\ná rökstóla,\nginnheilug goð,\nok um þat gættusk:\nhverr skyldi dverga\ndrótt um skepja\nór brimi blóðgu\nok ór Bláins leggjum.", "en": "Then sought the gods their assembly-seats,\nThe holy ones, and council held,\nTo find who should raise the race of dwarfs\nOut of Brimir’s blood and the legs of Blain." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 10", "orig": "Þar var Móðsognir\nmæztr um orðinn\ndverga allra,\nen Durinn annarr;\nþeir mannlíkun\nmörg um görðu\ndvergar í jörðu,\nsem Durinn sagði.", "en": "There was Motsognir the mightiest made\nOf all the dwarfs, and Durin next;\nMany a likeness of men they made,\nThe dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 11", "orig": "Nýi, Niði,\nNorðri, Suðri,\nAustri, Vestri,\nAlþjófr, Dvalinn,\nNár ok Náinn,\nNípingr, Dáinn,\nBifurr, Bafurr,\nBömburr, Nori,\nÁnn ok Ánarr,\nÓinn, Mjöðvitnir.", "en": "Nyi and Nithi, Northri and Suthri,\nAustri and Vestri, Althjof, Dvalin,\nNar and Nain, Niping, Dain,\nBifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori,\nAn and Onar, Ai, Mjothvitnir." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 12", "orig": "Veggr ok Gandálfr,\nVindálfr, Þorinn,\nÞrár ok Þráinn,\nÞekkr, Litr ok Vitr,\nNýr ok Nýráðr,\nnú hefi ek dverga,\nReginn ok Ráðsviðr,\nrétt um talða.", "en": "Vigg and Gandalf, Vindalf, Thrain,\nThekk and Thorin, Thror, Vit and Lit,\nNyr and Nyrath, now have I told.\nRegin and Rathsvith, the list aright." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 13", "orig": "Fili, Kili,\nFundinn, Nali,\nHepti, Vili,\nHanarr, Svíurr,\nBillingr, Brúni,\nBildr ok Buri,\nFrár, Hornbori,\nFrægr ok Lóni,\nAurvangr, Jari,\nEikinskjaldi.", "en": "Fili, Kili, Fundin, Nali,\nHeptifili, Hannar, Sviur,\nFrar, Hornbori, Fræg and Loni,\nAurvang, Jari, Eikinskjaldi." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 14", "orig": "Mál er dverga\ní Dvalins liði\nljóna kindum\ntil Lofars telja,\nþeir er sóttu\nfrá salar steini\nAurvanga sjöt\ntil Jöruvalla.", "en": "The race of the dwarfs in Dvalin’s throng\nDown to Lofar the list must I tell;\nThe rocks they left, and through wet lands\nThey sought a home in the fields of sand." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 15", "orig": "Þar var Draupnir\nok Dólgþrasir,\nHár, Haugspori,\nHlévangr, Glóinn,\nDori, Ori,\nDúfr, Andvari,\nSkirfir, Virfir,\nSkafiðr, Ai.", "en": "There were Draupnir and Dolgthrasir,\nHor, Haugspori, Hlevang, Gloin,\nDori, Ori, Duf, Andvari,\nSkirfir, Virfir, Skafith, Ai." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 16", "orig": "Álfr ok Yngvi,\nEikinskjaldi,\nFjalarr ok Frosti,\nFinnr ok Ginnarr;\nþat man æ uppi,\nmeðan öld lifir,\nlangniðja tal\nLofars hafat.", "en": "Alf and Yngvi, Eikinskjaldi,\nFjalar and Frosti, Fith and Ginnar;\nSo for all time shall the tale be known,\nThe list of all the forbears of Lofar." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 17", "orig": "Unz þrír kvámu\nór því liði\nöflgir ok ástkir\næsir at húsi,\nfundu á landi\nlítt megandi\nAsk ok Emblu\nörlöglausa.", "en": "Then from the throng did three come forth,\nFrom the home of the gods, the mighty and gracious;\nTwo without fate on the land they found,\nAsk and Embla, empty of might." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 18", "orig": "Önd þau ne áttu,\nóð þau ne höfðu,\nlá né læti\nné litu góða;\nönd gaf Óðinn,\nóð gaf Hœnir,\nlá gaf Lóðurr\nok litu góða.", "en": "Soul they had not, sense they had not,\nHeat nor motion, nor goodly hue;\nSoul gave Othin, sense gave Hönir,\nHeat gave Lothur and goodly hue." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 19", "orig": "Ask veit ek standa,\nheitir Yggdrasill\nhár baðmr, ausinn\nhvíta auri;\nþaðan koma döggvar\nþærs í dala falla;\nstendr æ yfir grœnn\nUrðar brunni.", "en": "An ash I know, Yggdrasil its name,\nWith water white is the great tree wet;\nThence come the dews that fall in the dales,\nGreen by Urth’s well does it ever grow." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 20", "orig": "Þaðan koma meyjar\nmargs vitandi\nþrjár, ór þeim sal\ner und þolli stendr;\nUrð hétu eina,\naðra Verðandi,\nskáru á skíði,\nSkuld ina þriðju;\nþær lög lögðu,\nþær líf kuru\nalda börnum,\nörlög seggja.", "en": "Thence come the maidens mighty in wisdom,\nThree from the dwelling down ’neath the tree;\nUrth is one named, Verthandi the next,\nOn the wood they scored, and Skuld the third.\nLaws they made there, and life allotted\nTo the sons of men, and set their fates." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 21", "orig": "Þat man hon fólkvíg\nfyrst í heimi,\ner Gullveig\ngeirum studdu\nok í höll Hárs\nhana brendu;\nþrysvar brendu\nþrysvar borna,\nopt, ósjaldan,\nþó hon enn lifir.", "en": "The war I remember, the first in the world,\nWhen the gods with spears had smitten Gollveig,\nAnd in the hall of Hor had burned her,\nThree times burned, and three times born,\nOft and again, yet ever she lives." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 22", "orig": "Heiði hana hétu,\nhvars til húsa kom,\nvölu velspá,\nvitti hon ganda,\nseið hon hvars hon kunni,\nseið hon hugleikin,\næ var hon angan\nillrar brúðar.", "en": "Heith they named her who sought their home,\nThe wide-seeing witch, in magic wise;\nMinds she bewitched that were moved by her magic,\nTo evil women a joy she was." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 23", "orig": "Fleygði Óðinn\nok í fólk um skaut,\nþat var enn fólkvíg\nfyrst í heimi;\nbrotinn var borðveggr\nborgar ása,\nknáttu vanir vígská\nvöllu sporna.", "en": "On the host his spear did Othin hurl,\nThen in the world did war first come;\nThe wall that girdled the gods was broken,\nAnd the field by the warlike Wanes was trodden." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 24", "orig": "Þá gengu regin öll\ná rökstóla,\nginnheilug goð,\nok um þat gættusk:\nhvárt skyldu æsir\nafráð gjalda,\neða skyldu goðin öll\ngildi eiga.", "en": "Then sought the gods their assembly-seats,\nThe holy ones, and council held,\nWhether the gods should tribute give,\nOr to all alike should worship belong." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 25", "orig": "Þá gengu regin öll\ná rökstóla,\nginnheilug goð,\nok um þat gættusk:\nhverr hefði lopt allt\nlævi blandit\neða ætt jötuns\nÓðs mey gefna.", "en": "Then sought the gods their assembly-seats,\nThe holy ones, and council held,\nTo find who with venom the air had filled,\nOr had given Oth’s bride to the giants’ brood." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 26", "orig": "Þórr einn þar vá\nþrunginn móði,\nhann sjaldan sitr\ner hann slíkt um fregn;\ná gengust eiðar,\norð ok sœri,\nmál öll meginlig\ner á meðal fóru.", "en": "In swelling rage then rose up Thor,\nSeldom he sits when he such things hears,\nAnd the oaths were broken, the words and bonds,\nThe mighty pledges between them made." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 27", "orig": "Veit hon Heimdallar\nhljóð um fólgit\nundir heiðvönum\nhelgum baðmi;\ná sér hon ausask\naurgum forsi\naf veði Valföðrs.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "I know of the horn of Heimdall, hidden\nUnder the high-reaching holy tree;\nOn it there pours from Valfather’s pledge\nA mighty stream: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 28–29", "orig": "Ein sat hon úti,\nþá er inn aldni kom\nyggjungr ása\nok í augu leit.\nHvers fregnið mik?\nhví freistið mín?\nalt veit ek, Óðinn!\nhvar þú auga falt:\ní inum mœra\nMímis brunni;\ndrekkr mjöð Mímir\nmorgin hverjan\naf veði Valföðrs.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "Alone I sat when the Old One sought me,\nThe terror of gods, and gazed in mine eyes:\n“What hast thou to ask? why comest thou hither?\nOthin, I know where thine eye is hidden.”\nI know where Othin’s eye is hidden,\nDeep in the wide-famed well of Mimir;\nMead from the pledge of Othin each morn\nDoes Mimir drink: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 30", "orig": "Valði henni Herföðr\nhringa ok men,\nféspjöll spaklig\nok spáganda;\nsá hon vítt ok um vítt\nof veröld hverja.", "en": "Necklaces had I and rings from Heerfather,\nWise was my speech and my magic wisdom;\n. . . . .\nWidely I saw over all the worlds." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 31", "orig": "Sá hon valkyrjur\nvítt um komnar\ngörvar at ríða\ntil Goðþjóðar:\nSkuld hélt skildi,\nen Skögul önnur,\nGunnr, Hildr, Göndul\nok Geirskögul;\nnú eru talðar\nnönnur Herjans,\ngörvar at ríða\ngrund valkyrjur.", "en": "On all sides saw I Valkyries assemble,\nReady to ride to the ranks of the gods;\nSkuld bore the shield, and Skogul rode next,\nGuth, Hild, Gondul, and Geirskogul.\nOf Herjan’s maidens the list have ye heard,\nValkyries ready to ride o’er the earth." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 32", "orig": "Ek sá Baldri,\nblóðgum tívur,\nÓðins barni\nörlög fólgin:\nstóð um vaxinn\nvöllum hæri\nmjór ok mjök fagr\nmistilteinn.", "en": "I saw for Baldr, the bleeding god,\nThe son of Othin, his destiny set:\nFamous and fair in the lofty fields,\nFull grown in strength the mistletoe stood." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 33", "orig": "Varð af þeim meiði,\ner mér sýndisk,\nharmflaug hættlig,\nHöðr nam skjóta.\nBaldrs bróðir\nvar of borinn snemma,\nsá nam Óðins sonr\neinnættr vega.", "en": "From the branch which seemed so slender and fair\nCame a harmful shaft that Hoth should hurl;\nBut the brother of Baldr was born ere long,\nAnd one night old fought Othin’s son." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 34", "orig": "Þó hann æva hendr\nné höfuð kembði,\náðr á bál um bar\nBaldrs andskota.\nEn Frigg um grét\ní Fensölum\nvá Valhallar.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "His hands he washed not, his hair he combed not,\nTill he bore to the bale-blaze Baldr’s foe.\nBut in Fensalir did Frigg weep sore\nFor Valhall’s need: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 35", "orig": ". . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nÞá kná Vala\nvígbönd snúa,\nheldr váru harðgör\nhöpt ór þörmum.\nHapt sá hon liggja\nundir hvera lundi\nlægjarnlíki\nLoka áþekkjan;\nþar sitr Sigyn\nþeygi um sínum\nver vel glýjuð.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "One did I see in the wet woods bound,\nA lover of ill, and to Loki like;\nBy his side does Sigyn sit, nor is glad\nTo see her mate: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 36", "orig": "Á fellr austan\num eitrdala\nsöxum ok sverðum,\nSlíðr heitir sú.", "en": "From the east there pours through poisoned vales\nWith swords and daggers the river Slith.\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 37", "orig": "Stóð fyr norðan\ná Niðavöllum\nsalr ór gulli\nSindra ættar;\nen annarr stóð\ná Ókólni,\nbjórsalr jötuns,\nen sá Brímir heitir.", "en": "Northward a hall in Nithavellir\nOf gold there rose for Sindri’s race;\nAnd in Okolnir another stood,\nWhere the giant Brimir his beer-hall had." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 38", "orig": "Sal sá hon standa\nsólu fjarri\nNáströndu á,\nnorðr horfa dyrr;\nféllu eitrdropar\ninn um ljóra,\nsá er undinn salr\norma hryggjum.", "en": "A hall I saw, far from the sun,\nOn Nastrond it stands, and the doors face north;\nVenom drops through the smoke-vent down,\nFor around the walls do serpents wind." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 39", "orig": "Sá hon þar vaða\nþunga strauma\nmenn meinsvara\nok morðvarga\nok þanns annars glepr\neyrarúnu;\nþar saug Níðhöggr\nnái framgengna,\nsleit vargr vera.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "I saw there wading through rivers wild\nTreacherous men and murderers too,\nAnd workers of ill with the wives of men;\nThere Nithhogg sucked the blood of the slain,\nAnd the wolf tore men; would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 40", "orig": "Austr sat in aldna\ní Járnviði\nok fœddi þar\nFenris kindir;\nverðr af þeim öllum\neinna nökkurr\ntungls tjúgari\ní trolls hami.", "en": "The giantess old in Ironwood sat,\nIn the east, and bore the brood of Fenrir;\nAmong these one in monster’s guise\nWas soon to steal the sun from the sky." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 41", "orig": "Fyllisk fjörvi\nfeigra manna,\nrýðr ragna sjöt\nrauðum dreyra;\nsvört verða sólskin\num sumur eptir,\nveðr öll válynd.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "There feeds he full on the flesh of the dead,\nAnd the home of the gods he reddens with gore;\nDark grows the sun, and in summer soon\nCome mighty storms: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 42", "orig": "Sat þar á haugi\nok sló hörpu\ngýgjar hirðir\nglaðr Egðir;\ngól um hánum\ní gaglviði\nfagrrauðr hani,\nsá er Fjalarr heitir.", "en": "On a hill there sat, and smote on his harp,\nEggther the joyous, the giants’ warder;\nAbove him the cock in the bird-wood crowed,\nFair and red did Fjalar stand." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 43", "orig": "Gól um ásum\nGullinkambi,\nsá vekr hölða\nat Herjaföðrs;\nen annarr gelr\nfyr jörð neðan\nsótrauðr hani\nat sölum Heljar.", "en": "Then to the gods crowed Gollinkambi,\nHe wakes the heroes in Othin’s hall;\nAnd beneath the earth does another crow,\nThe rust-red bird at the bars of Hel." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 44", "orig": "Geyr Garmr mjök\nfyr Gnípahelli;\nfestr man slitna,\nen freki renna.\nFjöld veit hon frœða,\nfram sé ek lengra,\num ragnarök\nrömm sigtíva.", "en": "Now Garm howls loud before Gnipahellir,\nThe fetters will burst, and the wolf run free;\nMuch do I know, and more can see\nOf the fate of the gods, the mighty in fight." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 45", "orig": "Brœðr munu berjask\nok at bönum verðask,\nmunu systrungar\nsifjum spilla;\nhart er í heimi,\nhórdómr mikill,\nskeggjöld, skálmöld,\nskildir ’ru klofnir,\nvindöld, vargöld,\náðr veröld steypisk;\nman engi maðr\nöðrum þyrma.", "en": "Brothers shall fight and fell each other,\nAnd sisters’ sons shall kinship stain;\nHard is it on earth, with mighty whoredom;\nAxe-time, sword-time, shields are sundered,\nWind-time, wolf-time, ere the world falls;\nNor ever shall men each other spare." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 46", "orig": "Leika Míms synir,\nen mjötuðr kyndisk,\nat inu gamla\nGjallarhorni;\nhátt blæss Heimdallr,\nhorn er á lopti;\nmælir Óðinn\nvið Míms höfuð.", "en": "Fast move the sons of Mim, and fate\nIs heard in the note of the Gjallarhorn;\nLoud blows Heimdall, the horn is aloft,\nIn fear quake all who on Hel-roads are." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 47", "orig": "Skelfr Yggdrasils\naskr standandi,\nymr it aldna tré,\nen jötunn losnar;\nhræðask allir\ná helvegum,\náðr Surtar þann\nsefi of gleypir.", "en": "Yggdrasil shakes, and shiver on high\nThe ancient limbs, and the giant is loose;\nTo the head of Mim does Othin give heed,\nBut the kinsman of Surt shall slay him soon." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 48", "orig": "Hvat er með ásum?\nhvat er með álfum?\ngnýr allr jötunheimr,\næsir ’ru á þingi;\nstynja dvergar\nfyr steindurum\nveggbergs vísir.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "How fare the gods? how fare the elves?\nAll Jotunheim groans, the gods are at council;\nLoud roar the dwarfs by the doors of stone,\nThe masters of the rocks: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 49", "orig": "Geyr nú Garmr mjök\nfyr Gnípahelli;\nfestr man slitna,\nen freki renna.", "en": "Now Garm howls loud before Gnipahellir,\nThe fetters will burst, and the wolf run free;\nMuch do I know, and more can see\nOf the fate of the gods, the mighty in fight." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 50", "orig": "Hrymr ekr austan,\nhefisk lind fyrir.\nSnýsk jörmungandr\ní jötunmóði:\normr knýr unnir,\nen ari hlakkar,\nslítr nái niðfölr.\nNaglfar losnar.", "en": "From the east comes Hrym with shield held high;\nIn giant-wrath does the serpent writhe;\nO’er the waves he twists, and the tawny eagle\nGnaws corpses screaming; Naglfar is loose." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 51", "orig": "Kjóll ferr austan,\nkoma munu Muspells\num lög lýðir,\nen Loki stýrir;\nfara fíflmegir\nmeð freka allir,\nþeim er bróðir\nByleists í för.", "en": "O’er the sea from the north there sails a ship\nWith the people of Hel, at the helm stands Loki;\nAfter the wolf do wild men follow,\nAnd with them the brother of Byleist goes." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 52", "orig": "Surtr ferr sunnan\nmeð sviga lævi,\nskínn af sverði\nsól valtíva.\nGrjótbjörg gnata,\nen gífr hrata;\ntroða halir helveg,\nen himinn klofnar.", "en": "Surt fares from the south with the scourge of branches,\nThe sun of the battle-gods shone from his sword;\nThe crags are sundered, the giant-women sink,\nThe dead throng Hel-way, and heaven is cloven." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 53", "orig": "Þá kemr Hlínar\nharmr annarr fram,\ner Óðinn ferr\nvið úlf vega,\nen bani Belja\nbjartr at Surti;\nþar man Friggjar\nfalla angan.\nGeyr nú Garmr mjök\nfyr Gnípahelli;\nfestr man slitna,\nen freki renna.", "en": "Now comes to Hlin yet another hurt,\nWhen Othin fares to fight with the wolf,\nAnd Beli’s fair slayer seeks out Surt,\nFor there must fall the joy of Frigg." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 54", "orig": "Þá kemr inn mikli\nmögr Sigföður\nViðarr vega\nat valdýri;\nlætr hann megi hveðrungs\nmund um standa\nhjör til hjarta;\nþá er hefnt föður.", "en": "Then comes Sigfather’s mighty son,\nVithar, to fight with the foaming wolf;\nIn the giant’s son does he thrust his sword\nFull to the heart: his father is avenged." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 55–56", "orig": "Þá kemr inn mœri\nmögr Hlóðynjar,\ngengr Óðins sonr\nvið orm vega;\ndrepr hann af móði\nMiðgarðs véurr;\nmunu halir allir\nheimstöð ryðja;\ngengr fet níu\nFjörgynjar burr\nneppr frá naðri\nníðs ókvíðnum.", "en": "Hither there comes the son of Hlothyn,\nThe bright snake gapes to heaven above;\n. . . . .\nAgainst the serpent goes Othin’s son.\nIn anger smites the warder of earth,\nForth from their homes must all men flee;\nNine paces fares the son of Fjorgyn,\nAnd, slain by the serpent, fearless he sinks." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 57", "orig": "Sól tér sortna,\nsígr fold í mar,\nhverfa af himni\nheiðar stjörnur;\ngeisar eimi\nok aldrnari,\nleikr hár hiti\nvið himin sjálfan.", "en": "The sun turns black, earth sinks in the sea,\nThe hot stars down from heaven are whirled;\nFierce grows the steam and the life-feeding flame,\nTill fire leaps high about heaven itself." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 58", "orig": "Geyr nú Garmr mjök\nfyr Gnípahelli;\nfestr man slitna,\nen freki renna.", "en": "Now Garm howls loud before Gnipahellir,\nThe fetters will burst, and the wolf run free;\nMuch do I know, and more can see\nOf the fate of the gods, the mighty in fight." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 59", "orig": "Sér hon upp koma\nöðru sinni\njörð ór œgi\niðjagrœna;\nfalla forsar,\nflýgr örn yfir,\nsá er á fjalli\nfiska veiðir.", "en": "Now do I see the earth anew\nRise all green from the waves again;\nThe cataracts fall, and the eagle flies,\nAnd fish he catches beneath the cliffs." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 60", "orig": "Finnask æsir\ná Iðavelli\nok um moldþinur\nmátkan dœma\nok minnask þar\ná megindóma\nok á Fimbultýs\nfornar rúnar.", "en": "The gods in Ithavoll meet together,\nOf the terrible girdler of earth they talk,\nAnd the mighty past they call to mind,\nAnd the ancient runes of the Ruler of Gods." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 61", "orig": "Þar munu eptir\nundrsamligar\ngullnar töflur\ní grasi finnask,\nþærs í árdaga\náttar höfðu.", "en": "In wondrous beauty once again\nShall the golden tables stand mid the grass,\nWhich the gods had owned in the days of old,\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 62", "orig": "Munu ósánir\nakrar vaxa,\nböls man alls batna,\nBaldr man koma;\nbúa þeir Höðr ok Baldr\nHropts sigtoptir\nvel valtívar.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "Then fields unsowed bear ripened fruit,\nAll ills grow better, and Baldr comes back;\nBaldr and Hoth dwell in Hropt’s battle-hall,\nAnd the mighty gods: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 63", "orig": "Þá kná Hœnir\nhlut við kjósa\nok burir byggja\nbrœðra tveggja\nvindheim víðan.\nVituð ér enn eða hvat?", "en": "Then Hönir wins the prophetic wand,\n. . . . .\nAnd the sons of the brothers of Tveggi abide\nIn Vindheim now: would you know yet more?" }, { "ref": "Voluspo 64", "orig": "Sal sér hon standa\nsólu fegra\ngulli þakðan\ná Gimlé;\nþar skulu dyggvar\ndróttir byggja\nok um aldrdaga\nynðis njóta.", "en": "More fair than the sun, a hall I see,\nRoofed with gold, on Gimle it stands;\nThere shall the righteous rulers dwell,\nAnd happiness ever there shall they have." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 65", "orig": "Þá kemr inn ríki\nat regindómi\nöflugr ofan,\nsá er öllu ræðr.", "en": "There comes on high, all power to hold,\nA mighty lord, all lands he rules.\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Voluspo 66", "orig": "Þar kemr inn dimmi\ndreki fljúgandi,\nnaðr fránn neðan\nfrá Niðafjöllum;\nberr sér í fjöðrum\nflýgr völl yfir,\nNiðhöggr nái.\nNú man hon sökkvask.“", "en": "From below the dragon dark comes forth,\nNithhogg flying from Nithafjoll;\nThe bodies of men on his wings he bears,\nThe serpent bright: but now must I sink." } ], "havamal": [ { "ref": "Hovamol 1", "orig": "Gattir allar,\naþr gangi fram,\nvm scoðaz scyli,\nvm scygnaz scyli;\nþviat ouist er at vita,\nhvar ovinir sitia\na fleti fyr.", "en": "Within the gates ere a man shall go,\nFull warily let him watch,\nFull long let him look about him;\nFor little he knows where a foe may lurk,\nAnd sit in the seats within." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 2", "orig": "Gefendr heilir!\ngestr er inn kominn,\nhvar scal sitia sia?\nmiok er braðr\nsa er a brꜹndom scal\nsins vm freista frama.", "en": "Hail to the giver! a guest has come;\nWhere shall the stranger sit?\nSwift shall he be who with swords shall try\nThe proof of his might to make." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 3", "orig": "Eldz er þꜹrf\nþeims inn er kominn\noc a kne kalinn;\nmatar oc vaða\ner manne þꜹrf\nþeim er hefir vm fiall fariþ.", "en": "Fire he needs who with frozen knees\nHas come from the cold without;\nFood and clothes must the farer have,\nThe man from the mountains come." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 4", "orig": "Vatz er þꜹrf\nþeim er til verþar kǫmr,\nþerro oc þioðlaþar,\ngoþs vm ǫþis,\nef ser geta mętti,\norþz oc endrþꜹgo.", "en": "Water and towels and welcoming speech\nShould he find who comes to the feast;\nIf renown he would get, and again be greeted,\nWisely and well must he act." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 5", "orig": "Vitz er þꜹrf\nþeim er viþa ratar,\ndǫlt er heima hvat;\nat ꜹgabragði verþr\nsa er ecci kann\noc meþ snotrom sitr.", "en": "Wits must he have who wanders wide,\nBut all is easy at home;\nAt the witless man the wise shall wink\nWhen among such men he sits." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 6", "orig": "At hyggiandi sinni\nscylit maþr hrǫsinn vera,\nhęldr gętinn at geði.\nÞa er horscr oc þꜹgull\nkǫmr heimisgarda til,\nsialdan verþr víti vorom;\nþviat obrigdra vin\nfǫr maþr aldregi,\nenn manvit micit.", "en": "A man shall not boast of his keenness of mind,\nBut keep it close in his breast;\nTo the silent and wise does ill come seldom\nWhen he goes as guest to a house;\nFor a faster friend one never finds\nThan wisdom tried and true." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 7", "orig": "Enn vari gestr,\ner til verþar kǫmr,\nþvnno hlioþi þegir,\neyrom hlydir,\nenn ꜹgom scodar;\nsva nysiz froþra hverr fyr.", "en": "The knowing guest who goes to the feast,\nIn silent attention sits;\nWith his ears he hears, with his eyes he watches,\nThus wary are wise men all." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 8", "orig": "Hinn er sęll,\ner sér um getr\nlof oc lícnstafi;\nodǫlla er við þat,\ner maþr eiga scal\nannars briostvm i.", "en": "Happy the one who wins for himself\nFavor and praises fair;\nLess safe by far is the wisdom found\nThat is hid in another’s heart." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 9", "orig": "Sa er sęll,\ner sialfr vm a\nlof oc uit, meþan lifir;\nþviat ill rað\nhefir maþr opt þegit\nannars briostom or.", "en": "Happy the man who has while he lives\nWisdom and praise as well,\nFor evil counsel a man full oft\nHas from another’s heart." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 10", "orig": "Byrþi betri\nberrat maþr brꜹto at,\nenn se manuit micit;\nꜹði betra\nþiccir þat i okvnnom stað,\nslict er valaþs vera.", "en": "A better burden may no man bear\nFor wanderings wide than wisdom;\nIt is better than wealth on unknown ways,\nAnd in grief a refuge it gives." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 11", "orig": "Byrdi betri\nberrat maþr brꜹto at,\nenn se manuit micit;\nvegnest verra\nvegra hann velli at,\nenn se ofdryccia ꜹls.", "en": "A better burden may no man bear\nFor wanderings wide than wisdom;\nWorse food for the journey he brings not afield\nThan an over-drinking of ale." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 12", "orig": "Era sva gott,\nsem gott qveþa,\nꜹl alda sona;\nþviat fora veít,\ner fleira dreccr,\nsins til geds gvmi.", "en": "Less good there lies than most believe\nIn ale for mortal men;\nFor the more he drinks the less does man\nOf his mind the mastery hold." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 13", "orig": "Ominnis hegri heitir\nsa er yfir ꜹlþrom þrvmir,\nhann stelr geði gvma;\nþess fvgls fiꜹdrom\nec fiotraþr varc\ni garði Gvnnlaþar.", "en": "Over beer the bird of forgetfulness broods,\nAnd steals the minds of men;\nWith the heron’s feathers fettered I lay\nAnd in Gunnloth’s house was held." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 14", "orig": "Avlr ec varð,\nvarþ ofrolvi\nat ins froða Fialars;\nþvi er ꜹlðr baztr,\nat aptr vf heimtir\nhverr sitt geð gvmi.", "en": "Drunk I was, I was dead-drunk,\nWhen with Fjalar wise I was;\n’Tis the best of drinking if back one brings\nHis wisdom with him home." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 15", "orig": "Þagalt oc hvgalt\nscyli þioðans barn\noc vigdiarft vera;\nglaþr oc reifr\nscyli gvmna hverr,\nvnnz sinn biþr bana.", "en": "The son of a king shall be silent and wise,\nAnd bold in battle as well;\nBravely and gladly a man shall go,\nTill the day of his death is come." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 16", "orig": "Ósniallr maþr\nhyggz mvno ey lifa,\nef hann viþ uíg varaz;\nenn elli gefr\nhanom engi friþ,\nþott hanom geirar gefi.", "en": "The sluggard believes he shall live forever,\nIf the fight he faces not;\nBut age shall not grant him the gift of peace,\nThough spears may spare his life." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 17", "orig": "Kópir afglapi,\ner til kynniss kǫmr,\nþylsc hann vm eþa þrvmir;\nalt er senn,\nef hann sylg um gętr,\nvppi er þa geþ gvma.", "en": "The fool is agape when he comes to the feast,\nHe stammers or else is still;\nBut soon if he gets a drink is it seen\nWhat the mind of the man is like." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 18", "orig": "Sa einn veit,\ner viða ratar\noc hefir fiolþ vm fariþ,\nhverio geði styrir\ngvmna hverr,\nsa er vitandi er vitz.", "en": "He alone is aware who has wandered wide,\nAnd far abroad has fared,\nHow great a mind is guided by him\nThat wealth of wisdom has." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 19", "orig": "Haldit maþr a keri,\ndrecki þo at hófi miꜹð,\nmęli þarft eða þegi;\nokynnis þess\nvár þic engi maþr,\nat þv gangir snemma at sofa.", "en": "Shun not the mead, but drink in measure;\nSpeak to the point or be still;\nFor rudeness none shall rightly blame thee\nIf soon thy bed thou seekest." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 20", "orig": "Graþvgr halr,\nnema geðs viti,\netr ser aldrtrega;\nopt fęr hlęgis,\ner meþ horscom kǫmr,\nmanni heimscom magi.", "en": "The greedy man, if his mind be vague,\nWill eat till sick he is;\nThe vulgar man, when among the wise,\nTo scorn by his belly is brought." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 21", "orig": "Hiarðir þat vito,\nnęr þér heim scolo,\noc ganga þa af grasi;\nenn osviþr maþr\nkann evagi\nsins vm mals maga.", "en": "The herds know well when home they shall fare,\nAnd then from the grass they go;\nBut the foolish man his belly’s measure\nShall never know aright." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 22", "orig": "Vęsall maþr\noc illa scapi\nhlęr at hvivetna;\nhitki hann veit,\ner hann vita þyrpti,\nat hann era vamma vanr.", "en": "A paltry man and poor of mind\nAt all things ever mocks;\nFor never he knows, what he ought to know,\nThat he is not free from faults." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 23", "orig": "Osviþr maþr\nvakir vm allar nętr\noc hyggr at hvivetna;\nþa er móþr\ner at morgni kǫmr,\nalt er vil sem var.", "en": "The witless man is awake all night,\nThinking of many things;\nCare-worn he is when the morning comes,\nAnd his woe is just as it was." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 24", "orig": "Osnotr maþr\nhyggr ser alla vera\nviðhlǫiendr vini;\nhitki hann fiþr,\nþot þeir vm hann fár lesi,\nef hann meþ snotrom sitr.", "en": "The foolish man for friends all those\nWho laugh at him will hold;\nWhen among the wise he marks it not\nThough hatred of him they speak." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 25", "orig": "Osnotr maþr\nhyggr ser alla vera\nviðhlǫiendr vini;\nþa þat finnr,\ner at þingi kǫmr,\nat hann a formęlendr fá.", "en": "The foolish man for friends all those\nWho laugh at him will hold;\nBut the truth when he comes to the council he learns,\nThat few in his favor will speak." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 26", "orig": "Osnotr maþr\nþicciz alt vita,\nef hann a ser i va vero;\nhitki hann veit,\nhvat hann scal við qveþa,\nef hans freista firar.", "en": "An ignorant man thinks that all he knows,\nWhen he sits by himself in a corner;\nBut never what answer to make he knows,\nWhen others with questions come." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 27", "orig": "Osnotr maþr\ner meþ aldir kǫmr,\nþat er bazt at hann þegi;\nengi þat veít,\nat hann ecci kann,\nnema hann męli til mart;\nueita maþr\nhinn er vetki ueit,\nþott hann męli til mart.", "en": "A witless man, when he meets with men,\nHad best in silence abide;\nFor no one shall find that nothing he knows,\nIf his mouth is not open too much.\nBut a man knows not, if nothing he knows,\nWhen his mouth has been open too much." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 28", "orig": "Froðr sa þycciz\ner fregna kann\noc segia it sama;\neyvito leyna\nmego yta seynir\nþvi er gengr vm gvma.", "en": "Wise shall he seem who well can question,\nAnd also answer well;\nNought is concealed that men may say\nAmong the sons of men." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 29", "orig": "Ǫrna męlir\nsa er ęva þegir\nstadlꜹso stafi;\nhraðmęlt tvnga,\nnema haldendr eigi,\nopt ser ogott vm gelr.", "en": "Often he speaks who never is still\nWith words that win no faith;\nThe babbling tongue, if a bridle it find not,\nOft for itself sings ill." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 30", "orig": "At ꜹgabragði\nscala maþr annan hafa,\nþott til kynniss komi;\nmargr þa froþr þicciz,\nef hann freginn erat\noc nai hann þvrrfiallr þrvma.", "en": "In mockery no one a man shall hold,\nAlthough he fare to the feast;\nWise seems one oft, if nought he is asked,\nAnd safely he sits dry-skinned." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 31", "orig": "Fróðr þicciz\nsa er flotta tecr\ngestr at gest hęðinn;\nveita gorla\nsa er vm verði glissir,\nþott hann meþ grꜹmom glami.", "en": "Wise a guest holds it to take to his heels,\nWhen mock of another he makes;\nBut little he knows who laughs at the feast,\nThough he mocks in the midst of his foes." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 32", "orig": "Gvmnar margir\nerosc gagnhollir,\nenn at virþi recaz;\naldar róg\nþat mvn ę vera,\norir gestr viþ gest.", "en": "Friendly of mind are many men,\nTill feasting they mock at their friends;\nTo mankind a bane must it ever be\nWhen guests together strive." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 33", "orig": "Arliga verþar\nscyli maþr opt fá,\nnema til kynnis komi;\nsitr oc snópir,\nlętr sem solginn se\noc kann fregna at fa.", "en": "Oft should one make an early meal,\nNor fasting come to the feast;\nElse he sits and chews as if he would choke,\nAnd little is able to ask." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 34", "orig": "Afhvarf micit\ner til illz vinar,\nþott a brꜹto bvi;\nenn til goðs vinar\nliggia gagnvegir,\nþot hann se firr farinn.", "en": "Crooked and far is the road to a foe,\nThough his house on the highway be;\nBut wide and straight is the way to a friend,\nThough far away he fare." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 35", "orig": "Ganga scal,\nscala gestr vera\ney í einom stað;\nlivfr verþr leiþr,\nef lengi sitr\nannars fletiom á.", "en": "Forth shall one go, nor stay as a guest\nIn a single spot forever;\nLove becomes loathing if long one sits\nBy the hearth in another’s home." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 36", "orig": "Bv er betra,\nþott litit se,\nhalr er heima hverr;\nþott tvęr geitr eigi\noc tꜹgreptan sal,\nþat er þo betra en bǫn.", "en": "Better a house, though a hut it be,\nA man is master at home;\nA pair of goats and a patched-up roof\nAre better far than begging." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 37", "orig": "Bv́ er betra,\nþott litit se,\nhalr er heima hverr;\nbloðvgt er hiarta\nþeim er biðia scal\nser i mál hvert matar.", "en": "Better a house, though a hut it be,\nA man is master at home;\nHis heart is bleeding who needs must beg\nWhen food he fain would have." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 38", "orig": "Vapnom sinom\nscala maþr velli á\nfeti ganga framarr;\nþviat ovíst er at vita,\nnęr verþr a vegom v́ti\ngeirs vm þꜹrf gvma.", "en": "Away from his arms in the open field\nA man should fare not a foot;\nFor never he knows when the need for a spear\nShall arise on the distant road." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 39", "orig": "Fiár sins,\ner fengit hefr,\nscylit maþr þꜹrf þola;\nopt sparir leidom\nþaz hefir liv́fom hvgat,\nmart gengr verr enn varir.", "en": "If wealth a man has won for himself,\nLet him never suffer in need;\nOft he saves for a foe what he plans for a friend,\nFor much goes worse than we wish." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 40", "orig": "Fanca ec mildan mann\neþa sva matar goðan,\nat ei vęri þiggia þegit,\neþa sins fiar\nsvagi giꜹflan,\nat leiþ se lꜹ́n, ef þegi.", "en": "None so free with gifts or food have I found\nThat gladly he took not a gift,\nNor one who so widely scattered his wealth\nThat of recompense hatred he had." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 41", "orig": "Vapnom oc váðom\nscolo vinir gleðiaz,\nþat er a sialfvm synst;\nviðrgefendr oc endrgefendr\nerosc lengst vinir,\nef þat biþr at verþa vel.", "en": "Friends shall gladden each other with arms and garments,\nAs each for himself can see;\nGift-givers’ friendships are longest found,\nIf fair their fates may be." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 42", "orig": "Vin sinom\nscal maþr vinr vera\noc gialda giof viþ giof;\nhlátr viþ hlátri\nscyli hꜹlþar taca,\nen lꜹsung viþ lygi.", "en": "To his friend a man a friend shall prove,\nAnd gifts with gifts requite;\nBut men shall mocking with mockery answer,\nAnd fraud with falsehood meet." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 43", "orig": "Vin sinom\nscal maþr vinr vera,\nþeim oc þess vin;\nenn ovinar sins\nscyli engi maþr\nvinar vinr vera.", "en": "To his friend a man a friend shall prove,\nTo him and the friend of his friend;\nBut never a man shall friendship make\nWith one of his foeman’s friends." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 44", "orig": "Veitztv, ef þv vin átt\nþann er þv vel trvir,\noc vill þv af hanom gott geta:\ngeði scaltv við þann blanda\noc giofom scipta,\nfara at finna opt.", "en": "If a friend thou hast whom thou fully wilt trust,\nAnd good from him wouldst get,\nThy thoughts with his mingle, and gifts shalt thou make,\nAnd fare to find him oft." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 45", "orig": "Ef þv átt annan\nþannz þv illa trvir,\nvildv af hanom þo gott geta:\nfagrt scaltv viþ þann męla,\nen flátt hyggia\noc gialda lꜹsvng viþ lygi.", "en": "If another thou hast whom thou hardly wilt trust,\nYet good from him wouldst get,\nThou shalt speak him fair, but falsely think,\nAnd fraud with falsehood requite." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 46", "orig": "Þat er enn of þann\ner þv illa trvir,\noc þer er grvnr at hans gedi:\nhlęia scaltv viþ þeim\noc vm hvg męla,\nglic scolo giold giofom.", "en": "So is it with him whom thou hardly wilt trust,\nAnd whose mind thou mayst not know;\nLaugh with him mayst thou, but speak not thy mind,\nLike gifts to his shalt thou give." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 47", "orig": "Vngr var ec forðom,\nfor ec einn saman,\nþa varð ec villr vega;\nꜹdigr þottvmz,\ner ec annan fann,\nmaþr er mannz gaman.", "en": "Young was I once, and wandered alone,\nAnd nought of the road I knew;\nRich did I feel when a comrade I found,\nFor man is man’s delight." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 48", "orig": "Mildir frǫcnir\nmenn bazt lifa,\nsialdan sv́t ala;\nen osniallr maþr\nvggir hotvetna,\nsytir ę glæyggr viþ giofom.", "en": "The lives of the brave and noble are best,\nSorrows they seldom feed;\nBut the coward fear of all things feels,\nAnd not gladly the niggard gives." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 49", "orig": "Vaðir minar\ngaf ec velli at\ntveim tremonnom;\nreccar þat þottvz,\ner þeir rift hofðo,\nneíss er neycqvidr halr.", "en": "My garments once in a field I gave\nTo a pair of carven poles;\nHeroes they seemed when clothes they had,\nBut the naked man is nought." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 50", "orig": "Hrꜹrnar þꜹll\nsv er stendr þorpi a,\nhlyrat henne bꜹrcr ne barr;\nsva er maþr\nsa er manngi ann,\nhvat scal hann lengi lifa?", "en": "On the hillside drear the fir-tree dies,\nAll bootless its needles and bark;\nIt is like a man whom no one loves,\nWhy should his life be long?" }, { "ref": "Hovamol 51", "orig": "Eldi heitari\nbrennr meþ illom vinom\nfriþr fimm daga;\nenn þa slocnar,\ner inn setti kǫmr,\noc versnar allr vinscapr.", "en": "Hotter than fire between false friends\nDoes friendship five days burn;\nWhen the sixth day comes the fire cools,\nAnd ended is all the love." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 52", "orig": "Micit eitt\nscala manne gefa,\nopt cꜹpir ser i litlo lof;\nmeþ halfom hleif\noc meþ hꜹllo keri\nfecc ec mer felaga.", "en": "No great thing needs a man to give,\nOft little will purchase praise;\nWith half a loaf and a half-filled cup\nA friend full fast I made." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 53", "orig": "Litilla sanda,\nlitilla sęva\nlitil ero geð gvma;\nþvi allir menn\nvrðot iafnspakir,\nhalb er ꜹld hvar.", "en": "A little sand has a little sea,\nAnd small are the minds of men;\nThough all men are not equal in wisdom,\nYet half-wise only are all." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 54", "orig": "Meþalsnotr\nscyli manna hverr,\nęva til snotr se;\nþeim er fyrða\nfegrst at lifa,\ner vel mart vito.", "en": "A measure of wisdom each man shall have,\nBut never too much let him know;\nThe fairest lives do those men live\nWhose wisdom wide has grown." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 55", "orig": "Meðalsnotr\nscyli manna hverr,\nęva til snotr se;\nþviat snotrs mannz hiarta\nverþr sialdan glatt,\nef sa er alsnotr, er á.", "en": "A measure of wisdom each man shall have,\nBut never too much let him know;\nFor the wise man’s heart is seldom happy,\nIf wisdom too great he has won." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 56", "orig": "Meðalsnotr\nscyli manna hverr,\nęva til snotr se;\norlꜹg sín viti\nengi maþr fyrir,\nþeim er sorgalꜹsastr sęvi.", "en": "A measure of wisdom each man shall have,\nBut never too much let him know;\nLet no man the fate before him see,\nFor so is he freest from sorrow." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 57", "orig": "Brandr af brandi brenn,\nvnnz brvnninn er,\nfvni qveykiz af fvna;\nmaþr af manni\nverþr at mali kvðr,\nenn til dǫlscr af dvl.", "en": "A brand from a brand is kindled and burned,\nAnd fire from fire begotten;\nAnd man by his speech is known to men,\nAnd the stupid by their stillness." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 58", "orig": "Ar scal risa\nsa er annars vill\nfe eþa fior hafa;\nsialdan liggiandi vlfr\nlęr vm gętr,\nne sofandi maþr sigr.", "en": "He must early go forth who fain the blood\nOr the goods of another would get;\nThe wolf that lies idle shall win little meat,\nOr the sleeping man success." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 59", "orig": "Ár scal rísa\nsa er á yrkendr fá\noc ganga sins verca a vit;\nmart vm dvelr\nþann er vm morgin sefr,\nhalfr er ꜹðr vnd hvꜹtom.", "en": "He must early go forth whose workers are few,\nHimself his work to seek;\nMuch remains undone for the morning-sleeper,\nFor the swift is wealth half won." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 60", "orig": "Þvrra sciða\noc þakinna nęfra\nþess kann maþr miot,\nþess viðar,\ner vinnaz megi\nmal oc missere.", "en": "Of seasoned shingles and strips of bark\nFor the thatch let one know his need,\nAnd how much of wood he must have for a month,\nOr in half a year he will use." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 61", "orig": "Þveginn oc mettr\nríði maþr þingi at,\nþot hann sęð vęddr til vel;\nscva oc bróca\nscammiz engi maþr,\nne hestz in heldr,\nþot hann hafið góðan.", "en": "Washed and fed to the council fare,\nBut care not too much for thy clothes;\nLet none be ashamed of his shoes and hose,\nLess still of the steed he rides,\nThough poor be the horse he has." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 62", "orig": "Snapir oc gnapir,\ner til sęvar kǫmr,\nǫrn a aldinn mar;\nsva er maþr,\ner meþ morgom komr\noc a formęlendr fá.", "en": "When the eagle comes to the ancient sea,\nHe snaps and hangs his head;\nSo is a man in the midst of a throng,\nWho few to speak for him finds." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 63", "orig": "Fregna oc segia\nscal froðra hverr,\nsa er vill heitinn horscr;\neinn vita,\nne annarr scal,\nþioþ veit, ef þriro.", "en": "To question and answer must all be ready\nWho wish to be known as wise;\nTell one thy thoughts, but beware of two,\nAll know what is known to three." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 64–65", "orig": "Ríki sit\nscyli radsnotra hverr\ni hófi hafa;\nþa hann þat finnr,\ner meþ frǫcnom kǫmr,\nat engi er einna hvatastr.\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\norða þeirra,\ner maþr ꜹðrom segir,\nopt hann giold vm getr.", "en": "The man who is prudent a measured use\nOf the might he has will make;\nHe finds when among the brave he fares\nThat the boldest he may not be.\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nOft for the words that to others one speaks\nHe will get but an evil gift." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 66", "orig": "Micilsti snemma\nkom ec i marga staði,\nenn til sið i svma;\nꜹl var drvccit,\nsvmt var olagat,\nsialdan hittir leiðr i lid.", "en": "Too early to many a meeting I came,\nAnd some too late have I sought;\nThe beer was all drunk, or not yet brewed;\nLittle the loathed man finds." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 67", "orig": "Her oc hvar\nmvndi mer heim vf boðit,\nef þyrptac at malvngi mat,\neða tvꜹ́ lęr hengi\nat ins tryggva vinar,\nþars ec hafða eit etiþ.", "en": "To their homes men would bid me hither and yon,\nIf at meal-time I needed no meat,\nOr would hang two hams in my true friend’s house,\nWhere only one I had eaten." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 68", "orig": "Eldr er beztr\nmeþ yta sonom\noc solar sýn,\nheilyndi sitt\nef maþr hafa nair\nán vid lꜹst at lifa.", "en": "Fire for men is the fairest gift,\nAnd power to see the sun;\nHealth as well, if a man may have it,\nAnd a life not stained with sin." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 69", "orig": "Erat maþr allz vesall,\nþott hann se illa heill;\nsvmr er af sonom sęll,\nsumr af frǫndom,\nsvmr af fe ǫrno,\nsvmr af vercom vel.", "en": "All wretched is no man, though never so sick;\nSome from their sons have joy,\nSome win it from kinsmen, and some from their wealth,\nAnd some from worthy works." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 70", "orig": "Betra er lifðom\nenn sę olifðom,\nęy getr qvicr kv;\neld sa ec vpbrenna\nꜹðgom manne fyr,\nenn v́ti var dꜹþr fyr dvrom.", "en": "It is better to live than to lie a corpse,\nThe live man catches the cow;\nI saw flames rise for the rich man’s pyre,\nAnd before his door he lay dead." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 71", "orig": "Haltr riðr hrossi,\nhiorð recr handarvanr,\ndꜹfr vegr oc dvgir;\nblindr ęr betri\nenn brendr se,\nnytr mangi náss.", "en": "The lame rides a horse, the handless is herdsman,\nThe deaf in battle is bold;\nThe blind man is better than one that is burned,\nNo good can come of a corpse." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 72", "orig": "Sonr er betri,\nþott se siþ of alinn\neptir genginn gvma;\nsialdan bꜹtarsteinar\nstanda brꜹto nęr,\nnema reisi niþr at nið.", "en": "A son is better, though late he be born,\nAnd his father to death have fared;\nMemory-stones seldom stand by the road\nSave when kinsman honors his kin." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 73", "orig": "Tveir ’ro eins heriar,\ntvnga er hꜹfuþs bani,\ner mer i hedin hvern\nhandar vęni.", "en": "Two make a battle, the tongue slays the head;\nIn each furry coat a fist I look for." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 74", "orig": "Nott verþr feginn\nsa er nesti trvir;\nscammar ’ro scips rár;\nhverb er hꜹstgrima;\nfiolþ vm vidrir\na fimm dꜹgom,\nenn meira a manaði.", "en": "He welcomes the night whose fare is enough.\nShort are the yards of a ship,\nUneasy are autumn nights;\nFull oft does the weather change in a week,\nAnd more in a month’s time." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 75", "orig": "Veita hinn\ner vętki veít:\nmargr verþr af ꜹðrom api;\nmaþr er ꜹðigr,\nannarr oꜹðigr,\nscylit þann vítca vár.", "en": "A man knows not, if nothing he knows,\nThat gold oft apes begets;\nOne man is wealthy and one is poor,\nYet scorn for him none should know." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 76", "orig": "Fvllar grindir\nsa ec fyr Fitivngs sonom,\nnv bera þeir vanar vǫl;\nsva er ꜹþr\nsem ꜹgabragð,\nhann er valtastr vina.", "en": "Among Fitjung’s sons saw I well-stocked folds,\nNow bear they the beggar’s staff;\nWealth is as swift as a winking eye,\nOf friends the falsest it is." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 77", "orig": "Deýr fe,\ndeyia frǫndr,\ndeyr sialfr it sama;\nenn orztírr\ndeyr aldregi\nhveim er ser goðan getr.", "en": "Cattle die, and kinsmen die,\nAnd so one dies one’s self;\nBut a noble name will never die,\nIf good renown one gets." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 78", "orig": "Deyr fę,\ndeyia frǫndr,\ndeyr sialfr it sama;\nec veit einn\nat aldri deýr:\ndomr vm dꜹþan hvern.", "en": "Cattle die, and kinsmen die,\nAnd so one dies one’s self;\nOne thing I know that never dies,\nThe fame of a dead man’s deeds." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 79", "orig": "Þat er þa reynt,\ner þv at rvnom spvrr\nenom reginkvnnom,\nþeim er gordo ginregin\noc fáði fimbvlþvlr,\nþa hefir hann bazt, ef hann þegir.", "en": "Certain is that which is sought from runes,\nThat the gods so great have made,\nAnd the Master-Poet painted;\n. . . . .\n. . . . . of the race of gods:\nSilence is safest and best." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 80", "orig": "Osnotr maþr\nef eignaz getr\nfe eþa flioðs mvnoð,\nmetnadr hanom þroaz,\nen manvit aldregi,\nfram gengr hann drivgt i dvl.", "en": "An unwise man, if a maiden’s love\nOr wealth he chances to win,\nHis pride will wax, but his wisdom never,\nStraight forward he fares in conceit." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 81", "orig": "At qveldi scal dag leyfa,\nkono er brend er,\nmęki er reynd er,\nmey er gefin er,\nís er yfir kǫmr,\nꜹl er drvccit er.", "en": "Give praise to the day at evening, to a woman on her pyre,\nTo a weapon which is tried, to a maid at wedlock,\nTo ice when it is crossed, to ale that is drunk." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 82", "orig": "I vindi scal við hꜹggva,\nvedri a sió róa,\nmyrkri viþ man spialla,\nmorg ero dags ꜹgo;\na scip scal scriðar orca,\nen a sciold til hlífar,\nmǫki hꜹggs,\nenn mey til kossa.", "en": "When the gale blows hew wood, in fair winds seek the water;\nSport with maidens at dusk, for day’s eyes are many;\nFrom the ship seek swiftness, from the shield protection,\nCuts from the sword, from the maiden kisses." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 83", "orig": "Við eld scal ꜹl drecca,\nen a ísi scriða,\nmargan mar cꜹ́pa,\nen meki sꜹrgan,\nheima hest feíta,\nen hvnd a bv́i.", "en": "By the fire drink ale, over ice go on skates;\nBuy a steed that is lean, and a sword when tarnished,\nThe horse at home fatten, the hound in thy dwelling." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 84", "orig": "Meyar orðom\nscyli manngi trva,\nne þvi er qvedr kona;\nþviat a hverfanda hveli\nvoro þeim hiorto scꜹpvð,\nbrigð i briost vm lagit.", "en": "A man shall trust not the oath of a maid,\nNor the word a woman speaks;\nFor their hearts on a whirling wheel were fashioned,\nAnd fickle their breasts were formed." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 85", "orig": "Brestanda boga,\nbrennanda loga,\nginanda vlfi,\ngalandi krako,\nrytanda svíni,\nrótlꜹsom viði,\nvaxanda vági,\nvellanda katli,", "en": "In a breaking bow or a burning flame,\nA ravening wolf or a croaking raven,\nIn a grunting boar, a tree with roots broken,\nIn billowy seas or a bubbling kettle," }, { "ref": "Hovamol 86", "orig": "Flivganda fleíni,\nfallandi báro,\nísi einnǫttom,\normi hringlęgnom,\nbrvdar bedmalom,\neþa brotno sverþi,\nbiarnar leici,\neða barni konungs,", "en": "In a flying arrow or falling waters,\nIn ice new formed or the serpent’s folds,\nIn a bride’s bed-speech or a broken sword,\nIn the sport of bears or in sons of kings," }, { "ref": "Hovamol 87", "orig": "Sivcom kalfi,\nsialfraða þręli,\nvꜹlo vilmęli,\nval nyfeldom.", "en": "In a calf that is sick or a stubborn thrall,\nA flattering witch or a foe new slain." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 88", "orig": "Broðvrbana sinom,\nþott a brꜹto męti,\nhvsi halfbrvnno,\nhesti alsciotvm\nþa er iór onýtr,\nef einn fotr brotnar,\nverþit maþr sva tryggr,\nat þesso trvi ꜹllo.", "en": "In a brother’s slayer, if thou meet him abroad,\nIn a half-burned house, in a horse full swift.\nOne leg is hurt and the horse is useless.\nNone had ever such faith as to trust in them all." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 89", "orig": "Akri ársánom\ntrvi engi maþr,\nne til snemma syni;\nveþr rǫdr akri,\nenn vit syni,\nhętt er þeirra hvart.", "en": "Hope not too surely for early harvest,\nNor trust too soon in thy son;\nThe field needs good weather, the son needs wisdom,\nAnd oft is either denied." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 90", "orig": "Sva er friþr qvenna\nþeirra er flát hyggia,\nsem aki io obryddom\na isi hálom,\nteitom tvevetrom,\noc se tamr illa,\neþa i byr óþom\nbeiti stiornlavso,\neþa scyli halltr henda\nhreín i þáfialli.", "en": "The love of women fickle of will\nIs like starting o’er ice with a steed unshod,\nA two-year-old restive and little tamed,\nOr steering a rudderless ship in a storm,\nOr, lame, hunting reindeer on slippery rocks." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 91", "orig": "Bert ec nv męli,\nþviat ec bęði veit,\nbrigðr er karla hvgr konom;\nþa ver fegrst melom,\ner ver flast hyggiom,\nþat tęlir horsca hvgi.", "en": "Clear now will I speak, for I know them both,\nMen false to women are found;\nWhen fairest we speak, then falsest we think,\nAgainst wisdom we work with deceit." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 92", "orig": "Fagrt scal męla\noc fę bióþa\nsa er vill fliods ast fá,\nliki leyfa\nens liosa mans;\nsa fǫr er friár.", "en": "Soft words shall he speak and wealth shall he offer\nWho longs for a maiden’s love,\nAnd the beauty praise of the maiden bright;\nHe wins whose wooing is best." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 93", "orig": "Astar firna\nscyli engi maþr\nannan aldregi;\nopt fá á horscan,\ner a heimscan ne fá,\nlostfagrir litir.", "en": "Fault for loving let no man find\nEver with any other;\nOft the wise are fettered, where fools go free,\nBy beauty that breeds desire." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 94", "orig": "Eyuitar firna\ner maþr annan scal\nþess er vm margan gengr gvma;\nheimsca ór horscom\ngorir hꜹlþa sono\nsa inn matki mvnr.", "en": "Fault with another let no man find\nFor what touches many a man;\nWise men oft into witless fools\nAre made by mighty love." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 95", "orig": "Hvgr einn þat veit\ner býr hiarta nęr,\neinn er hann ser vm seva;\nꜹng er sot verri\nhveim snotrom manne\nenn ser ꜹngo at vna.", "en": "The head alone knows what dwells near the heart,\nA man knows his mind alone;\nNo sickness is worse to one who is wise\nThan to lack the longed-for joy." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 96", "orig": "Þat ec þa reynda,\ner ec i reyri sat\noc vęttac mins mvnar;\nhold oc hiarta\nvar mer en horsca mø̨r,\nþeygi ec hana at heldr hefic.", "en": "This found I myself, when I sat in the reeds,\nAnd long my love awaited;\nAs my life the maiden wise I loved,\nYet her I never had." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 97", "orig": "Billings mey\nec fann beðiom á\nsolhvita sofa;\niarls ynþi\nþótti mer ecci vera,\nnema viþ þat líc at lifa.", "en": "Billing’s daughter I found on her bed,\nIn slumber bright as the sun;\nEmpty appeared an earl’s estate\nWithout that form so fair." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 98", "orig": "„Av́c nęr apni\nscaltv, Oþinn! coma,\nef þv vilt þer męla man;\nalt ero oscꜹp,\nnema eínir viti\nslican lavst saman.“", "en": "“Othin, again at evening come,\nIf a woman thou wouldst win;\nEvil it were if others than we\nShould know of such a sin.”" }, { "ref": "Hovamol 99", "orig": "Aptr ec hvarf,\noc vnna þottomz,\nvisom vilia fra;\nhitt ec hvgða,\nat ec hafa mynda\ngeð hennar alt oc gaman.", "en": "Away I hastened, hoping for joy,\nAnd careless of counsel wise;\nWell I believed that soon I should win\nMeasureless joy with the maid." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 100", "orig": "Sva com ec nęst,\nat in nyta var\nvigdrot ꜹll vm vakin;\nmeþ brennandom liosom\noc bornom viþi,\nsva var mer vilstigr of vitaþr.", "en": "So came I next when night it was,\nThe warriors all were awake;\nWith burning lights and waving brands\nI learned my luckless way." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 101", "orig": "Oc nęr morni,\ner ec var enn vm kominn,\nþa var saldrot vm sofin;\ngrey eit ec þa fann\nennar góðo kono\nbvndit beðiom a.", "en": "At morning then, when once more I came,\nAnd all were sleeping still,\nA dog I found in the fair one’s place,\nBound there upon her bed." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 102", "orig": "Mꜹrg er góð męr,\nef gorva kannar,\nhugbrigd viþ hali;\nþa ec þat reynda,\ner iþ rádspaca\nteygða ec a flęrdir flióð;\nhaþvngar hverrar\nleitaþi mer it horsca man\noc hafða ec þess vętki vífs.", "en": "Many fair maids, if a man but tries them,\nFalse to a lover are found;\nThat did I learn when I longed to gain\nWith wiles the maiden wise;\nFoul scorn was my meed from the crafty maid,\nAnd nought from the woman I won." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 103", "orig": "Heima glaþr gvmi\noc viþ gesti reifr,\nsviþr scal vm sic vera,\nminnigr oc málvgr,\nef hann vill margfrodr vera,\nopt scal goðs geta;\nfimbvlfambi heitir\nsa er fátt kann segia,\nþat er osnotrs aþal.", "en": "Though glad at home, and merry with guests,\nA man shall be wary and wise;\nThe sage and shrewd, wide wisdom seeking,\nMust see that his speech be fair;\nA fool is he named who nought can say,\nFor such is the way of the witless." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 104", "orig": "Enn aldna iotvn ec sotta,\nnv em ec aptr vm kominn,\nfát gat ec þegiandi þar;\nmꜹrgom orþom\nmęlta ec i mínn frama\ni Svttvngs sǫlom.", "en": "I found the old giant, now back have I fared,\nSmall gain from silence I got;\nFull many a word, my will to get,\nI spoke in Suttung’s hall." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 105", "orig": "Rata mvnn\nletomc rv́ms vm fá\noc vm griot gnaga;\nyfir oc vndir\nstoðomc iotna vegir,\nsva hętta ec hꜹfði til.", "en": "The mouth of Rati made room for my passage,\nAnd space in the stone he gnawed;\nAbove and below the giants’ paths lay,\nSo rashly I risked my head." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 106", "orig": "Gvnnlꜹd mer vm gaf\ngvllnom stóli á\ndrycc ins dyra miaþar;\nill iþgiold\nlet ec hana eptir hafa\nsins ins heila hvgar,\nsins ins svara sęva.", "en": "Gunnloth gave on a golden stool\nA drink of the marvelous mead;\nA harsh reward did I let her have\nFor her heroic heart,\nAnd her spirit troubled sore." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 107", "orig": "Vel keyptz litar\nhefi ec vel notiþ,\nfáss er froþom vant;\nþviat Ódrerir\ner nv vpp kominn\ná alda vés iarþar.", "en": "The well-earned beauty well I enjoyed,\nLittle the wise man lacks;\nSo Othrörir now has up been brought\nTo the midst of the men of earth." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 108", "orig": "Ifi er mer á,\nat ec vęra en kominn\niotna gorðom or,\nef ec Gvnnladar ne nytac,\nennar goðo kono,\nþeirrar er lꜹgdomc arm yfir.", "en": "Hardly, methinks, would I home have come,\nAnd left the giants’ land,\nHad not Gunnloth helped me, the maiden good,\nWhose arms about me had been." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 109", "orig": "Ens hindra dags\ngengo hrimþvrsar\nHava ráþs at fregna\nHava hꜹllo í;\nat Bꜹlverci þeir spvrðo,\nef hann vęri meþ bꜹndom cominn\neþa hefdi hanom Svttvngr of sóit.", "en": "The day that followed, the frost-giants came,\nSome word of Hor to win,\nAnd into the hall of Hor;\nOf Bolverk they asked, were he back midst the gods,\nOr had Suttung slain him there?" }, { "ref": "Hovamol 110", "orig": "Bꜹ́geiþ Oðinn\nhygg ec at vnnit hafi;\nhvat scal hans trygðom trva?\nSvttvng svikinn\nhann let svmbli fra\noc grǫtta Gvnnlꜹðo.", "en": "On his ring swore Othin the oath, methinks;\nWho now his troth shall trust?\nSuttung’s betrayal he sought with drink,\nAnd Gunnloth to grief he left." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 111", "orig": "Mál er at þylia\nþvlar stóli a\nVrþar brvnni at;\nsa ec oc þagþac,\nsa ec oc hugþac,\nhlydda ec a manna mál;\nof rvnar heyrda ec dǫma,\nne vm rádom þꜹgðo\nHava hꜹllo at,\nHáva hollo i,\nheyrda ec segia sva:", "en": "It is time to chant from the chanter’s stool;\nBy the wells of Urth I was,\nI saw and was silent, I saw and thought,\nAnd heard the speech of Hor.\nOf runes heard I words, nor were counsels wanting,\nAt the hall of Hor,\nIn the hall of Hor;\nSuch was the speech I heard." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 112", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nnótt þv́ risat,\nnema á niósn ser\neþa þv leitir þer innan vt staðar.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nRise not at night, save if news thou seekest,\nOr fain to the outhouse wouldst fare." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 113", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nfiolkvnnigri kono\nscalatv i faðmi sofa,\nsva at hon lyki þic lidom.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nBeware of sleep on a witch’s bosom,\nNor let her limbs ensnare thee." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 114", "orig": "Hon sva gorir,\nat þu gáir eigi\nþings ne þioðans máls;\nmat þv villat\nne mannzkiss gaman,\nferr þv sorgafvllr at sofa.", "en": "Such is her might that thou hast no mind\nFor the council or meeting of men;\nMeat thou hatest, joy thou hast not,\nAnd sadly to slumber thou farest." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 115", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nannars kono\nteygðo þer aldregi\neyrarvno at.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nSeek never to win the wife of another,\nOr long for her secret love." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 116", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\na fialli eþa firði\nef þic fara tídir,\nfastv at virði vel.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nIf o’er mountains or gulfs thou fain wouldst go,\nLook well to thy food for the way." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 117", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nillan mann\nlattv aldregi\nohꜹpp at þer vita;\nþviat af illom manne\nfǫr þv aldregi\ngiold ens góða hvgar.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nAn evil man thou must not let\nBring aught of ill to thee;\nFor an evil man will never make\nReward for a worthy thought." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 118", "orig": "Ofarla bíta\nec sa einom hal\norð illrar kono;\nflaraþ tvnga\nvarþ hanom at fiorlagi\noc þeygi vm sanna sꜹc.", "en": "I saw a man who was wounded sore\nBy an evil woman’s word;\nA lying tongue his death-blow launched,\nAnd no word of truth there was." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 119", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nueitztv, ef þv vin át\nþannz þv vel trv́ir,\nfarþv at finna opt;\nþviat hrísi vegs\noc hávo grasi\nvegr er vętki treyþr.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nIf a friend thou hast whom thou fully wilt trust,\nThen fare to find him oft;\nFor brambles grow and waving grass\nOn the rarely trodden road." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 120", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\ngoðan mann teygðo þer\nat gamanrvnom\noc nem licnargaldr, meþan þv lifir.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nA good man find to hold in friendship,\nAnd give heed to his healing charms." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 121", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nvin þinom\nver þv aldregi\nfyrri at flavmslitom;\nsorg etr hiarta,\nef þv segia ne náir\neínhveriom allan hvg.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nBe never the first to break with thy friend\nThe bond that holds you both;\nCare eats the heart if thou canst not speak\nTo another all thy thought." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 122", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\norþom scipta\nþv scalt aldregi\nviþ osvinna apa;", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nExchange of words with a witless ape\nThou must not ever make." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 123", "orig": "Þviat af illom manne\nmvndo aldregi\ngoþs lꜹn vm geta;\nenn goðr maþr\nmvn þic gorva mega\nlicnfastan at lofi.", "en": "For never thou mayst from an evil man\nA good requital get;\nBut a good man oft the greatest love\nThrough words of praise will win thee." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 124", "orig": "Sifiom er þa blandat,\nhverr er segia ręþr\neinom allan hvg;\nalt er betra\nen se brigðom at vera,\nera sa uinr ꜹðrom er vilt eit segir.", "en": "Mingled is love when a man can speak\nTo another all his thought;\nNought is so bad as false to be,\nNo friend speaks only fair." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 125", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nþrimr orðom senna\nscalatu þer viþ verra mann;\nopt inn betri bilar,\nþa er inn verri vegr.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nWith a worse man speak not three words in dispute,\nIll fares the better oft\nWhen the worse man wields a sword." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 126", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nscósmíþr þv verir\nne sceptismiþr,\nnema þv sialfom þer ser;\nscór er scapaþr illa\neþa scapt se rangt,\nþa er þer bꜹls beðit.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nA shoemaker be, or a maker of shafts,\nFor only thy single self;\nIf the shoe is ill made, or the shaft prove false,\nThen evil of thee men think." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 127", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nhvars þv bꜹl kant,\nqveþþv þer bꜹlvi at\noc gefat þinom fiandom friþ.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nIf evil thou knowest, as evil proclaim it,\nAnd make no friendship with foes." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 128", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nillo feginn\nverþv aldregi,\nen lát þer at goðo getið.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nIn evil never joy shalt thou know,\nBut glad the good shall make thee." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 129", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nupp líta\nscalattv i orrosto\ngialti glikir\nverþa gvmna synir,\nsíþr þitt vm heilli halir.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nLook not up when the battle is on,\nLike madmen the sons of men become,\nLest men bewitch thy wits." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 130", "orig": "Radomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þu getr:\nef þv vilt þer goda kono\nqveþia at gamanrv́nom\noc fa fꜹgnvð af,\nfꜹgro scaldv heita\noc lata fast vera;\nleiþiz mange gott ef getr.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nIf thou fain wouldst win a woman’s love,\nAnd gladness get from her,\nFair be thy promise and well fulfilled;\nNone loathes what good he gets." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 131", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nvaran bid ec þic vera\noc eigi ofvaran,\nver þv viþ ꜹl varastr\noc viþ annars kono\noc viþ þat iþ þriðia,\nat þiofar ne leiki.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nI bid thee be wary, but be not fearful;\nBeware most with ale or another’s wife,\nAnd third beware lest a thief outwit thee." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 132", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nat háði ne hlátre\nhafðv aldregi\ngest ne ganganda.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nScorn or mocking ne’er shalt thou make\nOf a guest or a journey-goer." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 133", "orig": "Opt vito ogỏrla\nþeir er sitia inni fyr,\nhvers þeir ’ro kyns er koma;\nerat maþr sva goþr,\nat galli ne fylgi,\nne sva illr, at einvge dvge.", "en": "Oft scarcely he knows who sits in the house\nWhat kind is the man who comes;\nNone so good is found that faults he has not,\nNor so wicked that nought he is worth." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 134", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\nat három þvl\nhlęþv aldregi,\nopt er gott þat er gamlir qveþa;\nopt or scꜹrpom belg\nscilin orð coma,\nþeim er hangir meþ hám\noc skollir meþ scrám\noc váfir meþ vilmogom.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nScorn not ever the gray-haired singer,\nOft do the old speak good;\nOft from shrivelled skin come skillful counsels,\nThough it hang with the hides,\nAnd flap with the pelts,\nAnd is blown with the bellies." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 135", "orig": "Raðomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þv getr:\ngest þv ne geyia\nne a grind hrǫkir,\nget þv váloþom vel.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nCurse not thy guest, nor show him thy gate,\nDeal well with a man in want." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 136", "orig": "Ramt er þat tre\ner riþa scal\nꜹllom at vpploki;\nbꜹ́g þv gef,\neþa þat biðia mvn þer\nlęs hvers a liðo.", "en": "Strong is the beam that raised must be\nTo give an entrance to all;\nGive it a ring, or grim will be\nThe wish it would work on thee." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 137", "orig": "Raþomc þer, Loddfafnir!\nen þv ráð nemir,\nnióta mvndo ef þv nemr,\nþer mvno góð ef þu getr:\nhvars þv ꜹl dreckir,\nkios þv þer iarðar megin,\nþviat iorð tecr við ꜹlþri,\nenn eldr vid sóttom,\neik viþ abbindi,\nax við fiolkyngi,\nhꜹll viþ hýrogi,\nheiptom scal mána qveþia,\nbeiti viþ bitsóttom\nenn viþ bꜹlvi rv́nar,\nfold scal viþ floði taca.", "en": "I rede thee, Loddfafnir! and hear thou my rede,\nProfit thou hast if thou hearest,\nGreat thy gain if thou learnest:\nWhen ale thou drinkest, seek might of earth,\nFor earth cures drink, and fire cures ills,\nThe oak cures tightness, the ear cures magic,\nRye cures rupture, the moon cures rage,\nGrass cures the scab, and runes the sword-cut;\nThe field absorbs the flood." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 138", "orig": "Nv ero Hava mál qveðin\nHáva hꜹllo i\nallþꜹrf yta sonom,\noþꜹrf iotna sonom;\nheill sa er qvað!\nheill sa er kann!\nnióti sa er nam!\nheilir þeirs hlyddo!", "en": "Now are Hor’s words spoken in the hall,\nKind for the kindred of men,\nCursed for the kindred of giants:\nHail to the speaker, and to him who learns!\nProfit be his who has them!\nHail to them who hearken" }, { "ref": "Hovamol 139", "orig": "Vęit ec at ec hecc\nvindga meiði a\nnętr allar nío,\ngeiri vndaþr\noc gefinn Oðni,\nsialfr sialfom mer,\na þeim meiþi,\ner mangi veit,\nhvers hann af rótom renn.", "en": "I ween that I hung on the windy tree,\nHung there for nights full nine;\nWith the spear I was wounded, and offered I was\nTo Othin, myself to myself,\nOn the tree that none may ever know\nWhat root beneath it runs." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 140", "orig": "Við hleifi mic seldo\nne viþ hornigi,\nnysta ec niþr,\nnam ec vp rv́nar,\nǫpandi nam,\nfęll ec aptr þaðan.", "en": "None made me happy with loaf or horn,\nAnd there below I looked;\nI took up the runes, shrieking I took them,\nAnd forthwith back I fell." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 141", "orig": "Fimbvllióð nío\nnam ec af enom fregia syni\nBꜹlþorn Bestlo fꜹdvr;\noc ec dryc of gat\nens dyra miaðar\nꜹsinn Oðreri.", "en": "Nine mighty songs I got from the son\nOf Bolthorn, Bestla’s father;\nAnd a drink I got of the goodly mead\nPoured out from Othrörir." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 142", "orig": "Þa nam ec frǫvaz\noc froþr vera\noc vaxa oc vel hafaz;\norð mer af orði\norz leitaði,\nverc mer af verki\nvercs leitaþi.", "en": "Then began I to thrive, and wisdom to get,\nI grew and well I was;\nEach word led me on to another word,\nEach deed to another deed." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 143", "orig": "Rvnar mvnt þv finna\noc raðna stafi,\nmioc stóra stafi,\nmioc stinna stafi,\ner fáþi fimbvlþvlr\noc gorðo ginnregin\noc reist hroptr rꜹgna.", "en": "Runes shalt thou find, and fateful signs,\nThat the king of singers colored,\nAnd the mighty gods have made;\nFull strong the signs, full mighty the signs\nThat the ruler of gods doth write." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 144", "orig": "Oþinn meþ asom\nenn fyr alfom Dainn,\nDvalinn oc dvergom fyr,\nAsvidr\niotnom fyr,\nec reist sialfr svmar.", "en": "Othin for the gods, Dain for the elves,\nAnd Dvalin for the dwarfs,\nAlsvith for giants and all mankind,\nAnd some myself I wrote." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 145", "orig": "Veiztv hve rista scal?\nveiztv hve raþa scal?\nveiztv hve fá scal?\nveiztv hve freista scal?\nveiztv hve bidia scal?\nveiztv hve blóta scal?\nveiztv hve senda scal?\nveiztv hve soa scal?", "en": "Knowest how one shall write, knowest how one shall rede?\nKnowest how one shall tint, knowest how one makes trial?\nKnowest how one shall ask, knowest how one shall offer?\nKnowest how one shall send, knowest how one shall sacrifice?" }, { "ref": "Hovamol 146", "orig": "Betra er obeþit\nenn se ofblotiþ,\nęy ser til gildis giof;\nbetra er osennt\nenn se ofsóit.\nSva Þvndr vm reist\nfyr þioþa rꜹc,\nþar hann vp vm reis\ner hann aptr of kom.", "en": "Better no prayer than too big an offering,\nBy thy getting measure thy gift;\nBetter is none than too big a sacrifice,\n. . . . .\nSo Thund of old wrote ere man’s race began,\nWhere he rose on high when home he came." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 147", "orig": "Lioþ ec þꜹ kann,\ner kannat þioðans kona\noc mannzcis mꜹgr;\nhialp heitir eitt,\nenn þat þer hialpa mvn\nviþ sꜹcom oc sorgom\noc svtom gorvollom.", "en": "The songs I know that king’s wives know not,\nNor men that are sons of men;\nThe first is called help, and help it can bring thee\nIn sorrow and pain and sickness." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 148", "orig": "Þat kann ec annat,\ner þvrfo yta synir\nþeir er vilia lęcnar liva:\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .", "en": "A second I know, that men shall need\nWho leechcraft long to use;\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 149", "orig": "Þat kann ec þriþia,\nef mer verþr þꜹrf micil\nhaptz viþ mina heiptmꜹgo:\neggiar ec deyfi\nminna andscota,\nbitaþ þeim vapn ne veler.", "en": "A third I know, if great is my need\nOf fetters to hold my foe;\nBlunt do I make mine enemy’s blade,\nNor bites his sword or staff." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 150", "orig": "Þat kann ec et fiorþa,\nef mer fyrðar bera\nbꜹnd at boglimom:\nsva ec gel,\nat ec ganga ma,\nsprettr mer af fótom fiotvrr,\nen af hꜹndom hapt.", "en": "A fourth I know, if men shall fasten\nBonds on my bended legs;\nSo great is the charm that forth I may go,\nThe fetters spring from my feet,\nBroken the bonds from my hands." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 151", "orig": "Þat kann ec it fimta,\nef ec se af fári scotinn\nfleín i folci vaða:\nflygra hann sva stint,\nat ec stꜹdvigac,\nef ec hann siónom of sec.", "en": "A fifth I know, if I see from afar\nAn arrow fly ’gainst the folk;\nIt flies not so swift that I stop it not,\nIf ever my eyes behold it." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 152", "orig": "Þat kann ec et setta,\nef mic sęrir þegn\na rótom rás viðar,\noc þann hal\ner mic heipta qveþr,\nþann eta meín heldr enn mic.", "en": "A sixth I know, if harm one seeks\nWith a sapling’s roots to send me;\nThe hero himself who wreaks his hate\nShall taste the ill ere I." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 153", "orig": "Þat kann ec it siaunda,\nef ec se havan loga\nsal vm sessmꜹgom:\nbrennrat sva breit,\nat ec hanom biargigac,\nþann kann ec galdr at gala.", "en": "A seventh I know, if I see in flames\nThe hall o’er my comrades’ heads;\nIt burns not so wide that I will not quench it,\nI know that song to sing." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 154", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ átta,\ner ꜹllom er\nnytsamlict at nema:\nhvars hatr vex\nmeþ hildings sonom,\nþat ma ec bǫta brát.", "en": "An eighth I know, that is to all\nOf greatest good to learn;\nWhen hatred grows among heroes’ sons,\nI soon can set it right." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 155", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ níunda,\nef mic nꜹþr vm stendr\nat biarga fari míno a floti:\nvind ec kyrri\nvagi á\noc svefic allan sę.", "en": "A ninth I know, if need there comes\nTo shelter my ship on the flood;\nThe wind I calm upon the waves,\nAnd the sea I put to sleep." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 156", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ tíunda,\nef ec se tvnriþor\nleica lopti a:\nec sva vinc,\nat þęr villar fara\nsinna heim hama,\nsinna heim hvga.", "en": "A tenth I know, what time I see\nHouse-riders flying on high;\nSo can I work that wildly they go,\nShowing their true shapes,\nHence to their own homes." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 157", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ ellipta,\nef ec scal til orrosto\nleiþa langvini:\nvndir randir ec gel,\nenn þeir meþ ríki fara\nheilir hildar til,\nheilir hildi fra,\ncoma þeir heilir hvaþan.", "en": "An eleventh I know, if needs I must lead\nTo the fight my long-loved friends;\nI sing in the shields, and in strength they go\nWhole to the field of fight,\nWhole from the field of fight,\nAnd whole they come thence home." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 158", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ tolpta,\nef ec se a tre vppi\nvafa virgilná:\nsva ec rist\noc i rv́nom fác,\nat sa gengr gvmi\noc męlir viþ mic.", "en": "A twelfth I know, if high on a tree\nI see a hanged man swing;\nSo do I write and color the runes\nThat forth he fares,\nAnd to me talks." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 159", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ þrettánda,\nef ec scal þegn vngan\nverpa vatni á:\nmvnaþ hann falla,\nþótt hann i folc komi,\nhnígra sa halr fyr hiorom.", "en": "A thirteenth I know, if a thane full young\nWith water I sprinkle well;\nHe shall not fall, though he fares mid the host,\nNor sink beneath the swords." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 160", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ fiugrtánda,\nef ec scal fyrða liþi\ntelia tiva fyr:\nasa oc alfa\nec kann allra skil,\nfár kann osnotr sva.", "en": "A fourteenth I know, if fain I would name\nTo men the mighty gods;\nAll know I well of the gods and elves,\nFew be the fools know this." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 161", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ fimtánda,\ner gól Þioðreyrir\ndvergr fyr Dellings dvrom;\nafl gol hann asom,\nenn alfom frama,\nhyggio Hroptaty.", "en": "A fifteenth I know, that before the doors\nOf Delling sang Thjothrörir the dwarf;\nMight he sang for the gods, and glory for elves,\nAnd wisdom for Hroptatyr wise." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 162", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ sextánda,\nef ec vil ins svinna mans\nhafa ged oc alt oc gaman:\nhvgi ec hverfi\nhuítarmri kono\noc sny ec hennar ꜹllom sẻfa", "en": "A sixteenth I know, if I seek delight\nTo win from a maiden wise;\nThe mind I turn of the white-armed maid,\nAnd thus change all her thoughts." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 163", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ siautiánda,\nat mic mvn seint firraz\neþ manvga man.", "en": "A seventeenth I know, so that seldom shall go\nA maiden young from me;\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 164", "orig": "Lioþa þessa\nmvn þv, Loddfafnir!\nlengi vanr vera,\nþo se þer goð ef þv getr,\nnyt ef þv nemr,\nþꜹrf ef þv þiggr.", "en": "Long these songs thou shalt, Loddfafnir,\nSeek in vain to sing;\nYet good it were if thou mightest get them,\nWell, if thou wouldst them learn,\nHelp, if thou hadst them." }, { "ref": "Hovamol 165", "orig": "Þat kann ec iþ átiánda,\ner ec æva kennig\nmey ne mannz kono,\nalt er betra\ner einn vm kann,\nþat fylgir lioða locom,\nnema þeirri einni,\ner mic armi verr\neþa min systir se.", "en": "An eighteenth I know, that ne’er will I tell\nTo maiden or wife of man,\nThe best is what none but one’s self doth know,\nSo comes the end of the songs,\nSave only to her in whose arms I lie,\nOr who else my sister is." } ], "vafthrudnismal": [ { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 1", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Raþ þv mer nv, Frigg!\nallz mic fara tíðir\nat vitia Vafðrvdnis;\nforvitni micla\nqveþ ec mer a fornom stꜹfom\nvið þann inn alsvinna iotvn.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Counsel me, Frigg, for I long to fare,\nAnd Vafthruthnir fain would find;\nIn wisdom old with the giant wise\nMyself would I seek to match.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 2", "orig": "Frigg qvaþ:\n„Heima letia\nec munda Heriafꜹðr\ni gꜹrðom goða;\nþviat engi iotvn\nec hvgða iafnramman\nsem Vafðrvðni vera.“", "en": "Frigg spake:\n“Heerfather here at home would I keep,\nWhere the gods together dwell;\nAmid all the giants an equal in might\nTo Vafthruthnir know I none.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 3", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec fór,\nfiolþ ec freistaða,\nfiꜹlþ ec reynda regin;\nhitt vil ec vita,\nhve Vafðrvþnis\nsalakynni se.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got from the gods;\nAnd fain would I know how Vafthruthnir now\nLives in his lofty hall.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 4", "orig": "Frigg qvaþ:\n„Heill þv farir!\nheill þv aptr komir!\nheill þv a sinnom sér!\nǫþi þer dvgi,\nhvars þv scalt, Aldafꜹþr,\norðom męla iotvn!“", "en": "Frigg spake:\n“Safe mayst thou go, safe come again,\nAnd safe be the way thou wendest!\nFather of men, let thy mind be keen\nWhen speech with the giant thou seekest.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 5", "orig": "For þa Oðinn\nat freista orþspeci\nþess ins alsvinna iotvns;\nat hꜹllo hann com,\noc atti Íms faðir;\ninn gecc Yggr þegar.", "en": "The wisdom then of the giant wise\nForth did he fare to try;\nHe found the hall of the father of Im,\nAnd in forthwith went Ygg." }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 6", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Heill þv nv, Vafðrvðnir!\nnv em ec i hꜹll kominn\na þic sialfan sia;\nhitt vil ec fyrst vita,\nef þv froþr ser\neþa alsviþr iotvnn.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Vafthruthnir, hail! to thy hall am I come,\nFor thyself I fain would see;\nAnd first would I ask if wise thou art,\nOr, giant, all wisdom hast won.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 7", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þat manna,\ner i mínom sal\nverpomc orði á?\nvt þv ne comir\norom hꜹllom ofra,\nnema þv inn snotrari ser.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Who is the man that speaks to me,\nHere in my lofty hall?\nForth from our dwelling thou never shalt fare,\nUnless wiser than I thou art.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 8", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Gagnraþr ec heiti,\nnv emc af gongo kominn\nþyrstr til þinna sala,\nlaðar þvrfi\nhefi ec lengi farit,\noc þinna andfanga, iotvnn!“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Gagnrath they call me, and thirsty I come\nFrom a journey hard to thy hall;\nWelcome I look for, for long have I fared,\nAnd gentle greeting, giant.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 9", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Hvi þv þa, Gagnraþr,\nmęliz af gólfi fyr?\nfarþv i sess i sal!\nþa scal freista,\nhvarr fleira viti,\ngestr eþa inn gamli þvlr.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Why standest thou there on the floor whilst thou speakest?\nA seat shalt thou have in my hall;\nThen soon shall we know whose knowledge is more,\nThe guest’s or the sage’s gray.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 10", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Oꜹþigr maþr,\ner til ꜹþigs kǫmr,\nmęli þarft eþa þegi;\nofrmęlgi micil\nhygg ec, at illa geti\nhveím er viþ kaldrifiadan kǫmr.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“If a poor man reaches the home of the rich,\nLet him wisely speak or be still;\nFor to him who speaks with the hard of heart\nWill chattering ever work ill.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 11", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Segþv mer, Gagnraþr,\nallz þv a gólfi vill\nþins vm freista frama:\nhve sa hestr heitir,\ner hverian dregr\ndag of drottmꜹgo?“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Speak forth now, Gagnrath, if there from the floor\nThou wouldst thy wisdom make known:\nWhat name has the steed that each morn anew\nThe day for mankind doth draw?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 12", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Scinfaxi heitir,\ner inn scíra dregr\ndag vm drottmꜹgo;\nhesta beztr\nþyccir hann meþ Hreíðgotom,\nęy lysir mꜹn af mari.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Skinfaxi is he, the steed who for men\nThe glittering day doth draw;\nThe best of horses to heroes he seems,\nAnd brightly his mane doth burn.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 13", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Segdv þat, Gagnraþr,\nallz þv a gólfi vill\nþins vm freista frama:\nhve sa iór heitir,\ner ꜹstan dregr\nnott of nyt regin?“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Speak forth now, Gagnrath, if there from the floor\nThou wouldst thy wisdom make known:\nWhat name has the steed that from East anew\nBrings night for the noble gods?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 14", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Hrímfaxi heitir,\ner hveria dregr\nnott of nyt regin;\nmeldropa fellir hann\nmorgin hvern,\nþaðan kǫmr dꜹgg vm dala.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Hrimfaxi name they the steed that anew\nBrings night for the noble gods;\nEach morning foam from his bit there falls,\nAnd thence come the dews in the dales.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 15", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat, Gagnraþr,\nallz þv a gólfi vill\nþins vm freista frama:\nhve sv á heitir,\ner deilir meþ iotna sonom\ngrvnd oc meþ goðom?“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Speak forth now, Gagnrath, if there from the floor\nThou wouldst thy wisdom make known:\nWhat name has the river that ’twixt the realms\nOf the gods and the giants goes?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 16", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Ifing heitir á,\ner deilir meþ iotna sonom\ngrvnd oc meþ goðom;\nopin renna\nhon scal vm aldrdaga,\nverþrat íss a á.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Ifing is the river that ’twixt the realms\nOf the gods and the giants goes;\nFor all time ever open it flows,\nNo ice on the river there is.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 17", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat, Gagnraþr,\nallz þv a gólfi vill\nþins vm freista frama:\nhve sa vꜹllr heitir,\ner finnaz vigi at\nSvrtr oc in svaso goð?“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Speak forth now, Gagnrath, if there from the floor\nThou wouldst thy wisdom make known:\nWhat name has the field where in fight shall meet\nSurt and the gracious gods?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 18", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Vigriþr heitir vollr,\ner finnaz vigi at\nSvrtr oc in svaso goð;\nhvndraþ rasta\nhann er a hverian veg,\nsa er þeim vollr vitaþr.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Vigrith is the field where in fight shall meet\nSurt and the gracious gods;\nA hundred miles each way does it measure,\nAnd so are its boundaries set.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 19", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Froþr ertv nv gestr,\nfar þv a becc iotvns\noc melomc i sessi saman!\nhꜹfði veðia\nvið scolom hꜹllo i,\ngestr! vm geðspeki.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Wise art thou, guest! To my bench shalt thou go,\nIn our seats let us speak together;\nHere in the hall our heads, O guest, hall we wager our wisdom upon.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 20", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ eína,\nef þitt ǫþi dvgir\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvaþan iorð vm com\neþa vpphiminn\nfyrst? inn froþi iotvnn!“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“First answer me well, if thy wisdom avails,\nAnd thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nIn earliest time whence came the earth,\nOr the sky, thou giant sage?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 21", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Ór Ymis holdi\nvar iorð vm scꜹpvð,\nen or beinom biorg,\nhiminn or hꜹsi\nins hrimkalda iotvns,\nenn or sveita sior.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Out of Ymir’s flesh was fashioned the earth,\nAnd the mountains were made of his bones;\nThe sky from the frost-cold giant’s skull,\nAnd the ocean out of his blood.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 22", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat annat,\nef þitt ęþi dvgir\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvadan máni kom,\nsa er ferr menn yfir,\neþa sol iþ sama?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Next answer me well, if thy wisdom avails,\nAnd thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhence came the moon, o’er the world of men\nThat fares, and the flaming sun?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 23", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Mvndilfǫri heitir,\nhann er Mána faþir\noc sva Solar iþ sama;\nhimin hverfa\nþꜹ scolo hverian dag\nꜹldom at ártali.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Mundilferi is he who begat the moon,\nAnd fathered the flaming sun;\nThe round of heaven each day they run,\nTo tell the time for men.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 24", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ þriþia,\nallz þic svinnan qveþa\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvaðan dagr vm com,\nsa er ferr drot yfir,\neþa nott meþ niðom?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Third answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhence came the day, o’er mankind that fares,\nOr night with the narrowing moon?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 25", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Dellingr heitir,\nhann er Dags faþir,\nenn Nott var Nꜹrvi borin;\nny oc niþ\nscopo nyt regin\nꜹldom at artali.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“The father of day is Delling called,\nAnd the night was begotten by Nor;\nFull moon and old by the gods were fashioned,\nTo tell the time for men.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 26", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ fiorþa,\nallz þic froþan qveþa,\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvaðan vetr vm com\neþa varmt svmar\nfyrst meþ froþ regin?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Fourth answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhence did winter come, or the summer warm,\nFirst with the gracious gods?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 27", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Vindsvalr heitir,\nhann er Vetrar faþir,\nenn Svasvþr Svmars;\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . . “", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Vindsval he was who was winter’s father,\nAnd Svosuth summer begat;”\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 28", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segdv þat iþ fimta,\nallz þic froþan qveþa,\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhverr asa ellztr\neþa Ymis niðia\nyrþi i ardaga?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Fifth answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhat giant first was fashioned of old,\nAnd the eldest of Ymir’s kin?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 29", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Orófi vetra,\naþr vęri iorþ vm scopvþ,\nþa var Bergelmir borinn;\nÞrvdgelmir\nvar þess faðir,\nenn Avrgelmir afi.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Winters unmeasured ere earth was made\nWas the birth of Bergelmir;\nThruthgelmir’s son was the giant strong,\nAnd Aurgelmir’s grandson of old.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 30", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat it setta,\nallz þic svinnan qveþa,\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvaþan Avrgelmir com\nmeþ iotna sonom\nfyrst? inn froþi iotvnn!“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Sixth answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhence did Aurgelmir come with the giants’ kin,\nLong since, thou giant sage?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 31", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Or Elivagom\nstvcco eítrdropar,\nsva óx, vnnz or varð iotvnn;\nþar ero órar ęttir\nkomnar allar saman,\nþví er þat ę allt til atalt.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Down from Elivagar did venom drop,\nAnd waxed till a giant it was;\nAnd thence arose our giants’ race,\nAnd thus so fierce are we found.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 32", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ siaunda,\nallz þic svinnan qveþa,\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhve sa bǫrn gat\nenn balldni iotvnn,\ner hann hafdit gygiar gaman?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Seventh answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nHow begat he children, the giant grim,\nWho never a giantess knew?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 33", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Vndir hendi vaxa\nqvaþo hrímþvrsi\nmey oc mꜹg saman;\nfótr við fǫti gat\nins froða iotvns\nsexhꜹfðaþan son.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“They say ’neath the arms of the giant of ice\nGrew man-child and maid together;\nAnd foot with foot did the wise one fashion\nA son that six heads bore.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 34", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ átta,\nallz þic froþan qveþa,\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvat þv fyrst vm mant\neþa fremst vm veitzt?\nþv ert alsviþr, iotvnn.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Eighth answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhat farthest back dost thou bear in mind?\nFor wide is thy wisdom, giant!”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 35", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Orófi vetra,\naþr vęri iorð vm skꜹpvð,\nþa var Bergelmir borinn:\nþat ec fyrst vm man,\ner sa inn froþi iotvnn\na var lvðr vm lagiðr.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Winters unmeasured ere earth was made\nWas the birth of Bergelmir;\nThis first knew I well, when the giant wise\nIn a boat of old was borne.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 36", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ níunda,\nallz þic svinnan qveþa,\noc þv, Vafþrvðnir, vitir:\nhvadan vindr vm kǫmr,\nsva at ferr vág yfir?\nę menn hann sialfan vm siá.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Ninth answer me well, if wise thou art called,\nIf thou knowest it, Vafthruthnir, now:\nWhence comes the wind that fares o’er the waves\nYet never itself is seen?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 37", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Hręsvelgr heitir,\ner sitr a himins enda,\niotvnn i arnar ham;\naf hans vengiom\nqveþa vind koma\nalla menn yfir.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“In an eagle’s guise at the end of heaven\nHræsvelg sits, they say;\nAnd from his wings does the wind come forth\nTo move o’er the world of men.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 38", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat iþ tíunda,\nallz þu tiva rꜹc\nꜹll, Vafðrvðnir, vitir:\nhvaðan Niorðr vm kom\nmeþ asa sonom?\nhofom oc hꜹrgom\nhann ręðr hvnnmorgom,\noc varþaþ hann asom alinn.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Tenth answer me now, if thou knowest all\nThe fate that is fixed for the gods:\nWhence came up Njorth to the kin of the gods,\nRich in temples and shrines he rules,\nThough of gods he was never begot?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 39", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„I vanaheimi\nscopo hann vis regin,\noc sęldo at gislingo goðvm;\ni aldar rꜹc\nhann mvn aptr coma\nheim meþ visom vꜹnom.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“In the home of the Wanes did the wise ones create him,\nAnd gave him as pledge to the gods;\nAt the fall of the world shall he fare once more\nHome to the Wanes so wise.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 40", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat et ellipta:\nhvar ytar tvnom i\nhꜹggvaz hverian dag?\nval þeir kiosa\noc riþa vígi fra,\nsitia meirr vm sáttir saman.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Eleventh answer me well, . . . . . . . .\n. . . . .\nWhat men . . . . . . in . . . . . . home\nEach day to fight go forth?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 41", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Allir einheriar\nOðins tvnom i\nhꜹggvaz hverian dag;\nval þeir kiosa\noc riþa vígi fra,\nsitia meirr vm sáttir saman.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“The heroes all in Othin’s hall\nEach day to fight go forth;\nThey fell each other, and fare from the fight\nAll healed full soon to sit.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 42", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Segþv þat iþ tolpta,\nhvi þv tiva rꜹc\nꜹll, Vafðrvðnir, vitir?\nfra iotna rv́nom\noc allra goða\nsegir þv iþ sannasta,\ninn alsvinni iotvnn!“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Twelfth answer me now how all thou knowest\nOf the fate that is fixed for the gods;\nOf the runes of the gods and the giants’ race\nThe truth indeed dost thou tell,\nAnd wide is thy wisdom, giant!”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 43", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Fra iotna rv́nom\noc allra goða\nec kann segia satt,\nþviat hvern hefi ec\nheim vm komit:\nnio kom ec heima,\nfyr niflhel neðan,\nhinig deyia or helio halir.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“Of the runes of the gods and the giants’ race\nThe truth indeed can I tell,\nFor to every world have I won;\nTo nine worlds came I, to Niflhel beneath,\nThe home where dead men dwell.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 44", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec for,\nfiolþ ec freistaþac,\nfiolþ ec vm reynda regin:\nhvat lifir manna,\nþa er inn męra liþr\nfimbvlvetr meþ firom?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got of the gods:\nWhat shall live of mankind when at last there comes\nThe mighty winter to men?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 45", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Lif oc Leifþrasir,\nenn þꜹ leynaz mvno\ni holti Hoddmimis;\nmorgindꜹggvar\nðav ser at mat hafa,\nenn þaðan af aldir alaz.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“In Hoddmimir’s wood shall hide themselves\nLif and Lifthrasir then;\nThe morning dews for meat shall they have,\nSuch food shall men then find.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 46", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec for,\nfiolþ ec freistaþac,\nfiolþ ec vm reynda regin:\nhvaðan cǫmr sol\na inn sletta himin,\nþa er þessa hefir Fenrir farit?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got of the gods:\nWhence comes the sun to the smooth sky back,\nWhen Fenrir has snatched it forth?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 47", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Eina dottvr\nberr Alfrꜹðvll,\naþr hana Fenrir fari;\nsv scal riða,\nþa er regin deyia,\nmodvr brꜹtir męr.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“A daughter bright Alfrothul bears\nEre Fenrir snatches her forth;\nHer mother’s paths shall the maiden tread\nWhen the gods to death have gone.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 48", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec for,\nfiolþ ec freistaþac,\nfiolþ ec vm reynda regin:\nHveriar ’ro þęr meyiar,\nęr liþa mar yfir,\nfrodgediaþar fara?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got of the gods:\nWhat maidens are they, so wise of mind,\nThat forth o’er the sea shall fare?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 49", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Þriar þioðár\nfalla þorp yfir\nmeyia Mꜹgþrasiss;\nhamingior einar\nþęr er i heimi ero,\nþo þęr meþ iotnom alaz.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“O’er Mogthrasir’s hill shall the maidens pass,\nAnd three are their throngs that come;\nThey all shall protect the dwellers on earth,\nThough they come of the giants’ kin.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 50", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec for,\nfiolþ ec freistaþac,\nfiolþ ec vm reynda regin:\nHverir raþa ęsir\neignom goða,\nþa er slocnar Svrta logi?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got of the gods:\nWho then shall rule the realm of the gods,\nWhen the fires of Surt have sunk?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 51", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Viþarr oc Vali\nbyggia vé goða,\nþa er slocnar Svrta logi;\nMóþi oc Magni\nscolo Miollni hafa\nVingnis at vigþroti.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“In the gods’ home Vithar and Vali shall dwell,\nWhen the fires of Surt have sunk;\nMothi and Magni shall Mjollnir have\nWhen Vingnir falls in fight.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 52", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec for,\nfiolþ ec freistaþac,\nfiolþ ec vm reynda regin:\nhvat verþr Oðni\nat aldrlagi,\nþa er vm rivfaz regin?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got of the gods:\nWhat shall bring the doom of death to Othin,\nWhen the gods to destruction go?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 53", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Vlfr gleypa mvn\nAldafꜹþr,\nþess mvn Viþarr reca;\nkalda kiapta\nhann klyfia mvn\nvitnis vigi at.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“The wolf shall fell the father of men,\nAnd this shall Vithar avenge;\nThe terrible jaws shall he tear apart,\nAnd so the wolf shall he slay.”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 54", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Fiolþ ec for,\nfiolþ ec freistaþac,\nfiolþ ec vm reynda regin:\nhvat męlti Oðinn,\naþr a bal stigi,\nsialfr i eyra syni?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Much have I fared, much have I found,\nMuch have I got from the gods:\nWhat spake Othin himself in the ears of his son,\nEre in the bale-fire he burned?”" }, { "ref": "Vafthruthnismol 55", "orig": "Vafþrvðnir qvaþ:\n„Ey manne þat veit,\nhvat þv i ardaga\nsagdir i eyra syni;\nfeigom mvnni\nmęlta ec mina forna stafi\noc vm ragnarꜹc.\nNv ec viþ Oðin deildac\nmina orþspeci,\nþv ert ę visastr vera.“", "en": "Vafthruthnir spake:\n“No man can tell what in olden time\nThou spak’st in the ears of thy son;\nWith fated mouth the fall of the gods\nAnd mine olden tales have I told;\nWith Othin in knowledge now have I striven,\nAnd ever the wiser thou art.”" } ], "grimnismal": [ { "ref": "Grimnismol, opening prose 1", "orig": "Synir Hravdvngs konungs\nHrꜹdvngr konvngr atti tva sono, het annarr Agnarr, en annarr Geirrꜹþr. Agnarr var tío vetra, enn Geirrꜹdr átta vetra. Þeir ręro tveir a bati með dorgar sinar at smafisci. Vindr rac þa i haf vt. I natmyrkri brvto þeir við land oc gengo vp, fvndo cotbónda einn; þar voro þeir vm vetrinn. Kerling fostraþi Agnar, enn karl fostraþi Geirroð oc kendi hanom rað. At vári fecc karl þeim scip. Enn er þꜹ kerling leiddo þa til strandar, þa męlti karl einmęli við Geirrꜹd. Þeir fengo byr oc qvomo til stꜹdva fꜹþvr sins. Geirroþr var fram i scipi; hann hlióp vp a land, enn hratt v́t scipino oc męlti: „Farþv nv þar er smyl hafi þic!“ Scipit rac i haf vt. Enn Geirroðr gek vpp til bǫiar, hanom var þar vel fagnat; enn faþir hans var þa andaþr. Var þa Geirrꜹðr til konungs tękinn, oc varð maþr agętr.", "en": "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 the night they were wrecked on the shore; and going up, they found a poor peasant, with whom they stayed through the winter. The housewife took care of Agnar, and the peasant cared for Geirröth, and taught him wisdom. In the spring the peasant gave him a boat; and when the couple led them to the shore, the peasant spoke secretly with Geirröth. They had a fair wind, and came to their father’s landing-place. Geirröth was forward in the boat; he leaped up on land, but pushed out the boat and said, “Go thou now where evil may have thee!” The boat drifted out to sea. Geirröth, however, went up to the house, and was well received, but his father was dead. Then Geirröth was made king, and became a renowned man." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol, opening prose 2", "orig": "Oþinn oc Frigg sato i Hliþsciálfo oc sa vm heima alla. Odinn męlti: „Sér þv Agnar fostra þinn, hvar hann elr born við gygi i hellinom? Enn Geirroþr fostri minn er konungr oc sitr nv at landi.“ Frigg segir: „Hann er maþniþingr sa, at hann qvelr gesti sina, ef hanom þiccia of margir coma.“ Oþinn segir, at þat er in mesta lygi; þꜹ vedia vm þetta mál. Frigg sendi escimey sína Fvllo til Geirroðar. Hon bad konung varaz, at eigi fyrgerþi hanom fiolkvnnigr maþr sa er þar var kominn i land; oc sagdi þat marc á, at engi hvndr var sva olmr, at á hann mundi hlꜹpa.", "en": "Othin and Frigg sat in Hlithskjolf and looked over all the worlds. Othin said: “Seest thou Agnar, thy fosterling, how he begets children with a giantess in the cave? But Geirröth, my fosterling, is a king, and now rules over his land.” Frigg said: “He is so miserly that he tortures his guests if he thinks that too many of them come to him.” Othin replied that this was the greatest of lies; and they made a wager about this matter. Frigg sent her maid-servant, Fulla, to Geirröth. She bade the king beware lest a magician who was come thither to his land should bewitch him, and told this sign concerning him, that no dog was so fierce as to leap at him." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol, opening prose 3", "orig": "Enn þat var inn mesti hegomi, at Geirroþr konungr vęri eigi matgoþr; oc þo lętr hann handtaca þann mann, er eigi vildo hvndar a ráða. Sa var i feldi blám oc nefndiz Grimnir og sagði ecci fleíra fra ser, þott hann vęri at spvrþr. Konvngr let hann pína til sagna oc setia milli elda tveggia, oc sat hann þar átta nętr. Geirroþr konvngr atti þa son tío vetra gamlan, oc het Agnarr eptir broþur hans. Agnarr gecc at Grimni oc gaf hanom horn fvlt at drecca oc sagði, at faðir hans gorði illa, er hann píndi þenna mann saclꜹsan. Grimnir dracc af; þa var eldrinn sva kominn, at feldrinn brann af Grimni. Hann qvaþ:", "en": "Now it was a very great slander that King Geirröth was not hospitable; but nevertheless he had them take the man whom the dogs would not attack. He wore a dark-blue mantle and called himself Grimnir, but said no more about himself, though he was questioned. The king had him tortured to make him speak, and set him between two fires, and he sat there eight nights. King Geirröth had a son ten winters old, and called Agnar after his father’s brother. Agnar went to Grimnir, and gave him a full horn to drink from, and said that the king did ill in letting him be tormented without cause. Grimnir drank from the horn; the fire had come so near that the mantle burned on Grimnir’s back. He spake:" }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 1", "orig": "Heitr ertv, hripvþr!\noc heldr til micill;\ngongomc firr, fvni!\nloði sviþnar,\nþott ec a lopt berac,\nbrennomc feldr fyr.", "en": "Hot art thou, fire! too fierce by far;\nGet ye now gone, ye flames!\nThe mantle is burnt, though I bear it aloft,\nAnd the fire scorches the fur." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 2", "orig": "Átta nętr sat ec\nmilli elda her,\nsva at mer mangi\nmat ne bꜹ́ð,\nnema einn Agnarr,\ner einn scal ráða,\nGeirroþar sonr,\nGotna lande.", "en": "’Twixt the fires now eight nights have I sat,\nAnd no man brought meat to me,\nSave Agnar alone, and alone shall rule\nGeirröth’s son o’er the Goths." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 3", "orig": "Heill scaltv, Agnarr!\nallz þic heilan biþr\nVeratyr vera;\neins drycciar\nþv scalt aldregi\nbetri giold geta.", "en": "Hail to thee, Agnar! for hailed thou art\nBy the voice of Veratyr;\nFor a single drink shalt thou never receive\nA greater gift as reward." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 4", "orig": "Land er heilact,\ner ec liggia se\nasom oc alfom nęr;\nenn i Þrvðheimi\nscal Þórr vera,\nvnz vm rivfaz regin.", "en": "The land is holy that lies hard by\nThe gods and the elves together;\nAnd Thor shall ever in Thruthheim dwell,\nTill the gods to destruction go." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 5", "orig": "Ydalir heita\nþar er Vllr hefir\nser vm gorva sali;\nAlfheim Freý\ngáfo i ardaga\ntivar at tannfę.", "en": "Ydalir call they the place where Ull\nA hall for himself hath set;\nAnd Alfheim the gods to Freyr once gave\nAs a tooth-gift in ancient times." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 6", "orig": "Bǫr er sa inn þriði\ner blið regin\nsilfri þꜹcþo sali;\nValascialf heitir,\ner vęlti ser\náss i ardaga.", "en": "A third home is there, with silver thatched\nBy the hands of the gracious gods:\nValaskjolf is it, in days of old\nSet by a god for himself." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 7", "orig": "Sꜹcqvabeccr heitir enn fiorþi,\nenn þar svalar knego\nvnnir yfir glymia;\nþar þꜹ Oðinn oc Sága\ndrecca vm alla daga\nglꜹð or gvllnom kerom.", "en": "Sökkvabekk is the fourth, where cool waves flow,\nAnd amid their murmur it stands;\nThere daily do Othin and Saga drink\nIn gladness from cups of gold." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 8", "orig": "Glaðsheimr heitir enn fimti,\nþars en gvllbiarta\nValhꜹll við of þrvmir;\nenn þar Hroptr kýss\nhverian dag\nvapndꜹþa vera.", "en": "The fifth is Glathsheim, and gold-bright there\nStands Valhall stretching wide;\nAnd there does Othin each day choose\nThe men who have fallen in fight." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 9", "orig": "Mioc er ꜹþkent\nþeim er til Oþins koma,\nsalkynni at sia;\nscꜹptom er rann rept,\nscioldom er salr þakiþr,\nbryniom vm becki strát.", "en": "Easy is it to know for him who to Othin\nComes and beholds the hall;\nIts rafters are spears, with shields is it roofed,\nOn its benches are breastplates strewn." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 10", "orig": "Mioc er ꜹþkent\nþeim er til Oþins koma,\nsalkynni at sia;\nvargr hangir\nfyr vestan dyrr\noc drvpir ꜹrn yfir.", "en": "Easy is it to know for him who to Othin\nComes and beholds the hall;\nThere hangs a wolf by the western door,\nAnd o’er it an eagle hovers." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 11", "orig": "Þrymheimr heitir enn setti,\ner Þiazi bió\nsa inn amátki iotvnn;\nenn nv Scaði byggvir,\nscír brvðr goða,\nfornar toptir fꜹðvr.", "en": "The sixth is Thrymheim, where Thjazi dwelt,\nThe giant of marvelous might;\nNow Skathi abides, the god’s fair bride,\nIn the home that her father had." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 12", "orig": "Breiðablik ero in siavndo,\nenn þar Baldr hefir\nser vm gerva sali;\na þvi landi\ner ec liggia veit\nfǫsta feícnstafi.", "en": "The seventh is Breithablik; Baldr has there\nFor himself a dwelling set,\nIn the land I know that lies so fair,\nAnd from evil fate is free." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 13", "orig": "Himinbiorg ero en atto,\nenn þar Heimdall\nqveþa valda veom;\nþar vorþr goða\ndreccr i vęro ranni\nglaþr inn góða mioþ.", "en": "Himinbjorg is the eighth, and Heimdall there\nO’er men holds sway, it is said;\nIn his well-built house does the warder of heaven\nThe good mead gladly drink." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 14", "orig": "Folcvangr er inn nivndi,\nenn þar Freyia ręþr\nsessa costom i sal;\nhalfan val\nhon kyss hverian dag,\nenn halfan Oðinn á.", "en": "The ninth is Folkvang, where Freyja decrees\nWho shall have seats in the hall;\nThe half of the dead each day does she choose,\nAnd half does Othin have." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 15", "orig": "Glitnir er inn tivndi,\nhann er gvlli stvddr\noc silfri þacþr iþ sama;\nenn þar Forseti byggir\nflestan dag\noc svęfer allar sacir.", "en": "The tenth is Glitnir; its pillars are gold,\nAnd its roof with silver is set;\nThere most of his days does Forseti dwell,\nAnd sets all strife at end." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 16", "orig": "Nóatvn ero en ellipto,\nenn þar Niorþr hefir\nser vm gorva sali;\nmanna þengill\nenn meinsvani\nhatimbroþom hꜹrgi ręðr.", "en": "The eleventh is Noatun; there has Njorth\nFor himself a dwelling set;\nThe sinless ruler of men there sits\nIn his temple timbered high." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 17", "orig": "Hrísi vex\noc há grasi\nViðars land Viði;\nen þar mavgr of lęzc\naf mars baki\nfrǫcn at hefna fꜹþvr.", "en": "Filled with growing trees and high-standing grass\nIs Vithi, Vithar’s land;\nBut there did the son from his steed leap down,\nWhen his father he fain would avenge." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 18", "orig": "Andhrimnir lętr\ni Eldhrimne\nSęhrimni sodinn:\nflesca bezt,\nenn þat fáir vito,\nvið hvat einheriar alaz.", "en": "In Eldhrimnir Andhrimnir cooks\nSæhrimnir’s seething flesh,\nThe best of food, but few men know\nOn what fare the warriors feast." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 19", "orig": "Gera oc Freca\nseðr gvnntamiþr\nhroþigr Heriafꜹðr;\nenn viþ vín eitt\nvapngꜹfvgr\nOðinn ę lifir.", "en": "Freki and Geri does Heerfather feed,\nThe far-famed fighter of old:\nBut on wine alone does the weapon-decked god,\nOthin, forever live." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 20", "orig": "Hvginn oc Mvninn\nflivga hverian dag\niormvngrvnd yfir;\novmc ec of Hvgin,\nat hann aptr ne comiþ,\nþo siámc meirr vm Mvnin.", "en": "O’er Mithgarth Hugin and Munin both\nEach day set forth to fly;\nFor Hugin I fear lest he come not home,\nBut for Munin my care is more." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 21", "orig": "Þytr þvnd,\nvnir þióþvitnis\nfiscr floði í;\nárstrꜹmr þickir\nofmicill\nValglꜹmni at vaþa.", "en": "Loud roars Thund, and Thjothvitnir’s fish\nJoyously fares in the flood;\nHard does it seem to the host of the slain\nTo wade the torrent wild." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 22", "orig": "Valgrind heitir,\ner stendr velli á\nheilog fyr helgom dvrom;\nforn er sv grind,\nenn þat fáir vito,\nhve hon er i lás vm lokin.", "en": "There Valgrind stands, the sacred gate,\nAnd behind are the holy doors;\nOld is the gate, but few there are\nWho can tell how it tightly is locked." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 23", "orig": "Fimm hvndrvþ dvra\noc vm fiorom togom,\nsva hygg ec á Valhꜹllo vera;\nátta hvndrvþ eínheria\nganga senn or einom dvrom,\nþa er þeir fara við vitni at vega.", "en": "Five hundred doors and forty there are,\nI ween, in Valhall’s walls;\nEight hundred fighters through one door fare\nWhen to war with the wolf they go." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 24", "orig": "Fimm hvndrvþ golfa\noc vm fiorom togom,\nsva hygg ec Bilscirni meþ bvgom;\nranna þeirra,\ner ec rept vita,\nmíns veit ec mest magar.", "en": "Five hundred rooms and forty there are\nI ween, in Bilskirnir built;\nOf all the homes whose roofs I beheld,\nMy son’s the greatest meseemed." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 25", "orig": "Heiþrv́n heitir geit,\ner stendr hꜹllo a Heriafꜹdrs\noc bitr af Lęraþs limom;\nscapker fylla hon scal\nins scíra miaðar,\nknaat sv veig vanaz.", "en": "Heithrun is the goat who stands by Heerfather’s hall,\nAnd the branches of Lærath she bites;\nThe pitcher she fills with the fair, clear mead,\nNe’er fails the foaming drink." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 26", "orig": "Eikþyrnir heitir hiortr,\ner stendr a hꜹllo Heriafꜹþrs\noc bítr af Lęraþs limom;\nenn af hans hornom\ndrypr i Hvergelmi,\nþaðan eigo votn ꜹll vega.", "en": "Eikthyrnir is the hart who stands by Heerfather’s hall\nAnd the branches of Lærath he bites;\nFrom his horns a stream into Hvergelmir drops,\nThence all the rivers run." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 27–28", "orig": "Siþ oc Víþ,\nSękin oc Ękin,\nSvꜹl oc Gvnnþró,\nFiorm oc Fimbvlþvl,\nRín oc Rennandi,\nGipvl oc Gꜹpvl,\nGꜹmvl oc Geirvimvl,\nþęr hverfa vm hodd goða;\nÞyn oc Vin,\nÞꜹll oc Hꜹll,\nGraþ oc Gvnnþorin.\nVína heitir enn,\nꜹnnor Vegsvinn,\nþriðia Þiodnvma;\nNyt oc Nꜹt,\nNꜹnn oc Hrꜹnn,\nSliþ oc Hríþ,\nSylgr oc Ylgr,\nVíþ oc Ván,\nVꜹnd oc Strꜹnd,\nGiꜹll oc Leiptr,\nþęr falla gvmnom nęr,\nen falla til heliar heðan.", "en": "Sith and Vith, Sækin and Ækin,\nSvol and Fimbulthul, Gunnthro and Fjorm,\nRin and Rinnandi,\nGipul and Gopul, Gomul and Geirvimul,\nThat flow through the fields of the gods;\nThyn and Vin, Thol and Hol,\nGroth and Gunnthorin.\nVino is one, Vegsvin another,\nAnd Thjothnuma a third;\nNyt and Not, Non and Hron,\nSlith and Hrith, Sylg and Ylg,\nVith and Von, Vond and Strond,\nGjol and Leipt, that go among men,\nAnd hence they fall to Hel." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 29", "orig": "Kꜹrmt oc Avrmt\noc Kerlꜹgar tvęr,\nþęr scal Þorr vaða\ndag hvern,\ner hann dǫma ferr\nat asci Yggdrasils;\nþviat asbrv\nbrenn ꜹll loga,\nheilog votn hlóa.", "en": "Kormt and Ormt and the Kerlaugs twain\nShall Thor each day wade through,\nWhen dooms to give he forth shall go\nTo the ash-tree Yggdrasil;\nFor heaven’s bridge burns all in flame,\nAnd the sacred waters seethe." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 30", "orig": "Glaþr oc Gyllir,\nGler oc Sceiðbrimir,\nSilfrintoppr oc Sinir,\nGísl oc Falhofnir,\nGvlltoppr oc Lettfeti,\nþeim ríða ęsir ióm\ndag hvern,\ner þeir dǫma fara\nat asci Yggdrasils.", "en": "Glath and Gyllir, Gler and Skeithbrimir,\nSilfrintopp and Sinir,\nGisl and Falhofnir, Golltopp and Lettfeti,\nOn these steeds the gods shall go\nWhen dooms to give each day they ride\nTo the ash-tree Yggdrasil." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 31", "orig": "Þriár rǫtr standa\na þria vega\nvndan asci Yggdrasils:\nHel býr vnd einni,\nannarri hrimþvrsar,\nþriðio mennzkir menn.", "en": "Three roots there are that three ways run\n’Neath the ash-tree Yggdrasil;\n’Neath the first lives Hel, ’neath the second the frost-giants,\n’Neath the last are the lands of men." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 32", "orig": "Ratatoscr heitir ikorni,\ner renna scal\nat asci Yggdrasils:\narnar orð\nhann scal ofan bera\noc segia Níþhꜹggvi niþr.", "en": "Ratatosk is the squirrel who there shall run\nOn the ash-tree Yggdrasil;\nFrom above the words of the eagle he bears,\nAnd tells them to Nithhogg beneath." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 33", "orig": "Hirtir ero oc fiorir,\nþeirs af hęfingar á\ngaghalsir gnaga:\nDainn oc Dvalinn,\nDvneyrr oc Dvraþrór.", "en": "Four harts there are, that the highest twigs\nNibble with necks bent back;\nDain and Dvalin, . . . . . . . .\nDuneyr and Dyrathror." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 34", "orig": "Ormar fleiri liggia\nvnd asci Yggdrasils,\nenn þat vf hyggi hverr osviþra apa:\nGoinn oc Moinn,\nþeir ’ro Grafvitnis synir,\nGrabacr oc Grafvꜹllvþr,\nOfnir oc Svafnir,\nhygg ec, at ę scyli\nmeiþs qvisto má.", "en": "More serpents there are beneath the ash\nThan an unwise ape would think;\nGoin and Moin, Grafvitnir’s sons,\nGrabak and Grafvolluth,\nOfnir and Svafnir shall ever, methinks,\nGnaw at the twigs of the tree." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 35", "orig": "Ascr Yggdrasils\ndrygir erfiði\nmeira en menn vm viti:\nhiortr bítr ofan,\nenn a hliþo fv́nar,\nscerþer Níðhꜹggr neþan.", "en": "Yggdrasil’s ash great evil suffers,\nFar more than men do know;\nThe hart bites its top, its trunk is rotting,\nAnd Nithhogg gnaws beneath." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 36", "orig": "Hrist oc Mist\nvil ec at mer horn beri,\nSceggiꜹld oc Scꜹgvl,\nHildr oc Þrvðr,\nHlꜹcc oc Herfiotur,\nGꜹll oc Geirꜹnvl,\nRandgriþ oc Raþgriþ\noc Reginlęif;\nþęr bera einheriom ꜹl.", "en": "Hrist and Mist bring the horn at my will,\nSkeggjold and Skogul;\nHild and Thruth, Hlokk and Herfjotur,\nGol and Geironul,\nRandgrith and Rathgrith and Reginleif\nBeer to the warriors bring." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 37", "orig": "Arvacr oc Alsviþr\nþeir scolo vpp heðan\nsvangir sol draga;\nenn vnd þeirra bógom\nfálo bliþ regin,\nęsir, isarn kol.", "en": "Arvak and Alsvith up shall drag\nWeary the weight of the sun;\nBut an iron cool have the kindly gods\nOf yore set under their yokes." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 38", "orig": "Svalinn heitir,\nhann stendr solo fyr,\nscioldr, scinanda goði;\nbiorg oc brim\nec veit at brenna scolo,\nef hann fellr ifrá.", "en": "In front of the sun does Svalin stand,\nThe shield for the shining god;\nMountains and sea would be set in flames\nIf it fell from before the sun." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 39", "orig": "Scꜹll heitir vlfr,\ner fylgir eno scírleita goði\ntil varna viðar;\nenn annarr Hati,\nhann er Hroþvitnis sonr,\nsa scal fyr heiða brvði himins.", "en": "Skoll is the wolf that to Ironwood\nFollows the glittering god,\nAnd the son of Hrothvitnir, Hati, awaits\nThe burning bride of heaven." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 40", "orig": "Ór Ymis holdi\nvar iorþ vm scꜹpvð,\nenn or sveita sær,\nbiorg or beinom,\nbaðmr or hári,\nen or hꜹsi himinn.", "en": "Out of Ymir’s flesh was fashioned the earth,\nAnd the ocean out of his blood;\nOf his bones the hills, of his hair the trees,\nOf his skull the heavens high." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 41", "orig": "Enn or hans brám\ngerðo blið regin\nMiðgard manna sonom;\nenn or hans heila\nvaro þꜹ in harðmoðgo\nscy ꜹll vm scꜹpvþ.", "en": "Mithgarth the gods from his eyebrows made,\nAnd set for the sons of men;\nAnd out of his brain the baleful clouds\nThey made to move on high." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 42", "orig": "Vllar hylli hefr\noc allra goða\nhverr er tecr fyrstr a fvna;\nþviat opnir heimar\nverþa vm ása sonom,\nþa er hefia af hvera.", "en": "His the favor of Ull and of all the gods\nWho first in the flames will reach;\nFor the house can be seen by the sons of the gods\nIf the kettle aside were cast." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 43", "orig": "Ivalda synir\ngengo i ardaga\nSciþbladni at scapa,\nscipa bezt,\nscirom Frey,\nnytom Niarðar bvr.", "en": "In days of old did Ivaldi’s sons\nSkithblathnir fashion fair,\nThe best of ships for the bright god Freyr,\nThe noble son of Njorth." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 44", "orig": "Ascr Yggdrasils\nhann er ǫztr viþa,\nen Sciþblaþnir scipa,\nOdinn asa,\nenn ioa Sleipnir,\nBilrꜹst brv́a,\nen Bragi scalda,\nHabroc hꜹca,\nen hvnda Garmr.", "en": "The best of trees must Yggdrasil be,\nSkithblathnir best of boats;\nOf all the gods is Othin the greatest,\nAnd Sleipnir the best of steeds;\nBilrost of bridges, Bragi of skalds,\nHobrok of hawks, and Garm of hounds." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 45", "orig": "Svipom hefi ec nv ypt\nfyr sigtiva sonom,\nviþ þat scal vilbiorg vaca;\nꜹllom asom\nþat scal inn coma\nĘgis becci á,\nÆgis drecco at.", "en": "To the race of the gods my face have I raised,\nAnd the wished-for aid have I waked;\nFor to all the gods has the message gone\nThat sit in Ægir’s seats,\nThat drink within Ægir’s doors." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 46", "orig": "Hetomc Grimr,\nhetomc Gangleri,\nHerian oc Hialmberi,\nÞeccr oc Þriði,\nÞvðr oc Vþr,\nHelblindi oc Hár.", "en": "Grim is my name, Gangleri am I,\nHerjan and Hjalmberi,\nThekk and Thrithi, Thuth and Uth,\nHelblindi and Hor;" }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 47–48", "orig": "Saþr oc Svipall\noc Sanngetall,\nHerteitr oc Hnicarr,\nBileygr, Baleygr,\nBꜹlvercr, Fiolnir,\nGrimr oc Grimnir,\nGlapsviþr oc Fiꜹlsviþr,\nSiþhꜹttr, Siþsceggr,\nSigfꜹðr, Hnicvþr,\nAlfꜹþr, Valfꜹþr,\nAtríðr oc Farmatyr;\neino nafni\nhetomc aldregi,\nsiz ec meþ folcom fór.", "en": "Sath and Svipal and Sanngetal,\nHerteit and Hnikar,\nBileyg, Baleyg, Bolverk, Fjolnir,\nGrim and Grimnir, Glapsvith, Fjolsvith.\nSithhott, Sithskegg, Sigfather, Hnikuth,\nAllfather, Valfather, Atrith, Farmatyr:\nA single name have I never had\nSince first among men I fared." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 49", "orig": "Grimne mic héto\nat Geirraðar,\nenn Ialc at Asmundar,\nenn þa Kialar\ner ec kialca dró,\nÞrór þingom at,\nViðvrr at vigom,\nOsci oc Ómi,\nIafnhár oc Biflindi,\nGꜹndlir oc Harbarðr meþ goðom.", "en": "Grimnir they call me in Geirröth’s hall,\nWith Asmund Jalk am I;\nKjalar I was when I went in a sledge,\nAt the council Thror am I called,\nAs Vithur I fare to the fight;\nOski, Biflindi, Jafnhor and Omi,\nGondlir and Harbarth midst gods." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 50", "orig": "Sviþvrr oc Sviþrir\ner ec het at Sꜹccmimis,\noc dvlþa ec þann inn aldna iotvn,\nþa er ec Miþviþnis varc\nins mǫra bvrar\nordinn einbani.", "en": "I deceived the giant Sokkmimir old\nAs Svithur and Svithrir of yore;\nOf Mithvitnir’s son the slayer I was\nWhen the famed one found his doom." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 51", "orig": "Avlr ertv, Geirroþr!\nhefr þv ofdrvccit,\nmiclo ertv hnvgginn,\ner þv ert mino gengi,\nollom einheriom\noc Oþins hylli.", "en": "Drunk art thou, Geirröth, too much didst thou drink,\n. . . . .\nMuch hast thou lost, for help no more\nFrom me or my heroes thou hast." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 52", "orig": "Fiolþ ec þer sagðac,\nenn þv fatt vm mant,\nof þic vela vinir;\nmęki liggia\nec se mins vinar\nallan i dreyra drifinn.", "en": "Small heed didst thou take to all that I told,\nAnd false were the words of thy friends;\nFor now the sword of my friend I see,\nThat waits all wet with blood." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 53", "orig": "Ęggmoþan val\nnv mvn Yggr hafa,\nþitt veit ec líf vm liþit;\nv́var ’ro disir,\nnv knattv Oðin siá;\nnalgaztv mic, ef þv megir!", "en": "Thy sword-pierced body shall Ygg have soon,\nFor thy life is ended at last;\nThe maids are hostile; now Othin behold!\nNow come to me if thou canst!" }, { "ref": "Grimnismol 54", "orig": "Oþinn ec nv heiti,\nYggr ec áþan het,\nhetvmc Þvndr fyrir þat:\nVacr oc Scilfingr,\nVáfvþr oc Hroptatýr,\nGꜹtr oc Ialcr meþ goðom,\nOfnir oc Svafnir,\ner ec hygg at orðnir se\nallir af einom mer.", "en": "Now am I Othin, Ygg was I once,\nEre that did they call me Thund;\nVak and Skilfing, Vofuth and Hroptatyr,\nGaut and Jalk midst the gods;\nOfnir and Svafnir, and all, methinks,\nAre names for none but me." }, { "ref": "Grimnismol, closing prose", "orig": "Geirroþr konvngr sat oc hafði sverþ vm kne ser oc brvgðit til miþs. Enn er hann heyrþi, at Oðinn var þar kominn, þa stoþ hann vpp oc vildi taca Oðin fra eldinom. Sverþit slapp or hendi hanom, oc visso hioltin niþr; konvngr drap fǫti oc steyptiz afram, enn sverþit stoð igognom hann, oc fecc hann bana. Oþinn hvarf þa. Enn Agnarr var þar konvngr lengi siþan.", "en": "King Geirröth sat and had his sword on his knee, half drawn from its sheath. But when he heard that Othin was come thither, then he rose up and sought to take Othin from the fire. The sword slipped from his hand, and fell with the hilt down. The king stumbled and fell forward, and the sword pierced him through, and slew him. Then Othin vanished, but Agnar long ruled there as king." } ], "skirnismal": [ { "ref": "Skirnismol, opening prose", "orig": "Freyr sonr Niarþar hafði einn dag setzc i Hliþscialf oc sa vm heima alla; hann sa i iotvnheima oc sa þar mey fagra, þa er hon gecc fra scala fꜹðvr sins til scemmo; þar af fecc hann hvgsottir miclar. Scírnir het scósveinn Freys; Niorþr baþ hann qveþia Frey mals. Þa męlti Scaði:", "en": "Freyr, the son of Njorth, had sat one day in Hlithskjolf, and looked over all the worlds. He looked into Jotunheim, and saw there a fair maiden, as she went from her father’s house to her bower. Forthwith he felt a mighty love-sickness. Skirnir was the name of Freyr’s servant; Njorth bade him ask speech of Freyr. He said:" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 1", "orig": "„Ristv nv, Scirnir!\noc gacc sciótt at beida\noccarn mala mavg,\noc þess at fregna,\nhveim enn froþi se\nofręiþi afi.“", "en": "“Go now, Skirnir! and seek to gain\nSpeech from my son;\nAnd answer to win, for whom the wise one\nIs mightily moved.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 2", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Illra orþa\ner mer ón at ykrom syni,\nef ec geng at męla viþ mꜹg,\noc þess at fregna,\nhveim enn froþi se\nofręiþi afi.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Ill words do I now await from thy son,\nIf I seek to get speech with him,\nAnd answer to win, for whom the wise one\nIs mightily moved.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 3", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Freyr,\nfolcvaldi goða!\noc ec vilia vita:\nhvi þv einn sitr\nendlanga sali,\nminn drottinn! vm daga?“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Speak prithee, Freyr, foremost of the gods,\nFor now I fain would know;\nWhy sittest thou here in the wide halls,\nDays long, my prince, alone?”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 4", "orig": "Freyr qvaþ:\n„Hvi vm segiac þer,\nseggr enn vngi!\nmikinn móðtrega?\nþviat alfrꜹþvll\nlysir um alla daga\noc þeygi at minom mvnom.“", "en": "Freyr spake:\n“How shall I tell thee, thou hero young,\nOf all my grief so great?\nThough every day the elfbeam dawns,\nIt lights my longing never.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 5", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Mvni þína hycca ec\nsva micla vera,\nat þv mer, seggr! ne segir;\nþviat vngir saman\nvarom i árdaga,\nvel męttim tvęir trv́asc.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Thy longings, methinks, are not so large\nThat thou mayst not tell them to me;\nSince in days of yore we were young together,\nWe two might each other trust.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 6", "orig": "Freyr qvaþ:\n„I Gymis gꜹrþom\nec sa ganga\nmer tiþa mey;\narmar lysto,\nen af þaþan\nalt lopt oc lꜹgr.", "en": "Freyr spake:\n“From Gymir’s house I beheld go forth\nA maiden dear to me;\nHer arms glittered, and from their gleam\nShone all the sea and sky." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 7", "orig": "Męr er mer tiðari\nmanni hveim\nvngom i árdaga;\nasa oc alfa\nþat vill engi maþr\nat viþ samt sém.“", "en": "“To me more dear than in days of old\nWas ever maiden to man;\nBut no one of gods or elves will grant\nThat we both together should be.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 8", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Mar gefðv mer þa\nþann er mic vm myrcqvan beri\nvisan vafrloga,\noc þat sverþ,\ner sialft vegiz\nviþ iotna ętt.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Then give me the horse that goes through the dark\nAnd magic flickering flames;\nAnd the sword as well that fights of itself\nAgainst the giants grim.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 9", "orig": "Freyr qvaþ:\n„Mar ec þer þann gef,\ner þic vm myrcqvan berr\nvisan vafrloga,\noc þat sverþ,\ner sialft mvn vegaz,\nef sa er horscr, er hefir.“", "en": "Freyr spake:\n“The horse will I give thee that goes through the dark\nAnd magic flickering flames,\nAnd the sword as well that will fight of itself\nIf a worthy hero wields it.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 10", "orig": "Scirnir męlti viþ hestinn:\n„Myrct er v́ti,\nmal qveþ ec ocr fara\nvrig fioll yfir,\nþvrsa þioþ yfir;\nbaþir viþ comvmc,\neþa ocr bada tecr\nsa inn amatki iotvnn.“", "en": "Skirnir spake to the horse:\n“Dark is it without, and I deem it time\nTo fare through the wild fells,\nTo fare through the giants’ fastness;\nWe shall both come back, or us both together\nThe terrible giant will take.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol, prose after 10", "orig": "Scirnir reíþ i iotvnheima til Gymiss garða. Þar varo hvndar ólmir oc bvndnir fyr sciþgards hlidi, þess er vm sal Gerðar var. Hann reiþ at þar er fehirþir sat a hꜹgi oc qvaddi hann:", "en": "Skirnir rode into Jotunheim to Gymir’s house. There were fierce dogs bound before the gate of the fence which was around Gerth’s hall. He rode to where a herdsman sat on a hill, and said:" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 11", "orig": "„Segðv þat, hirþir!\ner þv a hꜹgi sitr\noc vardar alla vega:\nhve ec at andspilli komvmc\nens vnga mans\nfyr greyiom Gymis?“", "en": "“Tell me, herdsman, sitting on the hill,\nAnd watching all the ways,\nHow may I win a word with the maid\nPast the hounds of Gymir here?”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 12", "orig": "Hirþir qvaþ:\n„Hvart ertv feigr\neþa ertv framgenginn\n. . . . . ?\nandspillis vanr\nþv scalt ę vera\ngodrar meyiar Gymiss.“", "en": "The herdsman spake:\n“Art thou doomed to die or already dead,\nThou horseman that ridest hither?\nBarred from speech shalt thou ever be\nWith Gymir’s daughter good.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 13", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Kostir ’ro betri\nheldr enn at klꜹcqva se\nhveim er fv́ss er fara;\neino dǫgri\nmer var aldr vm scapaþr\noc alt lif vm lagið.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Boldness is better than plaints can be\nFor him whose feet must fare;\nTo a destined day has mine age been doomed,\nAnd my life’s span thereto laid.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 14", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þat hlym hlymia,\ner ec heyri nv til\nossom rꜹnnom i?\niorþ bifaz,\nenn allir fyr\nscialfa garðar Gymis.“", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“What noise is that which now so loud\nI hear within our house?\nThe ground shakes, and the home of Gymir\nAround me trembles too.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 15", "orig": "Ambatt qvaþ:\n„Maþr er her vti\nstiginn af mars baci,\nió letr til iardar taca.“", "en": "The Serving-Maid spake:\n“One stands without who has leapt from his steed,\nAnd lets his horse loose to graze;”\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 16", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Inn biþþv hann ganga\ni occarn sal\noc drecca inn męra mioþ!\nþo ec hitt óvmc,\nat her vti se\nminn broðvrbani.", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“Bid the man come in, and drink good mead\nHere within our hall;\nThough this I fear, that there without\nMy brother’s slayer stands." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 17", "orig": "Hvat er þat alfa\nne asa sona\nne víssa vana?\nhvi þv einn vm komt\nęikinn fv́r yfir\nór salkynni at sia?“", "en": "“Art thou of the elves or the offspring of gods,\nOr of the wise Wanes?\nHow camst thou alone through the leaping flame\nThus to behold our home?”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 18", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Emkat ec alfa\nne ása sona\nne víssa vana;\nþo ec einn vm komc\neikinn fv́r yfir\nydor salkynni at siá.", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“I am not of the elves, nor the offspring of gods,\nNor of the wise Wanes;\nThough I came alone through the leaping flame\nThus to behold thy home." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 19", "orig": "Epli ellifo\nher hefi ec algvllin,\nþꜹ mvn ec þer, Gerþr! gefa,\nfriþ at cꜹpa,\nat þv þer Frey qveðir\noleiðastan lifa.“", "en": "“Eleven apples, all of gold,\nHere will I give thee, Gerth,\nTo buy thy troth that Freyr shall be\nDeemed to be dearest to you.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 20", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Epli ellifo\nec þigg aldregi\nat mannzcis mvnom;\nne viþ Freyr,\nmeþan occart fior lifir,\nbyggiom bęði saman.“", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“I will not take at any man’s wish\nThese eleven apples ever;\nNor shall Freyr and I one dwelling find\nSo long as we two live.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 21", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Bꜹg ec þer þa gef\nþann er brendr var\nmeþ vngom Oþins syni;\natta ero iafnhꜹfgir,\ner af driv́pa\nena nivndo hveria nótt.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Then do I bring thee the ring that was burned\nOf old with Othin’s son;\nFrom it do eight of like weight fall\nOn every ninth night.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 22", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Bꜹ́g ec þiccac,\nþot brendr se\nmeþ vngom Odins syni;\nera mer gvllz vant\ni gꜹrþom Gymis,\nat deila fe fꜹþvr.“", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“The ring I wish not, though burned it was\nOf old with Othin’s son;\nIn Gymir’s home is no lack of gold\nIn the wealth my father wields.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 23", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Sér þv þenna męki, męr!\nmiofan, málfán,\ner ec hefi i hendi her?\nhꜹfvþ hꜹggva\nec mvn þer halsi af,\nnema þv mer sętt segir.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Seest thou, maiden, this keen, bright sword\nThat I hold here in my hand?\nThy head from thy neck shall I straightway hew,\nIf thou wilt not do my will.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 24", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Ánꜹð þola\nec vil aldregi\nat mannzciss mvnom;\nþo ec hins get,\nef iþ Gymir finniz\nvígs otrꜹþir, at ycr vega tíði.“", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“For no man’s sake will I ever suffer\nTo be thus moved by might;\nBut gladly, methinks, will Gymir seek\nTo fight if he finds thee here.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 25", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Ser þv þenna męki, męr!\nmiofan, málfán,\ner ec hefi i hendi her?\nfyr þessom eggiom\nhnigr sa inn aldni iotvnn,\nverþr þinn feigr faþir.", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Seest thou, maiden, this keen, bright sword\nThat I hold here in my hand?\nBefore its blade the old giant bends,\nThy father is doomed to die." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 26", "orig": "Tamsvendi ec þic drep,\nenn ec þic temia mvn,\nmęr! at minom mvnom;\nþar scaltv ganga,\ner þic gvmna synir\nsiþan eva se.", "en": "“I strike thee, maid, with my magic staff,\nTo tame thee to work my will;\nThere shalt thou go where never again\nThe sons of men shall see thee." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 27", "orig": "Ara þvfo a\nscaltv ár sitia,\nhorva heimi ór,\nsnvgga heliar til;\nmatr se þer meirr leiþr,\nenn manna hveim\nenn fráni ormr meþ fírom.", "en": "“On the eagle’s hill shalt thou ever sit,\nAnd gaze on the gates of Hel;\nMore loathsome to thee than the light-hued snake\nTo men, shall thy meat become." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 28", "orig": "At vndrsionom þv verþir,\ner þv vt kǫmr,\na þic Hrimnir hari,\na þic hotvętna stari;\nvíðkvnnari þv verþir,\nenn vorþr meþ goðom;\ngapi þv grindom fra.", "en": "“Fearful to see, if thou comest forth,\nHrimnir will stand and stare,\nMen will marvel at thee;\nMore famed shalt thou grow than the watchman of the gods!\nPeer forth, then, from thy prison." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 29", "orig": "Tópi oc ópi,\ntiꜹsvll oc oþoli,\nvaxi þer tár meþ trega;\nseztv niþr,\nenn ec mvn segia þer\nsvaran svsbreca\noc tvennan trega.", "en": "“Rage and longing, fetters and wrath,\nTears and torment are thine;\nWhere thou sittest down my doom is on thee\nOf heavy heart\nAnd double dole." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 30", "orig": "Tramar gneypa\nþic scolo gerstan dag\niotna gꜹrþom i;\ngrát at gamni\nscaltv i gogn hafa\noc leiða meþ tarom trega.", "en": "“In the giants’ home shall vile things harm thee\nEach day with evil deeds;\nGrief shalt thou get instead of gladness,\nAnd sorrow to suffer with tears." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 31", "orig": "Męþ þvrsi þrihꜹfþvþom\nþv scalt ę nara\neþa verlꜹ́s vera;\nþitt ged gripi,\nþic morn morni;\nverþv sem þistill,\nsa er var þrvnginn\ni ꜹnn ofanverþa.", "en": "“With three-headed giants thou shalt dwell ever,\nOr never know a husband;\nLet longing grip thee, let wasting waste thee,\nBe like to the thistle that in the loft\nWas cast and there was crushed." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 32", "orig": "Til holtz ec gecc\noc til hrás viðar,\ngambantein at geta,\ngambantein ec gat.", "en": "“I go to the wood, and to the wet forest,\nTo win a magic wand;\n. . . . .\nI won a magic wand." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 33", "orig": "Reiþr er þer Oþinn,\nreiþr er þer Asabragr,\nþic scal Freyr fiásc,\nen fyrinilla męr!\nen þv fengit hefir\ngambanreiþi goða.", "en": "“Othin grows angry, angered is the best of the gods,\nFreyr shall be thy foe,\nMost evil maid, who the magic wrath\nOf gods hast got for thyself." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 34", "orig": "Heyri iotnar,\nheyri hrimþvrsar,\nsynir Svttvnga,\nsialfir asliþar,\nhve ec fyr byð,\nhve ec fyrir banna\nmanna glavm mani,\nmanna nyt mani.", "en": "“Give heed, frost-rulers, hear it, giants,\nSons of Suttung,\nAnd gods, ye too,\nHow I forbid and how I ban\nThe meeting of men with the maid,\nThe joy of men with the maid." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 35–36", "orig": "Hrimgrimnir heitir þvrs,\ner þic hafa scal\nfyr nagrindr neþan;\ntil hrimþvrsa hallar\nþv scalt hverian dag\nkranga kostalꜹ́s,\nkranga kostavon;\nþar þer vílmegir\na viþar rotom\ngeita hland gefi.\nǪþri dryccia\nfa þv aldregi,\nmęr! af þinom mvnom,\nmęr! at minom mvnom.", "en": "“Hrimgrimnir is he, the giant who shall have thee\nIn the depth by the doors of Hel;\nTo the frost-giants’ halls each day shalt thou fare,\nCrawling and craving in vain,\nCrawling and having no hope.\n“Base wretches there by the root of the tree\nWill hold for thee horns of filth;\nA fairer drink shalt thou never find,\nMaid, to meet thy wish,\nMaid, to meet my wish." }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 37", "orig": "Þvrs ríst ec þer\noc þria stafi:\nergi oc ęþi\noc oþola;\nsva ec þat af ríst,\nsem ec þat a reist,\nef goraz þarfar þess.“", "en": "“I write thee a charm and three runes therewith,\nLonging and madness and lust;\nBut what I have writ I may yet unwrite\nIf I find a need therefor.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 38", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Heill verþv nv heldr, sveinn!\noc tac viþ hrímcálki\nfvllom forns miaþar;\nþo hafþa ec þat etlad,\nat myndac aldregi\nvnna vaningia vel.“", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“Find welcome rather, and with it take\nThe frost-cup filled with mead;\nThough I did not believe that I should so love\nEver one of the Wanes.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 39", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Ǫrindi mín\nvil ec ꜹll vita,\naðr ec riþa heim heþan:\nnęr þv a þingi\nmvnt enom þrosca\nnenna Niarþar syni.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“My tidings all must I truly learn\nEre homeward hence I ride:\nHow soon thou wilt with the mighty son\nOf Njorth a meeting make.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 40", "orig": "Gerðr qvaþ:\n„Barri heitir,\ner viþ bęði vitom,\nlvndr lognfara;\nenn ept nętr nío\nþar mvn Niarþar syni\nGerþr vnna gamans.“", "en": "Gerth spake:\n“Barri there is, which we both know well,\nA forest fair and still;\nAnd nine nights hence to the son of Njorth\nWill Gerth there grant delight.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 41", "orig": "Þa reiþ Scirnir heim; Freyr stoð v́ti oc qvaddi hann oc spvrþi tiþinda:\n„Segþv mer þat, Scirnir!\naþr þv verpir sꜹdli af mar\noc þv stígir feti framarr:\nhvat þv arnaþir\ni iotvnheima\nþins eþa mins mvnar?“", "en": "Then Skirnir rode home. Freyr stood without, and spoke to him, and asked for tidings:\n“Tell me, Skirnir, ere thou take off the saddle,\nOr farest forward a step:\nWhat hast thou done in the giants’ dwelling\nTo make glad thee or me?”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 42", "orig": "Scirnir qvaþ:\n„Barri heitir,\ner viþ báðir vitom,\nlvndr lognfara;\nenn ept nętr nío\nþar mvn Niarþar syni\nGerþr vnna gamans.“", "en": "Skirnir spake:\n“Barri there is, which we both know well,\nA forest fair and still;\nAnd nine nights hence to the son of Njorth\nWill Gerth there grant delight.”" }, { "ref": "Skirnismol 43", "orig": "Freyr qvaþ:\n„Lꜹng er nott,\nlangar ’ro tvęr,\nhve vm þreyiac þriár?\nopt mer manaþr\nminni þotti,\nenn sia half hynótt.“", "en": "Freyr spake:\n“Long is one night, longer are two;\nHow then shall I bear three?\nOften to me has a month seemed less\nThan now half a night of desire.”" } ], "harbardsljod": [ { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth, opening prose", "orig": "Þorr for or ꜹstrvegi oc kom at svndi ęino; ꜹdrom megom svndzins var feriokarlinn meþ scipit. Þorr callaþi:", "en": "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:" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 1", "orig": "„Hverr er sa sveinn sveina,\ner stendr fyr svndit handan?“", "en": "“Who is the fellow yonder, on the farther shore of the sound?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 2", "orig": "Feriokarlinn svaraþi:\n„Hverr er sa karl karla,\ner callar vm vaginn?“", "en": "The ferryman spake:\n“What kind of a peasant is yon, that calls o’er the bay?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 3", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Ferþv mic vm svndit!\nfeþi ec þic a morgon:\nmeis hefi ec a baki,\nverþra matrinn betri.\nÁt ec i hvíld,\naþr ec heiman for,\nsilldr oc hafra,\nsaþr em ec enn þess.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Ferry me over the sound; I will feed thee therefor in the morning;\nA basket I have on my back, and food therein, none better;\nAt leisure I ate, ere the house I left,\nOf herrings and porridge, so plenty I had.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 4", "orig": "Feriokarlinn qvaþ:\n„Árligom verkom hrosar þv verþinom,\nveitzatv fyr gorla,\ndꜹpr ero þin heimkynni,\ndꜹþ hygg ec at þin moþir se.“", "en": "The ferryman spake:\n“Of thy morning feats art thou proud, but the future thou knowest not wholly;\nDoleful thine home-coming is: thy mother, methinks, is dead.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 5", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Þat segir þv nv,\ner hveriom þiccir\nmest at vita,\nat mín moþir dꜹþ se.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Now hast thou said what to each must seem\nThe mightiest grief, that my mother is dead.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 6", "orig": "Feriokarlinn qvaþ:\n„Þeygi er sem þv\nþriv bv́ góð eigir,\nberbeinn þv stendr\noc hefir brꜹtinga gervi,\nþatki at þv hafir brø̨kr þinar.“", "en": "The ferryman spake:\n“Three good dwellings, methinks, thou hast not;\nBarefoot thou standest, and wearest a beggar’s dress;\nNot even hose dost thou have.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 7", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Styrþv hingat eikionni!\nec mvn þer stꜹþna kenna;\neþa hverr a scipit,\ner þv heldr viþ landit?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Steer thou hither the boat; the landing here shall I show thee;\nBut whose the craft that thou keepest on the shore?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 8", "orig": "Feriokarlinn qvaþ:\n„Hildolfr sa heitir,\ner mic halda baþ,\nreccr inn rádsvinni,\ner býr i Raþseyiarsvndi;\nbaþat hann hlennimenn flytia\neþa hrossa þiófa,\ngoða eina\noc þa er ec gerva kvnna;\nsegðv til nafns þíns,\nef þv vill vm svndit fara.“", "en": "The ferryman spake:\n“Hildolf is he who bade me have it,\nA hero wise; his home is at Rathsey’s sound.\nHe bade me no robbers to steer, nor stealers of steeds,\nBut worthy men, and those whom well do I know.\nSay now thy name, if over the sound thou wilt fare.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 9", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Segia mvn ec til nafns mins,\nþótt ec secr siac,\noc til allz ꜹþliss:\nec em Oþins sonr,\nMeila broþir,\nenn Magna faþir,\nþrv́ðvaldr goða,\nviþ Þór knattv her dǫma.\nHins vil ec nv spyria,\nhvat þv heitir.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“My name indeed shall I tell, though in danger I am,\nAnd all my race; I am Othin’s son,\nMeili’s brother, and Magni’s father,\nThe strong one of the gods; with Thor now speech canst thou get.\nAnd now would I know what name thou hast.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 10", "orig": "Feriokarlinn qvaþ:\n„Hárbardr ec heiti,\nhylc vm nafn sialdan.“", "en": "The ferryman spake:\n“Harbarth am I, and seldom I hide my name.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 11", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Hvat scaltv of nafn hylia,\nnema þv sakar eigir?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Why shouldst thou hide thy name, if quarrel thou hast not?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 12", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Enn þot ec sakar eiga,\nþa mvn ec forþa\nfiorvi mino fyr slicom sem þv ert,\nnema ec feigr se.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“And though I had a quarrel, from such as thou art\nYet none the less my life would I guard,\nUnless I be doomed to die.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 13", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Harm liotan mer þiccir i þvi at vaþa\nvm vaginn til þin\noc vęta ꜹgvr minn;\nscylda ec lꜹna cꜹgorsveini þinom\nkanginyrþi,\nef ec kǫmvmc yfir svndit.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Great trouble, methinks, would it be to come to thee,\nTo wade the waters across, and wet my middle;\nWeakling, well shall I pay thy mocking words,\nIf across the sound I come.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 14", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Her mvn ec standa\noc þin hedan biþa;\nfanntaþv mann inn hardara\nat Hrvngni dꜹdan.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Here shall I stand and await thee here;\nThou hast found since Hrungnir died no fiercer man.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 15", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Hins viltv nv geta,\ner vid Hrvngnir deildom,\nsa inn stórvþgi iotvnn,\ner or steini var hofvþit a;\nþo let ec hann falla\noc fyr hniga.\nHvat vantv þa meþan, Hárbarðr?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Fain art thou to tell how with Hrungnir I fought,\nThe haughty giant, whose head of stone was made;\nAnd yet I felled him, and stretched him before me.\nWhat, Harbarth, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 16", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Var ec meþ Fiolvari\nfimm vetr alla\ni ey þeirre,\ner Algrǫn heitir;\nvega ver þar knattom\noc val fęlla,\nmargs at freista,\nmans at kosta.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Five full winters with Fjolvar was I,\nAnd dwelt in the isle that is Algrön called;\nThere could we fight, and fell the slain,\nMuch could we seek, and maids could master.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 17", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Hverso snv́nvþo yþr konor ydrar?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“How won ye success with your women?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 18", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Sparkar atto ver konor,\nef oss at spꜹkom yrði;\nhorscar atto ver konor,\nef oss hollar vęri;\nþęr or sandi\nsíma vndo\noc or dali divpom\ngrvnd vm grofo;\nvarþ ec þeim einn ꜹllom\nęfri at raþom,\nhvilda ec hia þeim systrom siav\noc hafða ec geþ þeirra allt oc gaman.\nHvaþ vanntv þa meþan, Þorr?“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Lively women we had, if they wise for us were;\nWise were the women we had, if they kind for us were;\nFor ropes of sand they would seek to wind,\nAnd the bottom to dig from the deepest dale.\nWiser than all in counsel I was,\nAnd there I slept by the sisters seven,\nAnd joy full great did I get from each.\nWhat, Thor, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 19", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Ec drap Þiaza\nenn þrvðmoþga iotvn,\nvpp ec varp ꜹgom\nAllvalda sonar\na þann inn heiða himin;\nþav ero merki mest\nminna verca,\nþꜹ er allir menn siþan vm se.\nHvat vanntv meþan, Hárbarðr?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Thjazi I felled, the giant fierce,\nAnd I hurled the eyes of Alvaldi’s son\nTo the heavens hot above;\nOf my deeds the mightiest marks are these,\nThat all men since can see.\nWhat, Harbarth, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 20", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Miclar manvelar\nec hafða viþ myrcriþor,\nþa er ec velta þęr fra verom;\nharþan iotvn\nec hvgða Hlebarð vera,\ngaf hann mer gambantein,\nen ec vęlta hann or viti.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Much love-craft I wrought with them who ride by night,\nWhen I stole them by stealth from their husbands;\nA giant hard was Hlebarth, methinks:\nHis wand he gave me as gift,\nAnd I stole his wits away.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 21", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Illom hvga lꜹnaþir þv þa goþar giafar.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Thou didst repay good gifts with evil mind.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 22", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Þat hefir eik,\ner af annarri scefr;\nvm sic er hverr i slico.\nHvat vanntv þá meþan, Þorr?“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“The oak must have what it shaves from another;\nIn such things each for himself.\nWhat, Thor, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 23", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Ec var ꜹstr\noc iotna bardag\nbrvþir bꜹlvisar,\ner til biargs gengo;\nmicil mvndi ętt iotna,\nef allir lifði,\nvętr mvndi manna\nvndir miþgarþi.\nHvat vanntv meþan, Hárbarðr?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Eastward I fared, of the giants I felled\nTheir ill-working women who went to the mountain;\nAnd large were the giants’ throng if all were alive;\nNo men would there be in Mithgarth more.\nWhat, Harbarth, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 24", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Var ec a Vallandi\noc vigom fylgdag,\natta ec iofrom\nenn aldri sęttac.\nOþinn a iarla\nþa er i val falla,\nenn Þorr a þręla kyn.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“In Valland I was, and wars I raised,\nPrinces I angered, and peace brought never;\nThe noble who fall in the fight hath Othin,\nAnd Thor hath the race of the thralls.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 25", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Oiafnt scipta er þv mvndir\nmeþ asom liþi,\nef þv ęttir vilgi micils vald.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Unequal gifts of men wouldst thou give to the gods,\nIf might too much thou shouldst have.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 26", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Þorr a afl ǫrit,\nenn ecci hiarta;\naf hrǫzlo oc hvgbleyþi\nþer var i hannzca troþit,\noc þottisca þv þa Þorr vera:\nhvarki þv þa þorþir\nfyr hrǫzlo þinni\nfísa ne hniosa,\nsva at Fialarr heyrþi.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Thor has might enough, but never a heart;\nFor cowardly fear in a glove wast thou fain to crawl,\nAnd there forgot thou wast Thor;\nAfraid there thou wast, thy fear was such,\nTo fart or sneeze lest Fjalar should hear.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 27", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Hárbarþr inn ragi!\nec mvnda þic i hel drepa,\nef ec mętta seilaz vm svnd.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Thou womanish Harbarth, to hell would I smite thee straight,\nCould mine arm reach over the sound.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 28", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Hvat scyldir þv vm svnd seilaz,\ner sakir ’ro alls ongar?\nHvat vanntv þa, Þorr?“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Wherefore reach over the sound, since strife we have none?\nWhat, Thor, didst thou do then?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 29", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Ec var ꜹstr\noc ána varþac,\nþa er mic sotto\nþeir Svárangs synir;\ngrioti þeir mic bꜹrþo,\ngagni vrþo þeir þo litt fegnir,\nþo vrþo þeir mic fyrri\nfriþar at biþia.\nHvat vanntv þa meþan, Hárbarðr?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Eastward I was, and the river I guarded well,\nWhere the sons of Svarang sought me there;\nStones did they hurl; small joy did they have of winning;\nBefore me there to ask for peace did they fare.\nWhat, Harbarth, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 30", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Ec var ꜹstr\noc viþ einhveria dǫmþac,\nlęc ec viþ ena línhvito\noc lꜹnþing háþac,\ngladdac ena gvllbiorto,\ngamni męr vnði.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Eastward I was, and spake with a certain one,\nI played with the linen-white maid, and met her by stealth;\nI gladdened the gold-decked one, and she granted me joy.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 31", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Goð atto þeir mankynni þar þa.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Full fair was thy woman-finding.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 32", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Liþs þins var ec þa þvrfi, Þorr!\nat ec helda þeirri enni linhvito mey.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Thy help did I need then, Thor, to hold the white maid fast.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 33", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Ec mvnda þer þa þat veita,\nef ec viðr of kǫmomc.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Gladly, had I been there, my help to thee had been given.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 34", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Ec mvnda þer þa trva,\nnema þv mic i trygð vęltir.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“I might have trusted thee then, didst thou not betray thy troth.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 35", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Emkat ec sa hęlbítr,\nsem hv́ðscór forn a vár.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“No heel-biter am I, in truth, like an old leather shoe in spring.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 36", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Hvat vanntv þá meþan, Þorr?“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“What, Thor, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 37", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Brvþir berserkia\nbarþac i Hléseyio,\nþęr hofðo verst vnnit,\nvelta þioþ alla.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“In Hlesey the brides of the Berserkers slew I;\nMost evil they were, and all they betrayed.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 38", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Klęki vantv þa, Þorr!\ner þv a konom barþir.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Shame didst thou win, that women thou slewest, Thor.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 39", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Vargynior þat varo,\nenn varla konor;\nsceldo scip mitt,\ner ec scorþat hafdac;\nǫgðo mer iarnlvrki,\nenn elto Þialfa.\nHvat vanntv meþan, Hárbarðr?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“She-wolves they were like, and women but little;\nMy ship, which well I had trimmed, did they shake;\nWith clubs of iron they threatened, and Thjalfi they drove off.\nWhat, Harbarth, didst thou the while?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 40", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Ec varc i hernom,\ner hingat gorðiz\ngnęfa gvnnfana\ngeír at rioþa.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“In the host I was that hither fared,\nThe banners to raise, and the spear to redden.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 41", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Þess viltv nv geta,\ner þv fórt oss olivfan at bioþa.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Wilt thou now say that hatred thou soughtest to bring us?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 42", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Bęta scal þer þat þa\nmvnda bꜹ́gi,\nsem iafnendr vnno\nþeir er ocr vilia sætta.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“A ring for thy hand shall make all right for thee,\nAs the judge decides who sets us two at peace.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 43", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Hvar namtv þessi\nin hnǫfiligo orþ,\ner ec heyrþa aldri\nin hnǫfiligri?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Where foundest thou so foul and scornful a speech?\nMore foul a speech I never before have heard.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 44", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Nam ec at monnom\nþeim enom aldrǫnom,\ner bva i hęimis hꜹgom.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“I learned it from men, the men so old,\nWho dwell in the hills of home.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 45", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Þo gefr þv\ngott nafn dysiom,\ner þv kallar þęr heimis hꜹga.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“A name full good to heaps of stones thou givest\nWhen thou callest them hills of home.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 46", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Sva dǫmi ec\nvm slict far.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Of such things speak I so.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 47", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Orðkringi þín\nmvn þer illa coma,\nef ec ręþ a vag at vaþa;\nvlfi hǫra\nhygg ec þic ǫpa mvno,\nef þv hlytr af hamri hꜹgg.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Ill for thee comes thy keenness of tongue,\nIf the water I choose to wade;\nLouder, I ween, than a wolf thou cryest,\nIf a blow of my hammer thou hast.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 48", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Sif a hó heima,\nhans mvndo fvnd vilia,\nþann mvntv þrec drygia,\nþat er þer scyldara.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Sif has a lover at home, and him shouldst thou meet;\nMore fitting it were on him to put forth thy strength.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 49", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Męlir þv at mvnns ráþi,\nsva at mer scyldi verst þiccia,\nhalr enn hvgblꜹþi!\nhygg ec, at þv liv́gir.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Thy tongue still makes thee say what seems most ill to me,\nThou witless man! Thou liest, I ween.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 50", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Satt hygg ec mic segia,\nseinn ertv at for þinni,\nlangt mvndir þv nv cominn, Þorr!\nef þv litvm fǫrir.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Truth do I speak, but slow on thy way thou art;\nFar hadst thou gone if now in the boat thou hadst fared.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 51", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Hárbarþr enn ragi!\nheldr hefir þv nv mic dvalþan.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Thou womanish Harbarth! here hast thou held me too long.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 52", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Asaþórs hvgða ec\naldregi mvndo\nglepia fehirði farar.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“I thought not ever that Asathor would be hindered\nBy a ferryman thus from faring.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 53", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Raþ mvn ec þer nv raþa:\nró þv hingat batinom,\nhęttom hętingi,\nhittv fꜹþvr Magna!“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“One counsel I bring thee now: row hither thy boat;\nNo more of scoffing; set Magni’s father across.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 54", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Farþv firr svndi!\nþer scal fars synia.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“From the sound go hence; the passage thou hast not.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 55", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Visa þv mer nv leiþina,\nallz þv vill mic eigi vm vaginn feria!“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“The way now show me, since thou takest me not o’er the water.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 56", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\nLitiþ er at synia,\nlangt ęr at fara:\nstvnd er til stocsins,\nꜹnnor til steinsins,\nhaltv sva til vinstra vegsins,\nvnz þv hittir Verland.\nÞar mvn Fiorgyn\nhitta Þór son sinn,\noc mvn hon kenna hanom attvnga brꜹtir\ntil Oþins landa.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“To refuse it is little, to fare it is long;\nA while to the stock, and a while to the stone;\nThen the road to thy left, till Verland thou reachest;\nAnd there shall Fjorgyn her son Thor find,\nAnd the road of her children she shows him to Othin’s realm.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 57", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Mvn ec taca þangat i dag?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“May I come so far in a day?”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 58", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Taca viþ víl oc erfiþi:\nat vprennandi solo\ner ec get þána.“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“With toil and trouble perchance,\nWhile the sun still shines, or so I think.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 59", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Scamt mvn nv mál occat,\nallz þv mer scǫtingo einni svarar;\nlꜹna mvn ec þer farsynion,\nef viþ finnomc i sinn annat.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Short now shall be our speech, for thou speakest in mockery only;\nThe passage thou gavest me not I shall pay thee if ever we meet.”" }, { "ref": "Harbarthsljoth 60", "orig": "Hárbarðr qvaþ:\n„Farþv nv þars\nþic hafi allan gramir!“", "en": "Harbarth spake:\n“Get hence where every evil thing shall have thee!”" } ], "hymiskvida": [ { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 1", "orig": "Ar valtívar\nveiþar námo\noc svmblsamir,\naþr saþir yrþi,\nhristo teina\noc a hlꜹt sa,\nfvndo þeir at Ęgis\nꜹrcost hvera.", "en": "Of old the gods made feast together,\nAnd drink they sought ere sated they were;\nTwigs they shook, and blood they tried:\nRich fare in Ægir’s hall they found." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 2", "orig": "Sat bergbvi\nbarnteitr fyr\nmioc glicr megi\nmiscorblinda;\nleit i ꜹgo\nYggs barn í þrá:\n„Þv scalt asom\nopt svmbl gora.“", "en": "The mountain-dweller sat merry as boyhood,\nBut soon like a blinded man he seemed;\nThe son of Ygg gazed in his eyes:\n“For the gods a feast shalt thou forthwith get.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 3", "orig": "Avnn fecc iotni\norþbǫginn halr,\nhvgdi at hefnþom\nhann nęst viþ goð;\nbað hann Sifiar ver\nser fǫra hver:\n„þannz ec ꜹllom ol\nyðr of heita.“", "en": "The word-wielder toil for the giant worked,\nAnd so revenge on the gods he sought;\nHe bade Sif’s mate the kettle bring:\n“Therein for ye all much ale shall I brew.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 4", "orig": "Ne þat matto\nmęrir tifar\noc ginnregin\nof geta hvergi,\nvnnz af trygðom\nTyr Hlorriþa\nastraþ mikit\neinom sagdi:", "en": "The far-famed ones could find it not,\nAnd the holy gods could get it nowhere;\nTill in truthful wise did Tyr speak forth,\nAnd helpful counsel to Hlorrithi gave." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 5", "orig": "„Byr fyr ꜹstan\nĘlivága\nhvndviss Hymir\nat himins enda;\na minn faþir\nmoþvgr ketil,\nrvmbrvgðinn hver,\nrastar divpan.“", "en": "“There dwells to the east of Elivagar\nHymir the wise at the end of heaven;\nA kettle my father fierce doth own,\nA mighty vessel a mile in depth.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 6", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Veiztv ef þiggiom\nþann lꜹgvelli?“\nTyr qvaþ:\n„Ef, vinr! velar\nviþ gorvom til.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“May we win, dost thou think, this whirler of water?”\nTyr spake:\n“Aye, friend, we can, if cunning we are.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 7", "orig": "Fóro drivgom\ndag þann fram\nAsgardi fra,\nvnz til Egils qvomo;\nhirði hann hafra\nhorngꜹfgasta,\nhvrfo at hꜹllo,\ner Hymir átti.", "en": "Forward that day with speed they fared,\nFrom Asgarth came they to Egil’s home;\nThe goats with horns bedecked he guarded;\nThen they sped to the hall where Hymir dwelt." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 8", "orig": "Mꜹgr fann ꜹmmo\nmioc leiþa ser,\nhafði hꜹfda\nhvndrvð nío;\nenn ꜹnnvr gecc\nalgvllin fram\nbrv́nhvít bera\nbiorveig syni:", "en": "The youth found his grandam, that greatly he loathed,\nAnd full nine hundred heads she had;\nBut the other fair with gold came forth,\nAnd the bright-browed one brought beer to her son." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 9", "orig": "„Átniþr iotna!\nec viliac ycr\nhvgfvlla tvá\nvnd hvera setia;\ner mínn frí\nmꜹrgo sinni\nglꜹggr viþ gesti,\ngeyrr illz hvgar.“", "en": "“Kinsman of giants, beneath the kettle\nWill I set ye both, ye heroes bold;\nFor many a time my dear-loved mate\nTo guests is wrathful and grim of mind.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 10", "orig": "En vascapadr\nvarþ siþbvinn\nharðráþr Hymir\nheim af veiþom;\ngecc inn i sal,\nglvmþo ioclar,\nvar karls, er com,\nkinnscogr frǫrinn.", "en": "Late to his home the misshapen Hymir,\nThe giant harsh, from his hunting came;\nThe icicles rattled as in he came,\nFor the fellow’s chin-forest frozen was." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 11", "orig": "Frilla qvaþ:\n„Verþv heill, Hymir!\ni hvgom goþom,\nnv er sonr kominn\ntil sala þinna,\nsa er viþ vęttom\naf vegi longom;\nfylgir hánom\nhroþrs-andscoti,\nvinr verliða,\nVęorr heitir sa.", "en": "“Hail to thee, Hymir! good thoughts mayst thou have;\nHere has thy son to thine hall now come;\nFor him have we waited, his way was long;\nAnd with him fares the foeman of Hroth,\nThe friend of mankind, and Veur they call him." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 12", "orig": "Sé þv, hvar sitia\nvnd salar gafli!\nsva forþa ser,\nstendr sv́l fyr.“\nSvndr stꜹcc svla\nfyr sión iotvns,\nenn aþr i tvꜹ\náss brotnaþi.", "en": "“See where under the gable they sit!\nBehind the beam do they hide themselves.”\nThe beam at the glance of the giant broke,\nAnd the mighty pillar in pieces fell." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 13", "orig": "Stvcco atta,\nen einn af þeim\nhverr harðsleginn\nheill, af þolli;\nfram gengo þeir,\nenn forn iotvnn\nsionom leiddi\nsinn andscota.", "en": "Eight fell from the ledge, and one alone,\nThe hard-hammered kettle, of all was whole;\nForth came they then, and his foes he sought,\nThe giant old, and held with his eyes." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 14", "orig": "Sagðit hanom\nhvgr vel þa,\ner hann sa gygiar grǫti\na golf kominn;\nþar varo þiorar\nþrír of teknir,\nbað senn iotvnn\nsioþa ganga.", "en": "Much sorrow his heart foretold when he saw\nThe giantess’ foeman come forth on the floor;\nThen of the steers did they bring in three;\nTheir flesh to boil did the giant bid." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 15", "orig": "Hvern leto þeir\nhꜹfdi scemra\noc a sæyþi\nsiþan báro;\nát Sifiar verr,\naþr sofa gengi,\neinn meþ ꜹllo\neyxn tva Hymis.", "en": "By a head was each the shorter hewed,\nAnd the beasts to the fire straight they bore;\nThe husband of Sif, ere to sleep he went,\nAlone two oxen of Hymir’s ate." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 16", "orig": "Þótti három\nHrvngnis spialla\nverþr Hlórriða\nvel fvllmicill:\n„Mvnom at apni\nꜹþrom verþa\nviþ veiðimat\nver þrír lifa.“", "en": "To the comrade hoary of Hrungnir then\nDid Hlorrithi’s meal full mighty seem;\n“Next time at eve we three must eat\nThe food we have as the hunting’s spoil.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 17–20", "orig": "Veorr qvaz vilia\na vág róa,\nef ballr iotvnn\nbeítor gęfi.\nHymir qvaþ:\n„Hverf þv til hiarþar,\nef þv hvg trvir,\nbriotr bergdana!\nbeitor sǫkia.\nÞess vęnti ec,\nat þer mynit\nꜹgn af oxa\nꜹþfeng vera.“\nSveinn sysliga\nsveif til scógar,\nþar er vxi stoþ\nalsvartr fyr.\nBrꜹt af þióri\nþvrs ráþbani\nhatv́n ofan\nhorna tveggia.\nHymir qvaþ:\n„Verc þiccia þin\nverri myclo,\nkiola valdi!\nenn þv kyrr sitir.“", "en": ". . . . .\nFain to row on the sea was Veur, he said,\nIf the giant bold would give him bait.\nHymir spake:\n“Go to the herd, if thou hast it in mind,\nThou slayer of giants, thy bait to seek;\nFor there thou soon mayst find, methinks,\nBait from the oxen easy to get.”\nSwift to the wood the hero went,\nTill before him an ox all black he found;\nFrom the beast the slayer of giants broke\nThe fortress high of his double horns.\nHymir spake:\n“Thy works, methinks, are worse by far,\nThou steerer of ships, than when still thou sittest.”\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 21", "orig": "Bað hlvnngota\nhafra drottinn\nátrvnn apa\nvtarr fǫra;\nenn sa iotvnn\nsina talþi\nlitla fysi\nat róa lengra.", "en": "The lord of the goats bade the ape-begotten\nFarther to steer the steed of the rollers;\nBut the giant said that his will, forsooth,\nLonger to row was little enough." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 22", "orig": "Dró meirr Hymir\nmoþvgr hvali\neinn a ꜹngli\nvpp senn tvá;\nenn aptr i scvt\nOþni sifiaþr\nVeorr við velar\nvað gorði ser.", "en": "Two whales on his hook did the mighty Hymir\nSoon pull up on a single cast;\nIn the stern the kinsman of Othin sat,\nAnd Veur with cunning his cast prepared." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 23", "orig": "Egndi a ꜹngvl\nsa er ꜹldom bergr\norms einbani\nvxa hǫfdi;\ngeín við agni\nsv er god fiá\nvmgiorþ nedan\nallra landa.", "en": "The warder of men, the worm’s destroyer,\nFixed on his hook the head of the ox;\nThere gaped at the bait the foe of the gods,\nThe girdler of all the earth beneath." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 24", "orig": "Dró diarfliga\ndaþraccr Þorr\norm eitrfán\nvpp at borði;\nhamri kniþi\nhafiall scarar\nofliótt ofan\nvlfs hnitbroþvr.", "en": "The venomous serpent swiftly up\nTo the boat did Thor, the bold one, pull;\nWith his hammer the loathly hill of the hair\nOf the brother of Fenrir he smote from above." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 25", "orig": "Hreingalcn hlvmþo,\nen hꜹlcn þvto,\nfor in forna\nfold ꜹll saman,\nsꜹcþiz siþan\nsa fiscr i mar.", "en": "The monsters roared, and the rocks resounded,\nAnd all the earth so old was shaken;\n. . . . .\nThen sank the fish in the sea forthwith." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 26", "orig": "Oteitr iotvnn,\ner þeir aptr réro,\nsva at ár Hymir\necci męlti,\nveifþi hann rǫþi\nveðrs annars til.", "en": ". . . . .\nJoyless as back they rowed was the giant;\nSpeechless did Hymir sit at the oars,\nWith the rudder he sought a second wind." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 27", "orig": "Hymir qvaþ:\n„Mvndo vm vinna\nverc halft viþ mic,\nat þv heim hvali\nhaf til bǫiar,\neþa flotbrvsa\nfestir occarn?“", "en": "Hymir spake:\n“The half of our toil wilt thou have with me,\nAnd now make fast our goat of the flood;\nOr home wilt thou bear the whales to the house,\nAcross the gorge of the wooded glen?”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 28", "orig": "Gecc Hlorriþi,\ngreip a stafni,\nvatt meþ ꜹstri\nvpp lꜹgfáki;\neinn meþ árom\noc meþ ꜹstscoto\nbar hann til bǫiar\nbrimsvín iotvns,\noc holtriþa\nhver i gegnom.", "en": "Hlorrithi stood and the stem he gripped,\nAnd the sea-horse with water awash he lifted;\nOars and bailer and all he bore\nWith the surf-swine home to the giant’s house." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 29", "orig": "Oc enn iotvnn\nvm afrendi\nþragirni vanr\nviþ Þór senti;\nqvaþat mann ramman,\nþott róa kynni\nkrꜹptvrligan,\nnema kálc bryti.", "en": "His might the giant again would match,\nFor stubborn he was, with the strength of Thor;\nNone truly strong, though stoutly he rowed,\nWould he call save one who could break the cup." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 30", "orig": "Enn Hlorriþi,\ner at hꜹndom com,\nbrátt lét bresta\nbrattstein i tvꜹ;\nslo hann sitiandi\nsvlor igognom,\nbaro þo heilan\nfyr Hymi siþan.", "en": "Hlorrithi then, when the cup he held,\nStruck with the glass the pillars of stone;\nAs he sat the posts in pieces he shattered,\nYet the glass to Hymir whole they brought." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 31", "orig": "Vnz þat in fríþa\nfrilla kendi\nástráþ mikit,\neitt er vissi:\n„Drep viþ hꜹ́s Hymiss!\nhann er harðari\ncostmoþs iotvns\nkalci hveriom.“", "en": "But the loved one fair of the giant found\nA counsel true, and told her thought:\n“Smite the skull of Hymir, heavy with food,\nFor harder it is than ever was glass.”" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 32", "orig": "Harþr reís a kné\nhafra drottinn,\nfǫrþiz allra\ni asmegin;\nheill var karli\nhialmstofn ofan,\nenn vínferill\nvalr rifnaþæ.", "en": "The goats’ mighty ruler then rose on his knee,\nAnd with all the strength of a god he struck;\nWhole was the fellow’s helmet-stem,\nBut shattered the wine-cup rounded was." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 33", "orig": "„Morg veit ec męti\nmer gengin fra,\ner ec kalci se\nyr kniam hrvndit;“\nkarl ord vm qvað:\n„knacat ec segia\naptr ęvagi,\nþv ert, ꜹlþr! of hęitt.", "en": "Hymir spake:\n“Fair is the treasure that from me is gone,\nSince now the cup on my knees lies shattered;”\nSo spake the giant: “No more can I say\nIn days to be, ‘Thou art brewed, mine ale.’" }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 34", "orig": "Þat er til costar,\nef coma męttiþ\nv́t or óro\nǫlkiól hofi.“\nTyr leitaþi\ntysvar hrǫra,\nstoþ at hváro\nhverr kyrr fyr.", "en": "“Enough shall it be if out ye can bring\nForth from our house the kettle here.”\nTyr then twice to move it tried,\nBut before him the kettle twice stood fast." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 35", "orig": "Fadir Móþa\nfecc a þremi\noc igegnom steig\ngolf niþr i sal;\nhóf ser a hꜹfvþ vp\nhver Sifiar verr,\nenn a hęlom\nhringar scvllo.", "en": "The father of Mothi the rim seized firm,\nAnd before it stood on the floor below;\nUp on his head Sif’s husband raised it,\nAnd about his heels the handles clattered." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 36", "orig": "Foro lengi,\naðr líta nam\naptr Oþins sonr\neino sinni;\nsa hann or hreysom\nmeþ Hymi ꜹstan\nfolcdrott fara\nfiolhꜹfdaþa.", "en": "Not long had they fared, ere backwards looked\nThe son of Othin, once more to see;\nFrom their caves in the east beheld he coming\nWith Hymir the throng of the many-headed." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 37", "orig": "Hóf hann ser af herðom\nhver standanda,\nveifði hann Miollni\nmorðgiornom fram,\noc hrꜹ́nhvali\nhann alla drap.", "en": "He stood and cast from his back the kettle,\nAnd Mjollnir, the lover of murder, he wielded;\n. . . . .\nSo all the whales of the waste he slew." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 38", "orig": "Foroð lengi,\naþr liggia nam\nhafr Hlorriða\nhalfdꜹþr fyr;\nvar scirr scꜹkvls\nscaccr a banni,\nenn þvi inn lęvisi\nLoci vm olli.", "en": "Not long had they fared ere one there lay\nOf Hlorrithi’s goats half-dead on the ground;\nIn his leg the pole-horse there was lame;\nThe deed the evil Loki had done." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 39", "orig": "Enn er heyrt hafið,\nhverr kann vm þat\ngodmalvgra\ngorr at scilia?\nhver af hrꜹ́nbv́a\nhann lꜹ́n vm fecc,\ner hann bęþi galt\nborn sin fyr.", "en": "But ye all have heard, for of them who have\nThe tales of the gods, who better can tell?\nWhat prize he won from the wilderness-dweller,\nWho both his children gave him to boot." }, { "ref": "Hymiskvitha 40", "orig": "Þrottꜹflvgr kom\na þing goda\noc hafdi hver,\nþannz Hymir atti;\nenn vear hverian\nvel scolo drecca\nꜹlþr at Ęgis\neitt hꜹrmeitiþ.", "en": "The mighty one came to the council of gods,\nAnd the kettle he had that Hymir’s was;\nSo gladly their ale the gods could drink\nIn Ægir’s hall at the autumn-time." } ], "lokasenna": [ { "ref": "Lokasenna, opening prose", "orig": "Fra Egi oc godom\nEgir, er ꜹdro nafni het Gýmir, hann hafði bvit asom ꜹl, þa er hann hafði fengit ketil inn micla, sem nv er sagt. Til þeirrar veizlo com Oþinn oc Frigg kona hans. Þorr com eigi, þviat hann var i ꜹstrvegi. Sif var þar kona Þórs. Bragi oc Iþvnn kona hans. Tyr var þar, hann var einhendr: Fenrisvlfr sleit hꜹnd af hanom, þa er hann var bvndinn. Þar var Niorþr oc kona hans Scaði. Freyr oc Freýia. Viðarr son Oþins. Loki var þar. Oc þionvstomenn Freys Beyggvir oc Beyla. Mart var þar asa oc alfa.\nĘgir atti tva þionvstomenn: Fimafengr oc Elder. Þar var lysigvll haft fyr eldz liós; sialft barsc þar ꜹl; þar var griþastadr micill. Menn lofoðo mioc, hverso goðir þionvstomenn Egis voro. Loki matti eigi heyra þat oc drap hann Fimafeng. Þa scóco ęsir scioldo sina oc ǫpþo at Loca oc elto hann brꜹt til scogar, enn þeir foro at drecca. Loci hvarf aptr oc hitti vti Eldi; Loci qvaddi hann:", "en": "Ægir, who was also called Gymir, had prepared ale for the gods, after he had got the mighty kettle, as now has been told. To this feast came Othin and Frigg, his wife. Thor came not, as he was on a journey in the East. Sif, Thor’s wife, was there, and Bragi with Ithun, his wife. Tyr, who had but one hand, was there; the wolf Fenrir had bitten off his other hand when they had bound him. There were Njorth and Skathi his wife, Freyr and Freyja, and Vithar, the son of Othin. Loki was there, and Freyr’s servants Byggvir and Beyla. Many were there of the gods and elves.\nÆgir had two serving-men, Fimafeng and Eldir. Glittering gold they had in place of firelight; the ale came in of itself; and great was the peace. The guests praised much the ability of Ægir’s serving-men. Loki might not endure that, and he slew Fimafeng. Then the gods shook their shields and howled at Loki and drove him away to the forest, and thereafter set to drinking again. Loki turned back, and outside he met Eldir. Loki spoke to him:" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 1", "orig": "Segðv þat, Eldir!\nsva at þv einvgi\nfeti gangir framarr:\nhvat her inni hafa\nat ꜹlmálom\nsigtifa synir.“", "en": "“Speak now, Eldir, for not one step\nFarther shalt thou fare;\nWhat ale-talk here do they have within,\nThe sons of the glorious gods?”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 2", "orig": "Eldir qvaþ:\n„Of vapn sín dǫma\noc vm vigrisni sina\nsigtifa synir;\nasa oc alfa,\ner her inni ero,\nmangi er þer i orði vinr.“", "en": "Eldir spake:\n“Of their weapons they talk, and their might in war,\nThe sons of the glorious gods;\nFrom the gods and elves who are gathered here\nNo friend in words shalt thou find.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 3", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Inn scal ganga\nĘgiss hallir i\na þat svmbl at siá;\nioll oc áfo\nfǫri ec asa sonom\noc blend ec þeim sva meini mioþ.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“In shall I go into Ægir’s hall,\nFor the feast I fain would see;\nBale and hatred I bring to the gods,\nAnd their mead with venom I mix.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 4", "orig": "Eldir qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef þv inn gengr\nĘgis hallir í\ná þat svmbl at sia,\nhropi oc rógi\nef þv eýss a holl regin,\na þer mvno þꜹ þerra þat.“", "en": "Eldir spake:\n“If in thou goest to Ægir’s hall,\nAnd fain the feast wouldst see,\nAnd with slander and spite wouldst sprinkle the gods,\nThink well lest they wipe it on thee.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 5", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Veiztv þat, Eldir!\nef við einir scolom\nsáryrdom sacaz,\nꜹþigr verþa mvn ec\ni andsvorom,\nef þv męlir til mart.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Bethink thee, Eldir, if thou and I\nShall strive with spiteful speech;\nRicher I grow in ready words\nIf thou speakest too much to me.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna, prose after 5", "orig": "Siþan gecc Loci inn i hꜹllina. Enn er þeir sa, er fyr varo, hverr inn var kominn, þꜹgnoþo þeir allir.", "en": "Then Loki went into the hall, but when they who were there saw who had entered, they were all silent." }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 6", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þyrstr ec com\nþessar hallar til\nLoptr vm langan veg,\naso at biþia,\nat mer einn gefi\nmęran drycc miaðar.", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Thirsty I come into this thine hall,\nI, Lopt, from a journey long,\nTo ask of the gods that one should give\nFair mead for a drink to me." }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 7", "orig": "Hvi þęgit er sva,\nþrvngin goð!\nat þer męla ne megoð?\nsessa oc staþi\nvelið mer svmbli at,\nęda heitiþ mic heþan!“", "en": "“Why sit ye silent, swollen with pride,\nYe gods, and no answer give?\nAt your feast a place and a seat prepare me,\nOr bid me forth to fare.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 8", "orig": "Bragi qvaþ:\n„Sessa oc staði\nvelia þer svmbli at\nęsir aldregi;\nþviat ęsir vito,\nhveim þeir alda scolo\ngambansvmbl vm geta.“", "en": "Bragi spake:\n“A place and a seat will the gods prepare\nNo more in their midst for thee;\nFor the gods know well what men they wish\nTo find at their mighty feasts.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 9", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Mantv þat, Oþinn!\ner við i ardaga\nblendom bloþi saman:\nꜹlvi bergia\nleztv eigi mvndo,\nnema ocr vęri baþom borit?“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Remember, Othin, in olden days\nThat we both our blood have mixed;\nThen didst thou promise no ale to pour,\nUnless it were brought for us both.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 10", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Ristv þa, Viþarr!\noc lat vlfs fꜹþvr\nsitia svmbli at,\nsiþr oss Loci\nqveþi lastastꜹfom\nĘgis hꜹllo í.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Stand forth then, Vithar, and let the wolf’s father\nFind a seat at our feast;\nLest evil should Loki speak aloud\nHere within Ægir’s hall.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 11", "orig": "Þa stoþ Viþarr vp oc skencti Loca; enn aþr hann drycci, qvaddi hann asona:\n„Heilir ęsir,\nheilar asynior\noc ꜹll ginnheilog goð!\nnema sa einn áss,\ner innar sitr,\nBragi, becciom a.“", "en": "Then Vithar arose and poured drink for Loki; but before he drank he spoke to the gods:\n“Hail to you, gods! ye goddesses, hail!\nHail to the holy throng!\nSave for the god who yonder sits,\nBragi there on the bench.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 12", "orig": "Bragi qvaþ:\n„Mar oc męki\ngef ec þer mins fiar\noc bǫtir þer sva bꜹgi Bragi:\nsiþr þv asom\nꜹfvnd vm gialdir;\ngremþv eigi goð at þer!“", "en": "Bragi spake:\n“A horse and a sword from my hoard will I give,\nAnd a ring gives Bragi to boot,\nThat hatred thou makst not among the gods;\nSo rouse not the great ones to wrath.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 13", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Iós oc armbꜹga\nmvndv ę vera\nbeggia vanr, Bragi!\nasa oc alfa,\ner her inni ero,\nþv ert viþ víg varastr\noc sciarrastr viþ scot.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“In horses and rings thou shalt never be rich,\nBragi, but both shalt thou lack;\nOf the gods and elves here together met\nLeast brave in battle art thou,\nAnd shyest thou art of the shot.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 14", "orig": "Bragi qvaþ:\n„Veit ec, ef fyr vtan vęrac,\nsva sem fyr innan emc,\nĘgis hꜹll vm kominn:\nhꜹfvþ þitt bęra ec\ni hendi mer;\nlitt qveþ ec þer þat fyr lygi.“", "en": "Bragi spake:\n“Now were I without as I am within,\nAnd here in Ægir’s hall,\nThine head would I bear in mine hands away,\nAnd pay thee the price of thy lies.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 15", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Sniallr ertv i sessi,\nscalatv sva gora,\nBragi beccscrꜹtvþr!\nvęga þv gacc,\nef þv reiþr sér!\nhyggz vętr hvatr fyrir.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“In thy seat art thou bold, not so are thy deeds,\nBragi, adorner of benches!\nGo out and fight if angered thou feelest,\nNo hero such forethought has.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 16", "orig": "Iþvnn qvaþ:\n„Biþ ec, Bragi!\nbarna sifiar dvga\noc allra oscmaga,\nat þv Loca qveþira\nlastastꜹfom\nĘgis hꜹllo í.“", "en": "Ithun spake:\n“Well, prithee, Bragi, his kinship weigh,\nSince chosen as wish-son he was;\nAnd speak not to Loki such words of spite\nHere within Ægir’s hall.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 17", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Iþvnn!\nþic qveþ ec allra qvenna\nvergiarnasta vera,\nsitztv arma þina\nlagdir itrþvegna\nvm þinn broþvrbana.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Ithun! thou art, I say,\nOf women most lustful in love,\nSince thou thy washed-bright arms didst wind\nAbout thy brother’s slayer.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 18", "orig": "Iþvnn qvaþ:\n„Loca ec qveþca\nlastastꜹfom\nĘgis hꜹllo í;\nBraga ec kyrri\nbiórreifan;\nvilcat ec, at iþ reiðir vegiz.“", "en": "Ithun spake:\n“To Loki I speak not with spiteful words\nHere within Ægir’s hall;\nAnd Bragi I calm, who is hot with beer,\nFor I wish not that fierce they should fight.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 19", "orig": "Gefion qvaþ:\n„Hvi iþ ęsir tvęir\nscoloþ inni her\nsaryrþom sacaz?\nLoptci þat veit,\nat hann leikinn er\noc hann fiorg avll fiá.“", "en": "Gefjun spake:\n“Why, ye gods twain, with bitter tongues\nRaise hate among us here?\nLoki is famed for his mockery foul,\nAnd the dwellers in heaven he hates.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 20", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Gefion!\nþess mvn ec nv geta,\ner þic glapþi at geði\nsveinn inn hvíti,\ner þer sigli gaf\noc þv lagdir lęr yfir.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Gefjun! for now shall I say\nWho led thee to evil life;\nThe boy so fair gave a necklace bright,\nAnd about him thy leg was laid.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 21", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Ǫrr ertv, Loci!\noc ꜹrviti,\ner þv fǫr þer Gefion at gremi;\nþviat aldar orlꜹg\nhygg ec at hon ꜹll vm viti\niafngorla sem ec.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Mad art thou, Loki, and little of wit,\nThe wrath of Gefjun to rouse;\nFor the fate that is set for all she sees,\nEven as I, methinks.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 22", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Oþinn!\nþv kvnnir aldregi\ndeila vig meþ verom;\nopt þv gaft þeim,\ner þv gefa scyldira,\nenom slęvorom sigr.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Othin! not justly thou settest\nThe fate of the fight among men;\nOft gavst thou to him who deserved not the gift,\nTo the baser, the battle’s prize.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 23", "orig": "Oþinn qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef ec gaf þeim,\ner ec gefa ne scylda,\nenom slęvorom sigr:\natta vetr vartv\nfyr iorþ neþan\nkýr mólcandi oc cona,\noc hefir þv þar born of borit,\noc hvgða ec þat args aþal.“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Though I gave to him who deserved not the gift,\nTo the baser, the battle’s prize;\nWinters eight wast thou under the earth,\nMilking the cows as a maid,\nAy, and babes didst thou bear;\nUnmanly thy soul must seem.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 24", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Enn þic síþa koþo\nSámseyio í\noc draptv a vétt sem vꜹlor;\nvitca líci\nfórtv verþioþ yfir,\noc hvgða ec þat args aþal.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“They say that with spells in Samsey once\nLike witches with charms didst thou work;\nAnd in witch’s guise among men didst thou go;\nUnmanly thy soul must seem.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 25", "orig": "Frigg qvaþ:\n„Avrlꜹgom ycrom\nscylit aldregi\nsegia seggiom fra,\nhvat iþ ęsir tveir\ndrygdvt i ardaga;\nfirriz ę forn rꜹc firar!“", "en": "Frigg spake:\n“Of the deeds ye two of old have done\nYe should make no speech among men;\nWhate’er ye have done in days gone by,\nOld tales should ne’er be told.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 26", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Frigg!\nþv ert Fiorgyns męr\noc hefir ę vergiorn veriþ,\ner þa Vea oc Vilia\nleztv þer, Viþris qvęn!\nbada i badm vm tekit.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Frigg! thou art Fjorgyn’s wife,\nBut ever lustful in love;\nFor Vili and Ve, thou wife of Vithrir,\nBoth in thy bosom have lain.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 27", "orig": "Frigg qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef ec inni ettac\nEgis hꜹllom i\nBaldri lican bvr:\nvt þv ne qvǫmir\nfra asa sonom,\noc vęri þa at þer reiþom vegit.“", "en": "Frigg spake:\n“If a son like Baldr were by me now,\nHere within Ægir’s hall,\nFrom the sons of the gods thou shouldst go not forth\nTill thy fierceness in fight were tried.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 28", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Enn vill þv, Frigg!\nat ec fleiri telia\nmina meinstafi:\nec þvi ręd,\ner þv riþa serat\nsiþan Baldr at sꜹlom.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Thou wilt then, Frigg, that further I tell\nOf the ill that now I know;\nMine is the blame that Baldr no more\nThou seest ride home to the hall.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 29", "orig": "Freyia qvaþ:\n„Ǫrr ertv, Loci!\ner þv ydra telr\nliota leiþstafi;\norlꜹg Frigg\nhygg ec at ꜹll viti,\nþott hon sialfgi segi.“", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“Mad art thou, Loki, that known thou makest\nThe wrong and shame thou hast wrought;\nThe fate of all does Frigg know well,\nThough herself she says it not.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 30", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Freyia!\nþic cann ec fvllgerva,\nera þer vamma vant:\nasa oc alfa,\ner her inni ero,\nhverr hefir þinn hór veriþ.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Freyja! for fully I know thee,\nSinless thou art not thyself;\nOf the gods and elves who are gathered here,\nEach one as thy lover has lain.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 31", "orig": "Freyia qvaþ:\n„Flá er þer tvnga,\nhygg ec at þer fremr\nmyni ogott vm gala;\nreiþir ’ro þer ęsir\noc asynior;\nhryggr mvntv heim fara.“", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“False is thy tongue, and soon shalt thou find\nThat it sings thee an evil song;\nThe gods are wroth, and the goddesses all,\nAnd in grief shalt thou homeward go.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 32", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Freyia!\nþv ert fordǫþa\noc meíni blandin mioc,\nsitz þic at brǫþr þinom\nstóþo bliþ regin,\noc mvndir þv þa, Freyia! frata.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Freyja! thou foulest witch,\nAnd steeped full sore in sin;\nIn the arms of thy brother the bright gods caught thee\nWhen Freyja her wind set free.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 33", "orig": "Niorþr qvaþ:\n„Þat er válitit,\nþótt ser varþer\nvers fái hóss eþa hvars;\nhitt er vndr, er áss ragr\ner her inn of kominn,\noc hefir sa born of borit.“", "en": "Njorth spake:\n“Small ill does it work though a woman may have\nA lord or a lover or both;\nBut a wonder it is that this womanish god\nComes hither, though babes he has borne.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 34", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Niorþr!\nþv vart ꜹstr heþan\ngisl vm sendr at goðom;\nHymis meyiar hꜹfðo\nþic at hlandtrogi\noc þer i mvnn migo.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Njorth; thou wast eastward sent,\nTo the gods as a hostage given;\nAnd the daughters of Hymir their privy had\nWhen use did they make of thy mouth.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 35", "orig": "Niorþr qvaþ:\n„Sv eromc licn,\ner ec varc langt heþan\ngisl vm sendr at goþom:\nþa ec mꜹg gat,\nþann er mangi fiár,\noc þiccir sa asa iadarr.“", "en": "Njorth spake:\n“Great was my gain, though long was I gone,\nTo the gods as a hostage given;\nThe son did I have whom no man hates,\nAnd foremost of gods is found.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 36", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Hettv nv, Niorþr!\nhafþv a hófi þic,\nmvnca ec þvi leyna lengr:\nvið systor þinni\ngaztv slican mꜹg,\noc era þo vóno verr.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Give heed now, Njorth, nor boast too high,\nNo longer I hold it hid;\nWith thy sister hadst thou so fair a son,\nThus hadst thou no worse a hope.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 37", "orig": "Tyr qvaþ:\n„Freyr er beztr\nallra ballriþa\nasa gordom í;\nmey hann ne grętir\nne mannz kono,\noc leysir or hꜹptom hvern.“", "en": "Tyr spake:\n“Of the heroes brave is Freyr the best\nHere in the home of the gods;\nHe harms not maids nor the wives of men,\nAnd the bound from their fetters he frees.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 38", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Tyr!\nþv kvnnir aldregi\nbera tilt meþ tveim;\nhandar ennar hǫgri\nmvn ec hinnar geta,\ner þer sleít Fenrir fra.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Tyr! for between two men\nFriendship thou ne’er couldst fashion;\nFain would I tell how Fenrir once\nThy right hand rent from thee.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 39", "orig": "Tyr qvaþ:\n„Handar em ec vanr,\nenn þv hroþrs-vitniss,\nbꜹl er beggia þrá;\nvlfgi hefir oc vel,\ner i bondom scal\nbíþa ragnarꜹcrs.“", "en": "Tyr spake:\n“My hand do I lack, but Hrothvitnir thou,\nAnd the loss brings longing to both;\nIll fares the wolf who shall ever await\nIn fetters the fall of the gods.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 40", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Týr!\nþat varþ þinni cono,\nat hon atti mꜹg viþ mer;\nꜹln ne penning\nhafþir þv þess aldregi\nvanréttiss, vesall!“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Tyr! for a son with me\nThy wife once chanced to win;\nNot a penny, methinks, wast thou paid for the wrong,\nNor wast righted an inch, poor wretch.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 41", "orig": "Freyr qvaþ:\n„Vlf se ec liggia\narósi fyr,\nvnz rivfaz regin;\nþvi mvndv nęst,\nnema þv nv þegir,\nbvndinn, bꜹlvasmiþr!“", "en": "Freyr spake:\n“By the mouth of the river the wolf remains\nTill the gods to destruction go;\nThou too shalt soon, if thy tongue is not stilled,\nBe fettered, thou forger of ill.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 42", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Gvlli keypta\nleztv Gymis dottvr\noc seldir þitt sva sverþ;\nenn er Mvspellz synir\nríða Myrcviþ yfir,\nveizta þv þa, vesall! hve þv vegr.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“The daughter of Gymir with gold didst thou buy,\nAnd sold thy sword to boot;\nBut when Muspell’s sons through Myrkwood ride,\nThou shalt weaponless wait, poor wretch.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 43", "orig": "Byggvir qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef ec ø̨þli ęttac\nsem Ingvnar-Freyr\noc sva sęlict setr,\nmergi smęra mꜹlþa ec\nþa męíncráco\noc lemþa alla i liþo.“", "en": "Byggvir spake:\n“Had I birth so famous as Ingunar-Freyr,\nAnd sat in so lofty a seat,\nI would crush to marrow this croaker of ill,\nAnd beat all his body to bits.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 44", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þat iþ litla,\ner ec þat lꜹggra sec\noc snapvist snapir;\nat eyrom Freys\nmvnðv ę vera\noc vnd kvernom klaca.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“What little creature goes crawling there,\nSnuffling and snapping about?\nAt Freyr’s ears ever wilt thou be found,\nOr muttering hard at the mill.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 45", "orig": "Beyggvir qvaþ:\n„Beyggvir ec heíti,\nenn mic braþan qveþa\ngoð ꜹll oc gvmar:\nþvi em ec her hroðvgr,\nat drecca Hroptz megir\nallir ꜹl saman.“", "en": "Byggvir spake:\n“Byggvir my name, and nimble am I,\nAs gods and men do grant;\nAnd here am I proud that the children of Hropt\nTogether all drink ale.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 46", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Byggvir!\nþv kvnnir aldregi\ndeila meþ monnom mat;\noc þic i fletz strá\nfinna ne mattv,\nþa er vago verar.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Byggvir! thou never couldst set\nTheir shares of the meat for men;\nHid in straw on the floor, they found thee not\nWhen heroes were fain to fight.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 47", "orig": "Heimdallr qvaþ:\n„Avlr ertv, Loci!\nsva at þv ert orviti,\nhvi ne lezcaþv, Loci?\nþviat ofdryccia\nveldr alda hveim,\ner sina męlgi ne manaþ.“", "en": "Heimdall spake:\n“Drunk art thou, Loki, and mad are thy deeds,\nWhy, Loki, leavst thou this not?\nFor drink beyond measure will lead all men\nNo thought of their tongues to take.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 48", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Heimdallr!\nþer var i árdaga\niþ lióta lif vm lagit;\nꜹrgo baci\nþv mvnt ę vera\noc vaca vorþr goða.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Heimdall! in days long since\nWas an evil fate for thee fixed;\nWith back held stiff must thou ever stand,\nAs warder of heaven to watch.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 49", "orig": "Scaþi qvaþ:\n„Lętt er þer, Loci!\nmvnattv lengi sva\nleica lꜹsom hala;\nþviat þic a hiorvi scolo\nins hrimcalda magar\ngornom binda goð.“", "en": "Skathi spake:\n“Light art thou, Loki, but longer thou mayst not\nIn freedom flourish thy tail;\nOn the rocks the gods bind thee with bowels torn\nForth from thy frost-cold son.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 50", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef mic a hiorvi scolo\nens hrímcalda magar\ngornom binda goð:\nfyrstr oc ǫfstr\nvar ec at fiorlagi,\nþars ver a Þiaza þrifom.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Though on rocks the gods bind me with bowels torn\nForth from my frost-cold son,\nI was first and last at the deadly fight\nThere where Thjazi we caught.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 51", "orig": "Scaþi qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef fyrstr oc ǫfstr\nvartv at fiorlagi,\nþa er ér a Þiaza þrifvð:\nfra minom veom\noc vꜹngom scolo\nþer ę kꜹld ráþ coma.“", "en": "Skathi spake:\n“Wert thou first and last at the deadly fight\nThere where Thjazi was caught,\nFrom my dwellings and fields shall ever come forth\nA counsel cold for thee.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 52", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Léttari í malom\nvartv viþ Lꜹfeyiar son,\nþa er þv letz mer a beð þinn boþit;\ngetiþ verþr oss slics,\nef ver gorva scolom\ntelia vommin vár.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“More lightly thou spakest with Laufey’s son,\nWhen thou badst me come to thy bed;\nSuch things must be known if now we two\nShall seek our sins to tell.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 53", "orig": "Þa gecc Sif fram oc byrladi Loca i hrimcalci mioþ oc męlti:\n„Heill ver þv nv, Loci!\noc tac viþ hrímcalci\nfvllom forns miaðar!\nheldr þv hana eina\nlatir meþ asa sonom\nvammalꜹsom vera.“", "en": "Then Sif came forward and poured mead for Loki in a crystal cup, and said:\n“Hail to thee, Loki, and take thou here\nThe crystal cup of old mead;\nFor me at least, alone of the gods,\nBlameless thou knowest to be.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 54", "orig": "Hann toc viþ horni oc dracc af:\n„Eín þv vęrir,\nef þv sva vęrir,\nvꜹr oc grꜹm at veri;\neinn ec veít,\nsva at ec uita þicciomc,\nhór oc af Hlorriða,\noc var þat sa inn lęvisi Loci.“", "en": "He took the horn, and drank therefrom:\n“Alone thou wert if truly thou wouldst\nAll men so shyly shun;\nBut one do I know full well, methinks,\nWho had thee from Hlorrithi’s arms,\nLoki the crafty in lies.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 55", "orig": "Beyla qvaþ:\n„Fioll ꜹll scialfa,\nhygg ec a for vera\nheiman Hlorriþa;\nhann ręþr ró\nþeim er rǫgir her\ngoð ꜹll oc gvma.“", "en": "Beyla spake:\n“The mountains shake, and surely I think\nFrom his home comes Hlorrithi now;\nHe will silence the man who is slandering here\nTogether both gods and men.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 56", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, Beyla!\nþv ert Byggviss qvęn\noc meini blandin mioc;\nokynian meira\ncoma meþ asa sonom,\nꜹll ertv, deigia! dritin.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Be silent, Beyla! thou art Byggvir’s wife,\nAnd deep art thou steeped in sin;\nA greater shame to the gods came ne’er,\nBefouled thou art with thy filth.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 57", "orig": "Þa com Þorr at oc qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, rꜹg vettr!\nþer scal minn þrv́ðhamarr\nMiollnir mal fyr nema;\nherþaklett drep ec\nþer halsi af,\noc verþr þa þino fiorvi vm farit.“", "en": "Then came Thor forth, and spake:\n“Unmanly one, cease, or the mighty hammer,\nMjollnir, shall close thy mouth;\nThy shoulder-cliff shall I cleave from thy neck,\nAnd so shall thy life be lost.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 58", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Iarðar bvrr\ner her nv inn kominn,\nhvi þrasir þv sva, Þorr?\nenn þa þorir þv ecci,\ner þv scalt viþ vlfinn vega,\noc svelgr hann allan Sigfꜹðvr.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Lo, in has come the son of Earth:\nWhy threaten so loudly, Thor?\nLess fierce thou shalt go to fight with the wolf\nWhen he swallows Sigfather up.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 59", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, rꜹg vettr!\nþer scal minn þrv́ðhamarr\nMiollnir mal fyr nema;\nvpp ec þer verp\noc a ꜹstrvega,\nsiþan þic mangi sér.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Unmanly one, cease, or the mighty hammer,\nMjollnir, shall close thy mouth;\nI shall hurl thee up and out in the East,\nWhere men shall see thee no more.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 60", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Avstrfǫrvm þinom\nscaltv aldregi\nsegia seggiom fra,\nsizt i hansca þvmlvngi\nhnvcþir þv, ęinhęri!\noc þóttisca þv þa Þorr vera.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“That thou hast fared on the East-road forth\nTo men shouldst thou say no more;\nIn the thumb of a glove didst thou hide, thou great one,\nAnd there forgot thou wast Thor.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 61", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, rꜹg vettr!\nþer scal minn þrv́ðhamarr\nMiollnir mal fyr nema;\nhendi inni hǫgri\ndrep ec þic Hrvngnis bana,\nsva at þer brotnar beina hvat.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Unmanly one, cease, or the mighty hammer,\nMjollnir, shall close thy mouth;\nMy right hand shall smite thee with Hrungnir’s slayer,\nTill all thy bones are broken.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 62", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Lifa ętla ec mer\nlangan aldr,\nþottv hętir hamri mer;\nscarpar alar\nþottv þer Scrymiss vera,\noc mattira þv þa nesti na\noc svaltz þv þa hvngri heill.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“A long time still do I think to live,\nThough thou threatenest thus with thy hammer;\nRough seemed the straps of Skrymir’s wallet,\nWhen thy meat thou mightest not get,\nAnd faint from hunger didst feel.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 63", "orig": "Þorr qvaþ:\n„Þegi þv, rꜹg vettr!\nþer scal minn þrv́ðhamarr\nMiollnir mal fyr nema;\nHrvngnis bani\nmun þer i hel coma\nfyr nagrindr neþan.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Unmanly one, cease, or the mighty hammer,\nMjollnir, shall close thy mouth;\nThe slayer of Hrungnir shall send thee to hell,\nAnd down to the gate of death.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 64", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Kvað ec fyr asom,\nqvaþ ec fyr asa sonom\nþaz mic hvatti hvgr;\nenn fyr þer einom\nmvn ec vt ganga,\nþviat ec veit, at þv vegr.", "en": "Loki spake:\n“I have said to the gods and the sons of the gods\nThe things that whetted my thoughts;\nBut before thee alone do I now go forth,\nFor thou fightest well, I ween." }, { "ref": "Lokasenna 65", "orig": "Avl gorðir þv, Ęgir!\nenn þv aldri mvnt\nsiþan svmbl vm gora;\neiga þín ꜹll,\ner her inni er,\nleici yfir logi,\noc brenni þer a baki!“", "en": "“Ale hast thou brewed, but, Ægir, now\nSuch feasts shalt thou make no more;\nO’er all that thou hast which is here within\nShall play the flickering flames,\nAnd thy back shall be burnt with fire.”" }, { "ref": "Lokasenna, closing prose", "orig": "Enn eptir þetta falz Loci i Fránangrs forsi i lax liki, þar toco ęsir hann. Hann var bvndinn meþ þꜹrmom sonar sins Nara; enn Narfi sonr hans varþ at vargi. Scaþi toc eitrorm oc festi vp yfir annlit Loca; drꜹp þar or eitr. Sigyn kona Loca sat þar oc helt mvnnlꜹg vndir eitriþ. Enn er mvnnlꜹgin var fvll, bar hon vt eitriþ. Enn meþan drꜹp eitriþ a Loca. Þa kiptiz hann sva hart viþ, at þaðan af scalf iorþ ꜹll: þat ero nv callaþir landscialptar.", "en": "And after that Loki hid himself in Franang’s waterfall in the guise of a salmon, and there the gods took him. He was bound with the bowels of his son Vali, but his son Narfi was changed to a wolf. Skathi took a poison-snake and fastened it up over Loki’s face, and the poison dropped thereon. Sigyn, Loki’s wife, sat there and held a shell under the poison, but when the shell was full she bore away the poison, and meanwhile the poison dropped on Loki. Then he struggled so hard that the whole earth shook therewith; and now that is called an earthquake." } ], "thrymskvida": [ { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 1", "orig": "Reiðr var þa Vingþórr,\ner hann vacnaþi\noc sins hamars\nvm sacnaði;\nscegg nam at hrista,\nscꜹr nam at dyia,\nreþ Iarþar bvrr\nvm at þreifaz.", "en": "Wild was Vingthor when he awoke,\nAnd when his mighty hammer he missed;\nHe shook his beard, his hair was bristling,\nAs the son of Jorth about him sought." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 2", "orig": "Oc hann þat orða\nallz fyrst vm qvaþ:\n„Heyrðv nv, Loci!\nhvat ec nv męli,\ner eigi veit\niarðar hvergi\nne vphimins:\náss er stolinn hamri“.", "en": "Hear now the speech that first he spake:\n“Harken, Loki, and heed my words,\nNowhere on earth is it known to man,\nNor in heaven above: our hammer is stolen.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 3", "orig": "Gengo þeir fagra\nFreyio tvna,\noc hann þat orða\nallz fyrst vm qvaþ:\n„Mvntv mer, Freyia!\nfiaþrhams liá,\nef ec minn hamar\nmęttac hitta?“.", "en": "To the dwelling fair of Freyja went they,\nHear now the speech that first he spake:\n“Wilt thou, Freyja, thy feather-dress lend me,\nThat so my hammer I may seek?”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 4", "orig": "Freyia qvaþ:\n„Þo mvnda ec gefa þer,\nþott or gvlli vęri,\noc þo selia\nat vęri or silfri.“\nFlo þa Loci,\nfiaðrhamr dvnþi,\nvnz fyr vtan com\nasa garða\noc fyr innan com\niotna heima.", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“Thine should it be though of silver bright,\nAnd I would give it though ’twere of gold.”\nThen Loki flew, and the feather-dress whirred,\nTill he left behind him the home of the gods,\nAnd reached at last the realm of the giants." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 5", "orig": "Þrymr sat a hꜹgi,\nþvrsa drottinn,\ngreyiom sinom\ngvllbꜹnd snǫri\noc mꜹrom sinom\nmꜹn iafnaði.", "en": "Thrym sat on a mound, the giants’ master,\nLeashes of gold he laid for his dogs,\nAnd stroked and smoothed the manes of his steeds." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 6", "orig": "Þrymr qvaþ:\n„Hvat er meþ asom?\nhvat er meþ alfom?\nhví ertv einn kominn\ní iotvnheima?“\nLoci qvaþ:\n„Ilt er meþ asom,\nilt er meþ alfom;\nhefir þv Hloriþa\nhamar vm folginn?“", "en": "Thrym spake:\n“How fare the gods, how fare the elves?\nWhy comst thou alone to the giants’ land?”\nLoki spake:\n“Ill fare the gods, ill fare the elves!\nHast thou hidden Hlorrithi’s hammer?”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 7", "orig": "Þrymr qvaþ:\n„Ec hefi Hlorriþa\nhamar vm folginn\nátta rꜹstom\nfyr iorþ neþan;\nhann engi maþr\naptr um heimtir,\nnema fǫri mer\nFreyio at qvęn.“", "en": "Thrym spake:\n“I have hidden Hlorrithi’s hammer,\nEight miles down deep in the earth;\nAnd back again shall no man bring it\nIf Freyja I win not to be my wife.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 8", "orig": "Fló þa Loci,\nfiadrhamr dvnþi,\nvnz fyr vtan com\niotna heima\noc fyr innan com\nasa garða;\nmętti hann Þór\nmiðra garða,\noc hann þat orda\nallz fyrst vm qvad:", "en": "Then Loki flew, and the feather-dress whirred,\nTill he left behind him the home of the giants,\nAnd reached at last the realm of the gods.\nThere in the courtyard Thor he met:\nHear now the speech that first he spake:" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 9", "orig": "„Hefir þv erendi\nsem erfiði?\nsegðv a lopti\nlong tiþindi:\nopt sitianda\nsꜹgvr vm fallaz,\noc liggiandi\nlygi vm bellir.“", "en": "“Hast thou found tidings as well as trouble?\nThy news in the air shalt thou utter now;\nOft doth the sitter his story forget,\nAnd lies he speaks who lays himself down.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 10", "orig": "Loci qvaþ:\n„Hefi ec erfidi\noc orindi;\nÞrymr hefir þinn hamar,\nþvrsa drottinn;\nhann engi maþr\naptr vm heimtir,\nnema hanom fǫri\nFreyio at qván.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Trouble I have, and tidings as well:\nThrym, king of the giants, keeps thy hammer,\nAnd back again shall no man bring it\nIf Freyja he wins not to be his wife.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 11", "orig": "Ganga þeir fagra\nFreyio at hitta,\noc hann þat orda\nallz fyrst vm qvað:\n„Bittv þic, Fręyia!\nbrvþar líni,\nviþ scolom aka tvꜹ\ni iotvnheima.“", "en": "Freyja the fair then went they to find;\nHear now the speech that first he spake:\n“Bind on, Freyja, the bridal veil,\nFor we two must haste to the giants’ home.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 12", "orig": "Reið varð þa Freyia\noc fnasaþi,\nallr ása salr\nvndir bifðiz,\nstꜹcc þat iþ micla\nmen Brisinga:\n„Mic veiztv verþa\nvergiarnasta,\nef ec ek meþ þer\ni iotvnheima.“", "en": "Wrathful was Freyja, and fiercely she snorted,\nAnd the dwelling great of the gods was shaken,\nAnd burst was the mighty Brisings’ necklace:\n“Most lustful indeed should I look to all\nIf I journeyed with thee to the giants’ home.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 13", "orig": "Senn varo ęsir\nallir a þingi\noc asynior\nallar a mali,\noc vm þat reþo\nrikir tifar,\nhve þeir Hloriþa\nhamar vm sętti.", "en": "Then were the gods together met,\nAnd the goddesses came and council held,\nAnd the far-famed ones a plan would find,\nHow they might Hlorrithi’s hammer win." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 14", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Heimdallr,\nhvitastr ása,\nvissi hann vel fram\nsem vanir aþrir:\n„Bindo ver Þor þa\nbrvþar lini,\nhafi hann iþ micla\nmen Brisinga!", "en": "Then Heimdall spake, whitest of the gods,\nLike the Wanes he knew the future well:\n“Bind we on Thor the bridal veil,\nLet him bear the mighty Brisings’ necklace;" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 15", "orig": "Latom vnd hanom\nhrynia lvcla\noc kvennvaþir\nvm kne falla,\nen a briosti\nbreiþa steína\noc hagliga\nvm hꜹfvþ typpom!“", "en": "“Keys around him let there rattle,\nAnd down to his knees hang woman’s dress;\nWith gems full broad upon his breast,\nAnd a pretty cap to crown his head.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 16", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Þorr,\nþrvðugr ass:\n„Mic mvno ęsir\nargan kalla,\nef ec bindaz lęt\nbrvþar líni.“", "en": "Then Thor the mighty his answer made:\n“Me would the gods unmanly call\nIf I let bind the bridal veil.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 17", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Loci,\nLꜹ́feyiar sonr:\n„Þegi þv, Þorr!\nþeirra orþa;\nþegar mvno iotnar\nasgarð bva,\nnema þv þinn hamar\nþer vm heimtir.“", "en": "Then Loki spake, the son of Laufey:\n“Be silent, Thor, and speak not thus;\nElse will the giants in Asgarth dwell\nIf thy hammer is brought not home to thee.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 18", "orig": "Bvndo þeir Þór þa\nbrvþar líni\noc eno micla\nmeni Brisinga,", "en": "Then bound they on Thor the bridal veil,\nAnd next the mighty Brisings’ necklace." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 19", "orig": "leto vnd hanom\nhrynia lvcla\noc kvennvaþir\nvm kne falla,\nenn a briosti\nbreiþa steina,\noc hagliga\nvm hꜹfvþ typþo.", "en": "Keys around him let they rattle,\nAnd down to his knees hung woman’s dress;\nWith gems full broad upon his breast,\nAnd a pretty cap to crown his head." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 20", "orig": "Þa qvaþ Loci,\nLꜹfeyiar sonr:\n„Mvn ec oc meþ þer\nambót vera,\nvid scolom aka tvęr\ni iotvnheima.“", "en": "Then Loki spake, the son of Laufey:\n“As thy maid-servant thither I go with thee;\nWe two shall haste to the giants’ home.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 21", "orig": "Senn varo hafrar\nheim vm reknir,\nscyndir at scꜹclom,\nscyldo vel renna;\nbiorg brotnoþo,\nbrann iorþ loga,\nók Oþins sonr\ní iotvnheima.", "en": "Then home the goats to the hall were driven,\nThey wrenched at the halters, swift were they to run;\nThe mountains burst, earth burned with fire,\nAnd Othin’s son sought Jotunheim." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 22", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Þrymr,\nþvrsa drottinn:\n„Standit vp, iotnar!\noc straiþ becci;\nnv fǫriþ mer\nFreyio at qvan,\nNiarþar dottvr\nor Noatvnom!", "en": "Then loud spake Thrym, the giants’ leader:\n“Bestir ye, giants, put straw on the benches;\nNow Freyja they bring to be my bride,\nThe daughter of Njorth out of Noatun." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 23", "orig": "Ganga her at gardi\ngvllhyrnþar kýr,\noxn alsvartir\niotni at gamni;\nfiolþ a ec meiþma,\nfiolþ a ec menia,\neinnar mer Freýio\navant þiccir.“", "en": "“Gold-horned cattle go to my stables,\nJet-black oxen, the giant’s joy;\nMany my gems, and many my jewels,\nFreyja alone did I lack, methinks.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 24", "orig": "Var þar at qveldi\nvm comiþ snimma,\noc fyr iotna\nꜹl fram borit;\neinn át oxa,\nátta laxa,\nkrasir allar\nþęr er konor scyldo,\ndracc Sifiar verr\nsáld þriv miaþar.", "en": "Early it was to evening come,\nAnd forth was borne the beer for the giants;\nThor alone ate an ox, and eight salmon,\nAll the dainties as well that were set for the women;\nAnd drank Sif’s mate three tuns of mead." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 25", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Þrymr,\nþvrsa drottinn:\n„Hvar sattv brvþir\nbíta hvassara?\nsaca ec brvþir\nbíta breiðara,\nne inn meira mioþ\nmey vm drecca.“", "en": "Then loud spake Thrym, the giants’ leader:\n“Who ever saw bride more keenly bite?\nI ne’er saw bride with a broader bite,\nNor a maiden who drank more mead than this!”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 26", "orig": "Sat in alsnotra\nambót fyr,\ner orð vm fann\nviþ iotvns máli:\n„Át vętr Freyia\nátta nottom,\nsva var hon oþfv́s\ní iotvnheima.“", "en": "Hard by there sat the serving-maid wise,\nSo well she answered the giant’s words:\n“From food has Freyja eight nights fasted,\nSo hot was her longing for Jotunheim.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 27", "orig": "Lꜹ́t vnd líno,\nlysti at cyssa,\nenn hann vtan stꜹcc\nendlangan sal:\n„Hvi ero ꜹndótt\nꜹgo Freyio?\nþicci mer or ꜹgvm\neldr of brenna.“", "en": "Thrym looked ’neath the veil, for he longed to kiss,\nBut back he leaped the length of the hall:\n“Why are so fearful the eyes of Freyja?\nFire, methinks, from her eyes burns forth.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 28", "orig": "Sat in alsnotra\nambót fyr,\ner orð vm fann\nviþ iotvns máli:\n„Svaf vętr Freyia\nátta nottom,\nsva var hon oþfv́s\ni iotvnheima.“", "en": "Hard by there sat the serving-maid wise,\nSo well she answered the giant’s words:\n“No sleep has Freyja for eight nights found,\nSo hot was her longing for Jotunheim.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 29", "orig": "Inn com in arma\niotna systir,\nhin er brv́þfiár\nbiþia þorði:\n„Lattv þer af hꜹndom\nhringa rꜹ́ða,\nef þv ꜹþlaz vill\nastir minar,\nastir minar,\nalla hylli!“", "en": "Soon came the giant’s luckless sister,\nWho feared not to ask the bridal fee:\n“From thy hands the rings of red gold take,\nIf thou wouldst win my willing love,\nMy willing love and welcome glad.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 30", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Þrymr,\nþvrsa drottinn:\n„Beriþ inn hamar\nbrv́þi at vígia,\nleggit Miollni\ni meyiar kne,\nvígit ocr saman\nVárar hendi!“", "en": "Then loud spake Thrym, the giants’ leader:\n“Bring in the hammer to hallow the bride;\nOn the maiden’s knees let Mjollnir lie,\nThat us both the hand of Vor may bless.”" }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 31", "orig": "Hló Hlorriþa\nhvgr i briosti,\ner harðhvgaþr\nhamar vm þecþi;\nÞrym drap hann fyrstan,\nþvrsa drottin,\noc ętt iotvns\nalla lamþi.", "en": "The heart in the breast of Hlorrithi laughed\nWhen the hard-souled one his hammer beheld;\nFirst Thrym, the king of the giants, he killed,\nThen all the folk of the giants he felled." }, { "ref": "Thrymskvitha 32–33", "orig": "Drap hann ina ꜹldno\niotna systvr,\nhin er brvþfiár\nof beþit hafði;\nhon skell vm hlꜹ́t\nfyr scillinga,\nenn hꜹgg hamars\nfyr hringa fiolþ.\nSva com Oþins sonr\nendr at hamri.", "en": "The giant’s sister old he slew,\nShe who had begged the bridal fee;\nA stroke she got in the shilling’s stead.\nAnd for many rings the might of the hammer.\nAnd so his hammer got Othin’s son." } ], "alvissmal": [ { "ref": "Alvissmol 1", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Becki breiþa,\nnv scal brvþr meþ mer\nheim i sinni snvaz;\nhrataþ vm mégi\nmvn hveriom þiccia,\nheima scalat hvíld nema.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“Now shall the bride my benches adorn,\nAnd homeward haste forthwith;\nEager for wedlock to all shall I seem,\nNor at home shall they rob me of rest.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 2", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þat fira?\nhví ertv sva fꜹlr vm nasar?\nvartv i nótt meþ ná?\nþvrsa líci\nþicci mer a þer vera;\nertattv til brvþar borinn.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“What, pray, art thou? Why so pale round the nose?\nBy the dead hast thou lain of late?\nTo a giant like dost thou look, methinks;\nThou wast not born for the bride.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 3", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Alvíss ec heiti,\nby ec fyr iorþ neþan,\na ec vndir steini staþ;\nvagna vers\nec em a vit kominn;\nbregði engi fꜹsto heiti fira!“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“Alvis am I, and under the earth\nMy home ’neath the rocks I have;\nWith the wagon-guider a word do I seek;\nLet the gods their bond not break.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 4", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Ec mvn bregda,\nþviat ec brvþar a\nflest vm ráþ sem faþir;\nvarca ec heima,\nþa er þer heitiþ var,\nat sa einn er giꜹfer meþ godom.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Break it shall I, for over the bride\nHer father has foremost right;\nAt home was I not when the promise thou hadst,\nAnd I give her alone of the gods.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 5", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þat recca,\ner i raþom telz\nflioþs ens fagrgloa?\nfiarrafleina\nþic mvno fair kvnna;\nhverr hefir þic bꜹgom borit?“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“What hero claims such right to hold\nO’er the bride that shines so bright?\nNot many will know thee, thou wandering man!\nWho was bought with rings to bear thee?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 6", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Vingþórr ec hęiti,\nec hefi viþa rataþ,\nsonr em ec Siþgrana;\nat osatt minni scalattv\nþat iþ vnga man hafa\noc þat giaforþ geta.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Vingthor, the wanderer wide, am I,\nAnd I am Sithgrani’s son;\nAgainst my will shalt thou get the maid,\nAnd win the marriage word.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 7", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Sattir þinar\nęr ec vil snemma hafa\noc þat giaforþ geta;\neiga vilia heldr\nenn án vera\nþat iþ miallhvita man.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“Thy good-will now shall I quickly get,\nAnd win the marriage word;\nI long to have, and I would not lack,\nThis snow-white maid for mine.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 8", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Meyiar astom\nmvna þer verþa,\nvisi gestr! of variþ,\nef þv or heimi kant\nhveriom at segia\nalt þat er ec vil vita.", "en": "Thor spake:\n“The love of the maid I may not keep thee\nFrom winning, thou guest so wise,\nIf of every world thou canst tell me all\nThat now I wish to know." }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 9", "orig": "Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sv iorþ heitir,\ner liggr fyr alda sonom,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the earth, that lies before all,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 10", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Iorþ heitir meþ monnom,\nen meþ asom fold,\ncalla vega vanir,\nigrǫn iotnar,\nalfar groandi,\nkalla ꜹ́r vpregin.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Earth’ to men, ‘Field’ to the gods it is,\n‘The Ways’ is it called by the Wanes;\n‘Ever Green’ by the giants, ‘The Grower’ by elves,\n‘The Moist’ by the holy ones high.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 11", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segdv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira,\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sa himinn heitir,\nerakendi,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the heaven, beheld of the high one,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 12", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Himinn heitir meþ monnom,\nen hlyrnir meþ godom,\nkalla vindofni vanir,\nvppheim iotnar,\nalfar fagra ręfr,\ndvergar drivpan sal.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Heaven’ men call it, ‘The Height’ the gods,\nThe Wanes ‘The Weaver of Winds’;\nGiants ‘The Up-World,’ elves ‘The Fair-Roof,’\nThe dwarfs ‘The Dripping Hall.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 13", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhverso máni heitir,\nsa er menn sia,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the moon, that men behold,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 14", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Mani heitir meþ monnom,\nen mylinn meþ godom,\nkalla hverfanda hvel helio i,\nscyndi iotnar,\nen scin dvergar,\nkalla alfar artala.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Moon’ with men, ‘Flame’ the gods among,\n‘The Wheel’ in the house of hell;\n‘The Goer’ the giants, ‘The Gleamer’ the dwarfs,\nThe elves ‘The Teller of Time.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 15", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sv sol heitir,\ner sia alda synir,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the sun, that all men see,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 16", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Sol heitir meþ monnom,\nenn svnna meþ goþom,\nkalla dvergar Dvalins lęica,\neyglo iotnar,\nalfar fagra hvel,\nalscír asa synir.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“Men call it ‘Sun,’ gods ‘Orb of the Sun,’\n‘The Deceiver of Dvalin’ the dwarfs;\nThe giants ‘The Ever-Bright,’ elves ‘Fair Wheel,’\n‘All-Glowing’ the sons of the gods.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 17", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve þꜹ scy heita,\ner scvrom blandaz,\nheimi hveriom i?", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the clouds, that keep the rains,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 18", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Scy heitir meþ monnom,\nenn scv́rvan meþ goðom,\nkalla vindflot vanir,\nvrván iotnar,\nalfar veþrmegin,\nkalla i helio hialm hvliz.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Clouds’ men name them, ‘Rain-Hope’ gods call them,\nThe Wanes call them ‘Kites of the Wind’;\n‘Water-Hope’ giants, ‘Weather-Might’ elves,\n‘The Helmet of Secrets’ in hell.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 19", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sa vindr heitir,\ner viðast ferr,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the wind, that widest fares,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 20", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Vindr heitir meþ monnom,\nenn vávoþr meþ goðom,\nkalla gneggioþ ginnregin,\nǫpi iꜹtnar,\nalfar dynfara,\nkalla i helio hviþvþ.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Wind’ do men call it, the gods ‘The Waverer,’\n‘The Neigher’ the holy ones high;\n‘The Wailer’ the giants, ‘Roaring Wender’ the elves,\nIn hell ‘The Blustering Blast.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 21", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve þat logn heitir,\ner liggia scal,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the calm, that quiet lies,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 22", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Logn heitir meþ monnom,\nenn lǫgi meþ goðom,\nkalla vindslot vanir,\nofhlý iǫtnar,\nalfar dagsęva,\nkalla dvergar dags vero.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Calm’ men call it, ‘The Quiet’ the gods,\nThe Wanes ‘The Hush of the Winds’;\n‘The Sultry’ the giants, elves ‘Day’s Stillness,’\nThe dwarfs ‘The Shelter of Day.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 23", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sa marr heitir,\ner menn roa,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the sea, whereon men sail,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 24", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Sęr heitir meþ monnom,\nen silęgia meþ goþom,\nkalla vág vanir,\nálheim iotnar,\nalfar lagastaf,\nkalla dvergar divpan mar.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Sea’ men call it, gods ‘The Smooth-Lying,’\n‘The Wave’ is it called by the Wanes;\n‘Eel-Home’ the giants, ‘Drink-Stuff’ the elves,\nFor the dwarfs its name is ‘The Deep.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 25", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sa eldr heitir,\ner brenn fyr alda sonom,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the fire, that flames for men,\nIn each of all the worlds?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 26", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Eldr heitir meþ monnom,\nenn meþ asom fvni,\nkalla vag vanir,\nfrekan iotnar,\nen forbrenni dvergar,\nkalla i helio hrꜹþvþ.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Fire’ men call it, and ‘Flame’ the gods,\nBy the Wanes is it ‘Wildfire’ called;\n‘The Biter’ by giants, ‘The Burner’ by dwarfs,\n‘The Swift’ in the house of hell.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 27", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sa viþr heitir,\ner vex fyr alda sonom,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the wood, that grows for mankind,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 28", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Viþr heitir meþ monnom,\nenn vallar fax meþ goðom,\nkalla hliþþang halir,\nelldi iotnar,\nalfar fagrlima,\nkalla vond vanir.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“Men call it ‘The Wood,’ gods ‘The Mane of the Field,’\n‘Seaweed of Hills’ in hell;\n‘Flame-Food’ the giants, ‘Fair-Limbed’ the elves,\n‘The Wand’ is it called by the Wanes.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 29", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve sv nótt heitir,\nen Nꜹrvi kenda,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the night, the daughter of Nor,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 30", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Nott heitir meþ monnom,\nen niól meþ goðom,\nkalla grimo ginnregin,\noliós iotnar,\nalfar svefngaman,\nkalla dvergar drꜹmniorvn.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Night’ men call it, ‘Darkness’ gods name it,\n‘The Hood’ the holy ones high;\nThe giants ‘The Lightless,’ the elves ‘Sleep’s Joy,’\nThe dwarfs ‘The Weaver of Dreams.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 31", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve þat sáþ heitir,\ner sá alda synir,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the seed, that is sown by men,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 32", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Bygg heitir meþ monnom,\nenn barr meþ goðom,\nkalla vaxt vanir,\nęti iꜹtnar,\nalfar lagastaf,\nkalla i helio hnipinn.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“Men call it ‘Grain,’ and ‘Corn’ the gods,\n‘Growth’ in the world of the Wanes;\n‘The Eaten’ by giants, ‘Drink-Stuff’ by elves,\nIn hell ‘The Slender Stem.’ ”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 33", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Alvíss!\noll of rꜹc fira\nvoromc, dvergr! at vitir:\nhve þat ꜹl heitir,\ner drecca alda synir,\nheimi hveriom i?“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“Answer me, Alvis! thou knowest all,\nDwarf, of the doom of men:\nWhat call they the ale, that is quaffed of men,\nIn each and every world?”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 34", "orig": "Alvíss qvaþ:\n„Ǫl heitir meþ monnom,\nenn meþ asom biórr,\nkalla veig vanir,\nhreina lꜹg iꜹtnar,\nenn i helio mioþ,\nkalla svmbl Svttvngs synir.“", "en": "Alvis spake:\n“ ‘Ale’ among men, ‘Beer’ the gods among,\nIn the world of the Wanes ‘The Foaming’;\n‘Bright Draught’ with giants, ‘Mead’ with dwellers in hell,\n‘The Feast-Draught’ with Suttung’s sons.”" }, { "ref": "Alvissmol 35", "orig": "Þórr qvaþ:\n„I eino briosti\nec sác aldregi\nfleiri forna stafi;\nmiclom talom\nec qveð teldan þic:\nvppi ertv, dvergr! vm dagaþr,\nnv scinn sól i sali.“", "en": "Thor spake:\n“In a single breast I never have seen\nMore wealth of wisdom old;\nBut with treacherous wiles must I now betray thee:\nThe day has caught thee, dwarf!\nNow the sun shines here in the hall.”" } ], "baldrs-draumar": [ { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 1", "orig": "Senn vorv æsir\nallir a þingi\nok asynivr\nalla a mali,\nok vm þat ræðv\nrikir tifar,\nhvi væri Balldri\nballir dravmar.", "en": "Once were the gods together met,\nAnd the goddesses came and council held,\nAnd the far-famed ones the truth would find,\nWhy baleful dreams to Baldr had come." }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 2", "orig": "Vpp ræis Oðinn,\nalldinn gꜹtr,\nok hann a Slæipni\nsǫðvl vm lagði;\nræiþ hann niðr þaþan\nNiflhæliar til,\nmætti hann hvælpi\nþæim ær or hæliv kom.", "en": "Then Othin rose, the enchanter old,\nAnd the saddle he laid on Sleipnir’s back;\nThence rode he down to Niflhel deep,\nAnd the hound he met that came from hell." }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 3", "orig": "Sa var bloðvgr\nvm briost framan\nok galldrs fǫðvr\ngol vm længi.\nFramm ræið Oðinn,\nfolldvægr dvndi,\nhann kom at háfv\nHæliar ranni.", "en": "Bloody he was on his breast before,\nAt the father of magic he howled from afar;\nForward rode Othin, the earth resounded\nTill the house so high of Hel he reached." }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 4", "orig": "Þa ræið Oðinn\nfyrir ꜹstan dyrr,\nþar ær hann vissi\nvǫlv læiði.\nNam hann vittvgri\nvalgalldr kveða,\nvnz nꜹðig ræis,\nnas orð vm kvað:", "en": "Then Othin rode to the eastern door,\nThere, he knew well, was the wise-woman’s grave;\nMagic he spoke and mighty charms,\nTill spell-bound she rose, and in death she spoke:" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 5", "orig": "„Hvat ær manna þat\nmer okvnnra,\nær mer hæfir ꜹkit\nærfit sinni?\nvar ec snivin sniofi\nok slægin rægni\nok drifin dꜹggv,\ndꜹð var æk længi.“", "en": "“What is the man, to me unknown,\nThat has made me travel the troublous road?\nI was snowed on with snow, and smitten with rain,\nAnd drenched with dew; long was I dead.”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 6", "orig": "Oðinn kvað:\n„Vægtamr ec heiti,\nsonr æm æk Valtams;\nsægþv mer or hæliv,\næc man or hæimi:\nhvæim erv bekkir\nbꜹgvm sánir,\nflæt fagrlig\nfloþ gvlli?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Vegtam my name, I am Valtam’s son;\nSpeak thou of hell, for of heaven I know:\nFor whom are the benches bright with rings,\nAnd the platforms gay bedecked with gold?”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 7", "orig": "Vǫlva kvað:\n„Her stændr Baldri\nof brvgginn miǫðr,\nskírar væigar,\nliggr skiǫlldr yfir,\nænn asmægir\ni ofvæni;\nnꜹðvg sagðak,\nnv mvn æk þægia.“", "en": "The Wise-Woman spake:\n“Here for Baldr the mead is brewed,\nThe shining drink, and a shield lies o’er it;\nBut their hope is gone from the mighty gods.\nUnwilling I spake, and now would be still.”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 8", "orig": "Oðinn kvað:\n„Þægiattv, vǫlva!\nþik vil ek fregna,\nvnz alkvnna,\nvil ec ænn vita:\nhverr man Balldri\nat bana verða\nok Oðins son\naldri ræna?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Wise-woman, cease not! I seek from thee\nAll to know that I fain would ask:\nWho shall the bane of Baldr become,\nAnd steal the life from Othin’s son?”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 9", "orig": "Vǫlva kvað:\n„Hꜹðr berr hafan\nhroðrbarm þinig,\nhann man Balldri\nat bana verða\nok Oðins son\nalldri ræna;\nnꜹðvg sagðak,\nnv mvn æk þegia.“", "en": "The Wise-Woman spake:\n“Hoth thither bears the far-famed branch,\nHe shall the bane of Baldr become,\nAnd steal the life from Othin’s son.\nUnwilling I spake, and now would be still.”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 10", "orig": "Oðinn kvað:\n„Þægiattv, vǫlva!\nþik vil ec fregna,\nvnz alkvnna,\nvil ec enn vita:\nhverr man hæipt Hæði\nhæfnt of vinna\næða Balldrs bana\na bal væga?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Wise-woman, cease not! I seek from thee\nAll to know that I fain would ask:\nWho shall vengeance win for the evil work,\nOr bring to the flames the slayer of Baldr?”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 11", "orig": "Vǫlva kvað:\n„Rindr berr Vala\ni væstrsǫlvm,\nsa man Oðins sonr\næinnættr væga:\nhǫnd vm þvær\nnæ hǫfvð kæmbir,\naðr a bal vm berr\nBalldrs andskota;\nnꜹðvg sagðak,\nnv mvn ec þegia.“", "en": "The Wise-Woman spake:\n“Rind bears Vali in Vestrsalir,\nAnd one night old fights Othin’s son;\nHis hands he shall wash not, his hair he shall comb not,\nTill the slayer of Baldr he brings to the flames.\nUnwilling I spake, and now would be still.”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 12", "orig": "Oðinn kvað:\n„Þegiattv, vǫlva!\nþik vil ek fregna,\nvnz alkvnna,\nvil ec enn vita:\nhveriar ’ro þær mæyiar,\nær at mvni gráta\nok a himin verpa\nhalsa skꜹ́tvm?“", "en": "Othin spake:\n“Wise-woman, cease not! I seek from thee\nAll to know that I fain would ask:\nWhat maidens are they who then shall weep,\nAnd toss to the sky the yards of the sails?”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 13", "orig": "Vǫlva kvað:\n„Ertattv Vægtamr,\nsæm æk hvgða,\nhælldr ærtv Oðinn,\nalldinn gꜹtr.“\nOðinn kvað:\n„Ertattv vǫlva\nnæ vis kona,\nhælldr ærtv þriggia\nþvrsa moðir.“", "en": "The Wise-Woman spake:\n“Vegtam thou art not, as erstwhile I thought;\nOthin thou art, the enchanter old.”\nOthin spake:\n“No wise-woman art thou, nor wisdom hast;\nOf giants three the mother art thou.”" }, { "ref": "Baldrs Draumar 14", "orig": "Vǫlva kvað:\n„Hæim rið þv, Oðinn!\nok ver hroðigr!\nsva komir manna\nmæirr aptr a vit,\nær lꜹss Loki\nliðr or bǫndvm\nok ragnarǫk\nrivfændr koma.“", "en": "The Wise-Woman spake:\n“Home ride, Othin, be ever proud;\nFor no one of men shall seek me more\nTill Loki wanders loose from his bonds,\nAnd to the last strife the destroyers come.”" } ], "rigsthula": [ { "ref": "Rigsthula, opening prose", "orig": "Sva segia menn i fornum sǫgum, at einnhverr af áásum, sa er Heimdallr het, fór ferðar sinnar ok framm með siofarstrǫndu nockurri, kom at einum husabę ok nefndiz Rigr. Eptir þeirri sǫgu er kvæði þetta:", "en": "They tell in old stories that one of the gods, whose name was Heimdall, went on his way along a certain seashore, and came to a dwelling, where he called himself Rig. According to these stories is the following poem:" }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 1", "orig": "At kvaðu ganga\ngrænar brautir\nǫflgan ok alldinn\nꜳs kunnigan,\nramman ok rǫskvan\nRig stiganda.", "en": "Men say there went by ways so green\nOf old the god, the aged and wise,\nMighty and strong did Rig go striding.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 2", "orig": "Gekk hann meirr at þat\nmiðrar brautar,\nkom hann at husi,\nhurð var áá giætti;\ninn nam at ganga,\nelldr var ꜳ golfi,\nhion sꜳtu þar\nhar at ꜳrni,\nAi ok Edda\nalldinfallda.", "en": "Forward he went on the midmost way,\nHe came to a dwelling, a door on its posts;\nIn did he fare, on the floor was a fire,\nTwo hoary ones by the hearth there sat,\nAi and Edda, in olden dress." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 3", "orig": "Rigr kunni þeim\nrꜳð at segia,\nmeirr settiz hann\nmiðra fletia,\nenn ꜳ hlið hvaara\nhion salkynna.", "en": "Rig knew well wise words to speak,\nSoon in the midst of the room he sat,\nAnd on either side the others were." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 4", "orig": "Þa tok Edda\nokvinn leif,\nþungan ok þykkan,\nþrunginn sꜳðum;\nbar hon meirr at þat\nmiðra skutla,\nsoð var i bolla,\nsetti ꜳ bioð,\nvar kalfr soðinn\nkrꜳsa beztr.", "en": "A loaf of bread did Edda bring,\nHeavy and thick and swollen with husks;\nForth on the table she set the fare,\nAnd broth for the meal in a bowl there was.\nCalf’s flesh boiled was the best of the dainties." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 5", "orig": "Rigr kunni þeim\nrꜳð at segia,\nreis hann upp þaðan,\nreðz at sofna,\nmeirr lagðiz hann\nmiðrar rekkiu,\nen ꜳ hlið hvára\nhion salkynna.", "en": "Rig knew well wise words to speak,\nThence did he rise, made ready to sleep;\nSoon in the bed himself did he lay,\nAnd on either side the others were." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 6–7", "orig": "Þar var hann at þat\nþriar nætr saman,\ngekk hann meirr at þat\nmiðrar brautar,\nliðu meirr at þat\nmanuðr niu.\nIoð ól Edda,\niosu vatni,\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nhǫrfi svartan,\nhetu Þræl.", "en": "Thus was he there for three nights long,\nThen forward he went on the midmost way,\nAnd so nine months were soon passed by.\nA son bore Edda, with water they sprinkled him,\nWith a cloth his hair so black they covered;\nThræll they named him, . . . . . . . ." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 8", "orig": "var þar ꜳ hondum\nhrokkit skinn,\nkropnir knuar,\n. . . . .\nfingr digrir,\nfúúlligt andlit,\nlotr hryggr,\nlangir hælar.", "en": "The skin was wrinkled and rough on his hands,\nKnotted his knuckles, . . . . . . . .\nThick his fingers, and ugly his face,\nTwisted his back, and big his heels." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 9", "orig": "Hann nam at vaxa\nok vel dafna,\nNam hann meirr at þat\nmagns um kosta,\nbast at binda,\nbyrðar giorva,\nbar hann heim at þat\nhris gerstan dag.", "en": "He began to grow, and to gain in strength,\nSoon of his might good use he made;\nWith bast he bound, and burdens carried,\nHome bore faggots the whole day long." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 10", "orig": "Þar kom at garði\ngengilbeina,\nǫrr var ꜳ ilium,\narmr solbrunninn,\nniðrbiugt er nef,\nnefndiz Þir.", "en": "One came to their home, crooked her legs,\nStained were her feet, and sunburned her arms,\nFlat was her nose; her name was Thir." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 11", "orig": "Miðra fletia\nmeirr settiz hon,\nsat hia henni\nsonr huúss;\nręddu ok ryndu,\nrekkiu giorðu\nÞræll ok Þir\nþrungin dægr.", "en": "Soon in the midst of the room she sat,\nBy her side there sat the son of the house;\nThey whispered both, and the bed made ready,\nThræll and Thir, till the day was through." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 12", "orig": "Born ólu þau,\nbiuggu ok unðu,\nhygg ek at heti\nHreimr ok Fiosnir,\nKlurr ok Kleggi,\nKefsir, Fulnir,\nDrumbr, Digralldi,\nDrǫttr ok Hǫsvir,\nLútr ok Leggialldi;\nlǫgðu garða,\nakra tǫddu,\nunnu at svinum,\ngeita giættu,\ngrofu torf.", "en": "Children they had, they lived and were happy,\nFjosnir and Klur they were called, methinks,\nHreim and Kleggi, Kefsir, Fulnir,\nDrumb, Digraldi, Drott and Leggjaldi,\nLut and Hosvir; the house they cared for,\nGround they dunged, and swine they guarded,\nGoats they tended, and turf they dug." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 13", "orig": "Dættr voru þær\nDrumba ok Kumba,\nǪckvinkꜳlfa\nok Arinnefia,\nYsia ok Ambꜳtt,\nEikintiasna,\nTǫtrughypia\nok Trǫnubeina;\nþaðan eru komnar\nþræla ættir.", "en": "Daughters had they, Drumba and Kumba,\nÖkkvinkalfa, Arinnefja,\nYsja and Ambott, Eikintjasna,\nTotrughypja and Tronubeina;\nAnd thence has risen the race of thralls." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 14", "orig": "Gekk Rigr at þat\nrettar braúter,\nkom hann at hǫllu,\nhurð var ꜳ skiði;\ninn nam at ganga,\nelldr var ꜳ golfi,\nhion sꜳtu þar,\nhelldu ꜳ syslu.\nAfi ok Amma\nꜳttu hús.", "en": "Forward went Rig, his road was straight,\nTo a hall he came, and a door there hung;\nIn did he fare, on the floor was a fire:\nAfi and Amma owned the house." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 15", "orig": "Maðr teglði þar\nmeið til rifiar,\nvar skegg skapat,\nskǫr var firir enni,\nskyrtu þrǫngva,\nskokkr var ꜳ golfi.", "en": "There sat the twain, and worked at their tasks:\nThe man hewed wood for the weaver’s beam;\nHis beard was trimmed, o’er his brow a curl,\nHis clothes fitted close; in the corner a chest." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 16", "orig": "Sat þar kona,\nsveigði rokk,\nbreiddi faðm,\nbio til vꜳðar;\nsveigr var a hǫfði,\nsmokkr var ꜳ bringu,\ndúkr var ꜳ hꜳlsi,\ndvergar ꜳ ǫxlum.", "en": "The woman sat and the distaff wielded,\nAt the weaving with arms outstretched she worked;\nOn her head was a band, on her breast a smock;\nOn her shoulders a kerchief with clasps there was." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 17", "orig": "Rigr kunni þeim\nrað at segia,\nmeirr settiz hann\nmiðra fletia,\nenn ꜳ hlið hvꜳra\nhion salkynna.", "en": "Rig knew well wise words to speak,\nSoon in the midst of the room he sat,\nAnd on either side the others were." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 18", "orig": "Þa tok Amma\n. . . . .", "en": "Then took Amma . . . . . . . .\nThe vessels full with the fare she set,\nCalf’s flesh boiled was the best of the dainties." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 19", "orig": "Rigr kunni þeim\nrað at segia,\nreis fra borði,\nreð at sofna,\nmeirr lagðiz hann\nmiðrar rekkiu,\nenn á hlið hvꜳra\nhion salkynna.", "en": "Rig knew well wise words to speak,\nHe rose from the board, made ready to sleep;\nSoon in the bed himself did he lay,\nAnd on either side the others were." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 20–21", "orig": "Þar var hann at þat\nþriar nætr saman,\ngekk hann meirr at þat\nmiðrar brautar,\nliðu meirr at þat\nmanuðr niu.\nIoð ol Amma,\niosu vatni,\nkolluðu Karl,\nkona sveip ripti\nrauðan ok rioðan,\nriðuðu augu.", "en": "Thus was he there for three nights long,\nThen forward he went on the midmost way,\nAnd so nine months were soon passed by.\nA son bore Amma, with water they sprinkled him,\nKarl they named him; in a cloth she wrapped him,\nHe was ruddy of face, and flashing his eyes." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 22", "orig": "Hann nam at vaxa\nok vel dafna,\nǫxn nam at temia,\narðr at giorfa,\nhús at timbra\nok hlǫður smiða,\nkarta at giorfa\nok keyra plóg.", "en": "He began to grow, and to gain in strength,\nOxen he ruled, and plows made ready,\nHouses he built, and barns he fashioned,\nCarts he made, and the plow he managed." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 23", "orig": "Heim oku þa\nhanginluklu,\ngeitakyrtlu,\ngiptu Karli;\nSnǫr heitir su,\nsettiz undir ripti,\nbiuggu hion,\nbaúga deilldu,\nbreiddu blæiur\nok bu giorðu.", "en": "Home did they bring the bride for Karl,\nIn goatskins clad, and keys she bore;\nSnör was her name, ’neath the veil she sat;\nA home they made ready, and rings exchanged,\nThe bed they decked, and a dwelling made." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 24", "orig": "Born olu þau,\nbiuggu ok undu,\nhet Halr ok Drengr,\nHaulldr, Þegn ok Smiðr,\nBreiðr, Bondi,\nBundinskeggi,\nBui ok Boddi,\nBrattskeggr ok Seggr.", "en": "Sons they had, they lived and were happy:\nHal and Dreng, Holth, Thegn and Smith,\nBreith and Bondi, Bundinskeggi,\nBui and Boddi, Brattskegg and Segg." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 25", "orig": "Enn hetu sva\nǫðrum nǫfnum:\nSnot, Bruðr, Svanni,\nSvarri, Sprakki,\nFlioð, Sprund ok Vif,\nFeima, Ristill;\nþaðan eru komnar\nkarla ættir.", "en": "Daughters they had, and their names are here:\nSnot, Bruth, Svanni, Svarri, Sprakki,\nFljoth, Sprund and Vif, Feima, Ristil:\nAnd thence has risen the yeomen’s race." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 26", "orig": "Gekk Rigr þaðan\nrettar braútir,\nkom hann at sal,\nsuðr horfðu dyrr,\nvar hurð hnigin,\nhringr var i giætti.\nGekk hann inn at þat,\ngolf var straað,", "en": "Thence went Rig, his road was straight,\nA hall he saw, the doors faced south;\nThe portal stood wide, on the posts was a ring,\nThen in he fared; the floor was strewn." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 27", "orig": "sꜳtu hion,\nsꜳz i augu\nFaðir ok Moðir,\nfingrum at leika.\nSat husgumi\nok sneri streng,\nꜳlm of bendi,\norfar skepti;", "en": "Within two gazed in each other’s eyes,\nFathir and Mothir, and played with their fingers;\nThere sat the house-lord, wound strings for the bow,\nShafts he fashioned, and bows he shaped." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 28", "orig": "enn huskona\nhugði at ǫrmum,\nstrauk of ripti,\nsterti ermar.\nKeisti falld,\nkinga var a bringu,\nsiðar slæður,\nserk blafaan;\nbrun biartari,\nbriost liosara,\nhꜳls hvitari\nhreinni miǫllu.", "en": "The lady sat, at her arms she looked,\nShe smoothed the cloth, and fitted the sleeves;\nGay was her cap, on her breast were clasps,\nBroad was her train, of blue was her gown,\nHer brows were bright, her breast was shining,\nWhiter her neck than new-fallen snow." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 29", "orig": "Rigr kunni þeim\nrꜳð at segia,\nmeirr settiz hann\nmiðra fletia,\nenn ꜳ hlið hvára\nhion salkynna.", "en": "Rig knew well wise words to speak,\nSoon in the midst of the room he sat,\nAnd on either side the others were." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 30", "orig": "Þa tok Moðir\nmerktan duk,\nhvitan af hǫrfi,\nhulði bioð;\nhon tok at þat\nhleifa þunna,\nhvita af hveiti,\nok hulði duk.", "en": "Then Mothir brought a broidered cloth,\nOf linen bright, and the board she covered;\nAnd then she took the loaves so thin,\nAnd laid them, white from the wheat, on the cloth." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 31", "orig": "Framm setti hon\nskutla fulla,\nsilfri varða\n. . . . . a biǫð,\nfꜳn ok fleski\nok fugla steikta;\nvin var i kǫnnu,\nvarðer kaalkar;\ndrukku ok dæmðu,\ndagr var ꜳ sinnum.", "en": "Then forth she brought the vessels full,\nWith silver covered, and set before them,\nMeat all browned, and well-cooked birds;\nIn the pitcher was wine, of plate were the cups,\nSo drank they and talked till the day was gone." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 32", "orig": "Rigr kunni þeim\nrꜳð at segia,\nreis hann at þat,\nrekkiu gerði;", "en": "Rig knew well wise words to speak,\nSoon did he rise, made ready to sleep;\nSo in the bed himself did he lay,\nAnd on either side the others were." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 33–34", "orig": "þar var hann at þat\nþriar nætr saman,\ngekk hann meirr at þat\nmiðrar brautar,\nliðu meirr at þat\nmáánuðr niu.\nSvein ol Moðir,\nsilki vafði,\niosu vatni,\nIarl letu heita;\nbleikt var hꜳr,\nbiartir vangar,\nǫtul voru augu\nsem yrmlingi.", "en": "Thus was he there for three nights long,\nThen forward he went on the midmost way,\nAnd so nine months were soon passed by.\nA son had Mothir, in silk they wrapped him,\nWith water they sprinkled him, Jarl he was;\nBlond was his hair, and bright his cheeks,\nGrim as a snake’s were his glowing eyes." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 35", "orig": "Upp ox þar\nIarl á fletium,\nlind nam at skelfa,\nleggia strengi,\nꜳlm at beygia,\nǫrfar skepta,\nflein at fleygia,\nfrǫkkur dyia,\nhestum riða,\nhundum verpa,\nsverðum bregða,\nsund at fremia.", "en": "To grow in the house did Jarl begin,\nShields he brandished, and bow-strings wound,\nBows he shot, and shafts he fashioned,\nArrows he loosened, and lances wielded,\nHorses he rode, and hounds unleashed,\nSwords he handled, and sounds he swam." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 36", "orig": "Kom þar or runni\nRigr gangandi,\nRigr gangandi,\nrunar kendi;\nsitt gaf heiti,\nson kveðz eiga;\nþann bað hann eignaz\noðalvǫllu,\noðalvollu,\nalldnar bygðir.", "en": "Straight from the grove came striding Rig,\nRig came striding, and runes he taught him;\nBy his name he called him, as son he claimed him,\nAnd bade him hold his heritage wide,\nHis heritage wide, the ancient homes." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 37–38", "orig": "Reið hann meirr þaðan\nmyrkan við,\nhelug fiǫll,\nunnz at hǫllu kom;\nskapt nam at dyia,\nskelfði lind,\nhesti hleypti\nok hiǫrfi brá;\nvig nam at vekia,\nvǫll nam at rioða,\nval nam at fella,\nvꜳ til landa.", "en": ". . . . .\nForward he rode through the forest dark,\nO’er the frosty crags, till a hall he found.\nHis spear he shook, his shield he brandished,\nHis horse he spurred, with his sword he hewed;\nWars he raised, and reddened the field,\nWarriors slew he, and land he won." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 39", "orig": "Reð hann einn at þat\naatiaan buum;\nauð nam skipta,\nǫllum veita\nmeiðmar ok mǫsma,\nmara svangrifia,\nhringum hreytti,\nhio sundr baúg.", "en": "Eighteen halls ere long did he hold,\nWealth did he get, and gave to all,\nStones and jewels and slim-flanked steeds,\nRings he offered, and arm-rings shared." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 40", "orig": "Oku ærir\nurgar brautir,\nkomu at hollu,\nþar er Hersir bio;\nmey ꜳtti hann\nmiofingraða,\nhvita ok horska,\nhetu Erna.", "en": "His messengers went by the ways so wet,\nAnd came to the hall where Hersir dwelt;\nHis daughter was fair and slender-fingered,\nErna the wise the maiden was." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 41", "orig": "Bꜳðu hennar\nok heim oku,\ngiptu Iarli,\ngekk hon und lini;\nsaman biuggu þau\nok sier undu,\nættir ioku\nok alldrs nutu.", "en": "Her hand they sought, and home they brought her,\nWedded to Jarl the veil she wore;\nTogether they dwelt, their joy was great,\nChildren they had, and happy they lived." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 42–43", "orig": "Burr var hinn ellzti,\nen Barn annat,\nIoð ok Aðal,\nArfi, Mǫgr,\nNiðr ok Niðiungr,\nnamu leika,\nSonr ok Sveinn,\nsund ok tafl,\nKundr het einn,\nKonr var hinn yngzti.\nUpp oxu þar\nIarli bornir,\nhesta tǫmðu,\nhlifar bendu,\nskeyti skofu,\nskelfðu aska.", "en": "Bur was the eldest, and Barn the next,\nJoth and Athal, Arfi, Mog,\nNith and Svein, soon they began.\nSun and Nithjung, to play and swim;\nKund was one, and the youngest Kon.\nSoon grew up the sons of Jarl,\nBeasts they tamed, and bucklers rounded,\nShafts they fashioned, and spears they shook." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 44", "orig": "En Konr ungr\nkunni runar,\næfinrunar\nok alldrrunar;\nmeirr kunni hann\nmǫnnum biarga,\neggiar deyfa,\nægi lęgia.", "en": "But Kon the Young learned runes to use,\nRunes everlasting, the runes of life;\nSoon could he well the warriors shield,\nDull the swordblade, and still the seas." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 45", "orig": "Klǫk nam fugla,\nkyrra ellda,\nsæva ok svefia,\nsorgir lægia,\nafl ok eliun\naatta manna.", "en": "Bird-chatter learned he, flames could he lessen,\nMinds could quiet, and sorrows calm;\n. . . . .\nThe might and strength of twice four men." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 46", "orig": "Hann við Rig Iarl\nrunar deilldi,\nbrǫgðum beitti\nok betr kunni;\nþa ǫðladiz\nok þa eiga gat\nRigr at heita,\nrúnar kunna.", "en": "With Rig-Jarl soon the runes he shared,\nMore crafty he was, and greater his wisdom;\nThe right he sought, and soon he won it,\nRig to be called, and runes to know." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 47–48", "orig": "Reið Konr ungr\nkiǫrr ok skoga,\nkolfi fleygði,\nkyrði fugla.\nÞa kvað þat kráka,\nsat kvisti ein:\n„Hvat skaltu, Konr ungr!\nkyrra fugla?\nhelldr mætti þer\nhestum riða,\nhiǫrum bregða\nok her fella.", "en": "Young Kon rode forth through forest and grove,\nShafts let loose, and birds he lured;\nThere spake a crow on a bough that sat:\n“Why lurest thou, Kon, the birds to come?\n“’Twere better forth on thy steed to fare,\n. . . . . . . . and the host to slay." }, { "ref": "Rigsthula 49", "orig": "Áá Danr ok Danpr\ndyrar haller,\næðra oðal,\nenn er hafit;\nþeir kunnu vel\nkiol at riða,\negg at kenna,\nundir riufa.“", "en": "“The halls of Dan and Danp are noble,\nGreater their wealth than thou hast gained;\nGood are they at guiding the keel,\nTrying of weapons, and giving of wounds.”" } ], "hyndluljod": [ { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 1", "orig": "Freyia qvaþ:\n„Vaki mær meyia,\nvaki min vina,\nHyndla systir!\ner i helli byr;\nnu er rauckr rauckra,\nrida vit skulum\ntil Valhallar\nok til vess heilags.", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“Maiden, awake! wake thee, my friend,\nMy sister Hyndla, in thy hollow cave!\nAlready comes darkness, and ride must we\nTo Valhall to seek the sacred hall." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 2", "orig": "Bidium Heriafaudur\ni hugum sitia;\nhann gelldr ok gefr\ngull verdungu;\ngaf hann Hermodi\nhialm ok bryniu,\nenn Sigmundi\nsuerd at þiggia.", "en": "“The favor of Heerfather seek we to find,\nTo his followers gold he gladly gives;\nTo Hermoth gave he helm and mail-coat,\nAnd to Sigmund he gave a sword as gift." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 3", "orig": "Gefr hann sigr sonum,\nen summum aura,\nmælsku morgum\nok mannvit firum;\nbyri gefr hann braugnum,\nenn brag skꜳldum,\ngefr hann mannsemi\nmorgum recki.", "en": "“Triumph to some, and treasure to others,\nTo many wisdom and skill in words,\nFair winds to the sailor, to the singer his art,\nAnd a manly heart to many a hero." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 4", "orig": "Þor mun hon blota,\nþess mun hon bidia,\nat hann æ vid þik\neinart laati;\nþo er honum otijtt\nvid iotuns brudir.", "en": "“Thor shall I honor, and this shall I ask,\nThat his favor true mayst thou ever find;\n. . . . .\nThough little the brides of the giants he loves." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 5", "orig": "Nu taktu vlf þinn\neinn af stalli,\nlꜳt hann renna\nmed runa minum.“\nHyndla qvaþ:\n„Seinn er gaulltr þinn\ngodveg troda,\nvilkat ek mar minn\nmætann hleda.", "en": "“From the stall now one of thy wolves lead forth,\nAnd along with my boar shalt thou let him run;\nFor slow my boar goes on the road of the gods,\nAnd I would not weary my worthy steed.”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 6", "orig": "Fla ertu, Freyia!\ner þu freistar min,\nvisar þu augum\nꜳ oss þannig,\ner þu hefir ver þinn\ni valsinne,\nOttar unga,\nInnsteins bur.“", "en": "Hyndla spake:\n“Falsely thou askest me, Freyja, to go,\nFor so in the glance of thine eyes I see;\nOn the way of the slain thy lover goes with thee,\nOttar the young, the son of Instein.”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 7", "orig": "Freyia qvaþ:\n„Dulin ertu, Hyndla!\ndraums ætlig þer,\ner þu kuedr ver minn\ni valsinni,\nþar er gaulltr gloar\ngullinbusti\nHilldisuine,\ner mer hagir giordu\nduergar tueir,\nDꜳinn ok Nabbi.", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“Wild dreams, methinks, are thine when thou sayest\nMy lover is with me on the way of the slain;\nThere shines the boar with bristles of gold,\nHildisvini, he who was made\nBy Dain and Nabbi, the cunning dwarfs." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 8", "orig": "Sennum vit or sodlum,\nsitia vit skulum\nok vm iofra\nættir dæma,\ngumna þeirra\ner fra godum kuomu.", "en": "“Now let us down from our saddles leap,\nAnd talk of the race of the heroes twain;\nThe men who were born of the gods above,\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 9", "orig": "Þeir hafa vediat\nVala mꜳlmi\nOttar ungi\nok Angantyr;\nskyllt er at veita,\nsua at skati enn vngi\nfaudurleifd hafui\neftir frændr sina.", "en": "“A wager have made in the foreign metal\nOttar the young and Angantyr;\nWe must guard, for the hero young to have,\nHis father’s wealth, the fruits of his race." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 10", "orig": "Haurg hann mer gerdi\nhladinn steinum\nnu er griot þat\nat gleri vordit,\nraud hann i nyiu\nnauta blodi,\næ trvdi Ottar\nꜳ asyniur.", "en": "“For me a shrine of stones he made,\nAnd now to glass the rock has grown;\nOft with the blood of beasts was it red;\nIn the goddesses ever did Ottar trust." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 11", "orig": "Nu lꜳttu forna\nnidia talda\nok vpp bornar\nættir manna:\nhuat er Skiolldunga,\nhuat er Skilfinga,\nhuat er Audlinga,\nhuat er Ylfinga,\nhuat er haulldborit,\nhuat er hersborit,\nmest manna val\nvnd Midgardi?“", "en": "“Tell to me now the ancient names,\nAnd the races of all that were born of old:\nWho are of the Skjoldungs, who of the Skilfings,\nWho of the Othlings, who of the Ylfings,\nWho are the free-born, who are the high-born,\nThe noblest of men that in Mithgarth dwell?”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 12", "orig": "Hyndla qvaþ:\n„Þu ert, Ottar!\nborinn Innsteini,\nenn Innsteinn var\nAalfui enum gamla;\nAalfr var Vlfui,\nVlfr Sæfara,\nenn Sæfari\nSuan enum rauda.", "en": "Hyndla spake:\n“Thou art, Ottar, the son of Instein,\nAnd Instein the son of Alf the Old,\nAlf of Ulf, Ulf of Sæfari,\nAnd Sæfari’s father was Svan the Red." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 13", "orig": "Modur ꜳtti fadir þinn\nmenium gaufga,\nhygg ek at hon heti\nHledis gydia;\nFrodi var fadir þeirrar,\nenn Friaut modir;\naull þotti ætt su\nmed yfirmonnum.", "en": "“Thy mother, bright with bracelets fair,\nHight, methinks, the priestess Hledis;\nFrothi her father, and Friaut her mother;\nHer race of the mightiest men must seem." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 14", "orig": "Aali var ꜳdr\nauflgazstr manna,\nHalfdan fyrri\nhæstr Skiolldunga;\nfræg voru folkvig\nþau er framir gerdu,\nhuarfla þottu hans verk\nmed himins skautum.", "en": "“Of old the noblest of all was Ali,\nBefore him Halfdan, foremost of Skjoldungs;\nFamed were the battles the hero fought,\nTo the corners of heaven his deeds were carried." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 15", "orig": "Efldiz hann vid Eymund\næzstann manna,\nenn hann vǫ Sigtrygg\nmed suolum eggium;\neiga geck Aalmueig\næzsta quinna,\nolu þau ok ꜳttu\nꜳtian sonu.", "en": "“Strengthened by Eymund, the strongest of men,\nSigtrygg he slew with the ice-cold sword;\nHis bride was Almveig, the best of women,\nAnd eighteen boys did Almveig bear him." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 16", "orig": "Þadan eru Skiolldungar,\nþadan eru Skilfingar,\nþadan Audlingar,\nþadan Ynglingar,\nþadan haulldborit,\nþadan hersborit,\nmest manna val\nvnd Midgardi;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Hence come the Skjoldungs, hence the Skilfings,\nHence the Othlings, hence the Ynglings,\nHence come the free-born, hence the high-born,\nThe noblest of men that in Mithgarth dwell:\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 17", "orig": "Var Hilldigunn\nhennar modir\nSuofu barn\nok Sækonungs;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!\nvardar at viti sua,\nviltu enn leingra?", "en": "“Hildigun then her mother hight,\nThe daughter of Svava and Sækonung;\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!\nIt is much to know, wilt thou hear yet more?" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 18", "orig": "Dagr ꜳtti Þoru\ndrengia modur,\noluzst i ætt þar\næzstir kappar:\nFradmarr ok Gyrdr\nok Frekar bꜳdir,\nÁmr ok Iosurmar,\nAalfr enn gamli;\nvardar at viti sua,\nvilltu enn leingra?", "en": "“The mate of Dag was a mother of heroes,\nThora, who bore him the bravest of fighters,\nFrathmar and Gyrth and the Frekis twain,\nAm and Jofurmar, Alf the Old;\nIt is much to know, wilt thou hear yet more?" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 19", "orig": "Ketill het vinr þeirra\nKlyps arfþegi,\nvar hann modurfadir\nmodur þinnar;\nþar var Frodi\nfyrr enn Kꜳri,\nhinn elldri var\nAalfr vm getinn.", "en": "“Her husband was Ketil, the heir of Klypp,\nHe was of thy mother the mother’s-father;\nBefore the days of Kari was Frothi,\nAnd born of Hild was Hoalf then." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 20", "orig": "Nanna var næst þar\nNauckua dottir,\nvar maugr hennar\nmꜳgr þins faudur;\nfyrnd er su mægd,\nfram tel ek leingra:\nkunna ek bꜳda\nBrodd ok Haurfi;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Next was Nanna, daughter of Nokkvi,\nThy father’s kinsman her son became;\nOld is the line, and longer still,\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 21", "orig": "Isolfr ok Aasolfr\nAulmods synir\nok Skurhilldar\nSkeckils dottur,\nskaltu til telia\nskatna margra;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Isolf and Osolf, the sons of Olmoth,\nWhose wife was Skurhild, the daughter of Skekkil,\nCount them among the heroes mighty,\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 22", "orig": "Gunnar bꜳlkr,\nGrimr ardskafui,\niarnskiolldr Þorir,\nVlfr ginandi.\n. . . . .\nKunna ek bꜳda\nBrodd ok Haurfi,\nvoru þeir i hird\nHrolfs ens gamla.", "en": "“Gunnar the Bulwark, Grim the Hardy,\nThorir the Iron-shield, Ulf the Gaper,\nBrodd and Hörvir both did I know;\nIn the household they were of Hrolf the Old." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 23", "orig": "Hervardr, Hiorvardr,\nHrani, Angantyr,\nBui ok Brami,\nBarri ok Reifnir,\nTindr ok Tyrfingr\nok tueir Haddingiar;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Hervarth, Hjorvarth, Hrani, Angantyr,\nBui and Brami, Barri and Reifnir,\nTind and Tyrfing, the Haddings twain,\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 24", "orig": "Austr i Bolm\nvoru bornir,\nArngrims synir\nok Eyfuru;\nbraukun berserkia\nbauls margskonar\nvm laund ok vm laug\nsem logi færi;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Eastward in Bolm were born of old\nThe sons of Arngrim and Eyfura;\nWith berserk-tumult and baleful deed\nLike fire o’er land and sea they fared,\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 25", "orig": "þeir voru gumnar\ngodum signadir;\nAllir bornir\nfra Iormunreki\nSigurdar mꜳgi,\nhlyd þu saugu minni!\nfolkum grims\nþess er Fafni uǫ.", "en": "“The sons of Jormunrek all of yore\nTo the gods in death were as offerings given;\nHe was kinsman of Sigurth, hear well what I say,\nThe foe of hosts, and Fafnir’s slayer." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 26", "orig": "Sa var visir\nfra Vaulsungi\nok Hiordis\nfra Hraudungi,\nenn Eylimi\nfra Audlingum;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“From Volsung’s seed was the hero sprung,\nAnd Hjordis was born of Hrauthung’s race,\nAnd Eylimi from the Othlings came,\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 27", "orig": "Gunnarr ok Haugni\nGiuka arfar,\nok id sama Gudrun\nsystir þeirra:\neigi var Guthormr\nGiuka ættar,\nþo var hann brodir\nbeggia þeirra;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Gunnar and Hogni, the heirs of Gjuki,\nAnd Guthrun as well, who their sister was;\nBut Gotthorm was not of Gjuki’s race,\nAlthough the brother of both he was:\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 28", "orig": "Haki var Huædnu\nhoti bezstr sona,\nenn Huędnu var\nHiorvardr fadir;", "en": "“Of Hvethna’s sons was Haki the best,\nAnd Hjorvarth the father of Hvethna was;\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 29", "orig": "Haralldr hillditaunn\nborinn Hræreki\nslaunguanbauga,\nsonr var hann Audar,\nAudr diupudga\nIfuars dottir,\nenn Radbardr var\nRandués fadir;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "“Harald Battle-tooth of Auth was born,\nHrörek the Ring-giver her husband was;\nAuth the Deep-minded was Ivar’s daughter,\nBut Rathbarth the father of Randver was:\nAnd all are thy kinsmen, Ottar, thou fool!”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 30", "orig": "Voru ellifu\næsir taldir,\nBalldr er hne\nvid banaþufu;\nþess letz Vali\nverdr at hefna,\nsins brodur\nslo hann handbana;\nallt er þat ætt þin,\nOttar heimski!", "en": "Fragment of “The Short Voluspo”\nEleven in number the gods were known,\nWhen Baldr o’er the hill of death was bowed;\nAnd this to avenge was Vali swift,\nWhen his brother’s slayer soon he slew." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 31–33", "orig": "Var Balldrs fadir\nBurs arfþegi,\nFreyr atti Gerdi,\nhon var Gymis dottir,\niotna ættar,\nok Aurbodu;\nþo var Þiassi\nþeirra frændi\nskautgiarn iotun,\nhans var Skadi dottir.\nMart segium þer\nok munum fleira,\nvǫrumz at viti sua,\nvilltu enn leingra?", "en": "The father of Baldr was the heir of Bur,\n. . . . .\nFreyr’s wife was Gerth, the daughter of Gymir,\nOf the giants’ brood, and Aurbotha bore her;\nTo these as well was Thjazi kin,\nThe dark-loving giant; his daughter was Skathi.\nMuch have I told thee, and further will tell;\nThere is much that I know; wilt thou hear yet more?" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 34", "orig": "Heidr ok Hrossþiofr\nHrimnis kindar.", "en": "Heith and Hrossthjof, the children of Hrimnir.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 35", "orig": "Eru vaulur allar\nfra Vidolfui,\nvitkar allir\nfra Vilmeidi,\nseidberendr\nfra Suarthofda,\niotnar allir\nfra Ymi komnir.", "en": "The sybils arose from Vitholf’s race,\nFrom Vilmeith all the seers are,\nAnd the workers of charms are Svarthofthi’s children,\nAnd from Ymir sprang the giants all." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 36", "orig": "Mart segium þer\nok munum fleira,\nvǫrumzst at viti sua,\nvilltu enn leingra?", "en": "Much have I told thee, and further will tell;\nThere is much that I know; wilt thou hear yet more?" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 37", "orig": "Vard einn borin\ni ꜳrdaga\nrammaukin miok\nraugna kindar;\nniu bꜳru þann\nnaddgaufgann mann\niotna meyiar\nvid iardar þraum.\nMart segium þer\nok munum fleira,\nvǫrumz at viti sua,\nvilltu enn leingra?", "en": "One there was born in the bygone days,\nOf the race of the gods, and great was his might;\nNine giant women, at the world’s edge,\nOnce bore the man so mighty in arms." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 38", "orig": "Hann Gialp vm bar,\nhann Greip vm bar,\nbar hann Eistla\nok Eyrgiafa,\nhann bar Vlfrun\nok Angeyia,\nImdr ok Atla\nok Iarnsaxa.", "en": "Gjolp there bore him, Greip there bore him,\nEistla bore him, and Eyrgjafa,\nUlfrun bore him, and Angeyja,\nImth and Atla, and Jarnsaxa." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 39–41", "orig": "Sa var aukinn\niardar megni,\nsualkaulldum sæ\nok sonardreyra.\nMart segium þer\nok munum fleira,\nvǫrumz at viti sua,\nvilltu enn leingra?\nVard einn borinn\naullum meiri,\nsa var aukinn\niardar megni;\nþann kueda stilli\nstoraudgazstann,\nsif sifiadann\nsiotum giorfaullum.", "en": "Strong was he made with the strength of earth,\nWith the ice-cold sea, and the blood of swine.\nOne there was born, the best of all,\nAnd strong was he made with the strength of earth;\nThe proudest is called the kinsman of men\nOf the rulers all throughout the world.\nMuch have I told thee, and further will tell;\nThere is much that I know; wilt thou hear yet more?" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 42", "orig": "Ol vlf Loki\nvid Angrbodu,\nenn Sleipni gat\nvid Suadilfara;\neitt þotti skars\nallra feiknazst,\nþat var brodur fra\nByleistz komit.", "en": "The wolf did Loki with Angrbotha win,\nAnd Sleipnir bore he to Svathilfari;\nThe worst of marvels seemed the one\nThat sprang from the brother of Byleist then." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 43", "orig": "Loki af hiarta\nlindi brendu,\nfann hann hꜳlfsuidinn\nhugstein konu;\nvard Loptr kuidugr\naf konu illri;\nþadan er ꜳ folldu\nflagd huert komit.", "en": "A heart ate Loki, in the embers it lay,\nAnd half-cooked found he the woman’s heart;\nWith child from the woman Lopt soon was,\nAnd thence among men came the monsters all." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 44", "orig": "Haf gengr hridum\nvid himin sialfann,\nlidr lond yfir,\nenn loft bilar;\nþadan koma sniofar\nok snarir vindar,\nþa er i rꜳdi,\nat regn vm þrioti.", "en": "The sea, storm-driven, seeks heaven itself,\nO’er the earth it flows, the air grows sterile;\nThen follow the snows and the furious winds,\nFor the gods are doomed, and the end is death." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 45", "orig": "Þa kemr annar\nenn mꜳtkari,\nþo þori ek eigi\nþann at nefna;\nfꜳir sia nu\nfram vm leingra,\nenn Odinn man\nvlfui mæta.“", "en": "Then comes another, a greater than all,\nThough never I dare his name to speak;\nFew are they now that farther can see\nThan the moment when Othin shall meet the wolf." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 46", "orig": "Freyia qvad:\n„Ber þu minnis aul\nminum gesti,\nsua hann aull mune\nord at tina\nþersar rædu\nꜳ þridia morni,\nþa er þeir Angantyr\nættir rekia.“", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“To my boar now bring the memory-beer,\nSo that all thy words, that well thou hast spoken,\nThe third morn hence he may hold in mind,\nWhen their races Ottar and Angantyr tell.”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 47", "orig": "Hyndla qvad:\n„Snudu braut hedan!\nsofua lystir mik,\nfær þu fꜳtt af mer\nfridra kosta;\nhleypr þu, edlvina!\nvti ꜳ nꜳttum,\nsem med haufrum\nHeidrun fari.", "en": "Hyndla spake:\n“Hence shalt thou fare, for fain would I sleep,\nFrom me thou gettest few favors good;\nMy noble one, out in the night thou leapest\nAs Heithrun goes the goats among." }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 48", "orig": "Rant at Odi\ney þreyiandi,\nskutuzst þer fleiri\nvnd fyrirskyrtu;\nhleypr þu, edlvina!\nvti a nattum,\nsem med haufrum\nHeidrun fari.“", "en": "“To Oth didst thou run, who loved thee ever,\nAnd many under thy apron have crawled;\nMy noble one, out in the night thou leapest,\nAs Heithrun goes the goats among.”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 49–50", "orig": "Freyia qvad:\n„Ek slæ elldi\nof ividiu,\nsua at þu eigi kemz\nꜳ braut hedan;\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . . “\nHyndla qvad:\nHyr se ek brenna\nenn haudr loga,\nverda flestir\nfiorlausn þola;\nber þu Ottari\nbior at hendi\neitri blandinn miok\nillu heilli.“", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“Around the giantess flames shall I raise,\nSo that forth unburned thou mayst not fare.”\nHyndla spake:\n“Flames I see burning, the earth is on fire,\nAnd each for his life the price must lose;\nBring then to Ottar the draught of beer,\nOf venom full for an evil fate.”" }, { "ref": "Hyndluljoth 51", "orig": "Freyia qvad:\n„Ordheill þin\nskal engu rꜳda,\nþottu, brudr iotuns!\nbaulfui heitir;\nhann skal drecka\ndyrar veigar,\nbid ek Ottari\naull god duga.“", "en": "Freyja spake:\n“Thine evil words shall work no ill,\nThough, giantess, bitter thy baleful threats;\nA drink full fair shall Ottar find,\nIf of all the gods the favor I get.”" } ], "svipdagsmal": [ { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 1", "orig": "Sonr kvað:\n„Vaki þú, Gróa!\nvaki þú, góð kona!\nvek ek þik dauðra dura;\nef þú þat mant,\nat þú þinn mög bæðir\ntil kumbldysjar koma.“", "en": "I. Grougaldr\nGroa’s Spell\nSvipdag spake:\n“Wake thee, Groa! wake, mother good!\nAt the doors of the dead I call thee;\nThy son, bethink thee, thou badst to seek\nThy help at the hill of death.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 2", "orig": "Móðir kvað:\n„Hvat er nú ant\nmínum einga syni,\nhverju ertu nú bölvi borinn,\ner þú þá móður kallar,\ner til moldar er komin\nok ór ljóðheimum liðin?“", "en": "Groa spake:\n“What evil vexes mine only son,\nWhat baleful fate hast thou found,\nThat thou callest thy mother, who lies in the mould,\nAnd the world of the living has left?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 3", "orig": "Sonr kvað:\n„Ljótu leikborði\nskaut fyr mik hin lævísa kona,\nsú er faðmaði minn föður:\nþar bað hon mik koma,\ner kvæmtki veit,\nmóti Menglöðu.“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“The woman false whom my father embraced\nHas brought me a baleful game;\nFor she bade me go forth where none may fare,\nAnd Mengloth the maid to seek.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 4", "orig": "Móðir kvað:\n„Löng er för,\nlangir ’ru farvegar,\nlangir ’ru manna munir;\nef þat verðr,\nat þú þinn vilja bíðr,\nok skeikar þá skuld at sköpum.“", "en": "Groa spake:\n“Long is the way, long must thou wander,\nBut long is love as well;\nThou mayst find, perchance, what thou fain wouldst have,\nIf the fates their favor will give.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 5", "orig": "Sonr kvað:\n„Galdra þú mér gal,\nþá er góðir ’ru,\nbjarg þú, móðir! megi;\ná vegum allr\nhygg ek at ek verða muna,\nþykkjumk ek til ungr afi.“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Charms full good then chant to me, mother,\nAnd seek thy son to guard;\nFor death do I fear on the way I shall fare,\nAnd in years am I young, methinks.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 6", "orig": "Móðir kvað:\n„Þann gel ek þér fyrstan,\nþann kveða fjölnýtan,\nþann gól Rindi Rani,\nat þú of öxl skjótir\nþví er þér atalt þykkir;\nsjálfr leið þú sjálfan þik.", "en": "Groa spake:\n“Then first I will chant thee the charm oft-tried,\nThat Rani taught to Rind;\nFrom the shoulder whate’er mislikes thee shake,\nFor helper thyself shalt thou have." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 7", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér annan,\nef þú árna skalt\nviljalauss á vegum:\nUrðar lokur\nhaldi þér öllum megum,\ner þú á smán sér.", "en": "“Then next I will chant thee, if needs thou must travel,\nAnd wander a purposeless way:\nThe bolts of Urth shall on every side\nBe thy guards on the road thou goest." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 8", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn þriðja,\nef þér þjóðár\nfalla at fjörlotum:\nHorn ok Ruðr\nsnúisk til heljar meðan,\nen þverri æ fyr þér.", "en": "“Then third I will chant thee, if threatening streams\nThe danger of death shall bring:\nYet to Hel shall turn both Horn and Ruth,\nAnd before thee the waters shall fail." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 9", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn fjórða,\nef þik fjándr standa\ngörvir á gálgvegi:\nhugr þeim hverfi\ntil handa þér,\nok snúisk þeim til sátta sefi.", "en": "“Then fourth I will chant thee, if come thy foes\nOn the gallows-way against thee:\nInto thine hands shall their hearts be given,\nAnd peace shall the warriors wish." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 10", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn fimta,\nef þér fjöturr verðr\nborinn at boglimum:\nleysigaldr læt ek þér\nfyr legg of kveðinn,\nok stökkr þá láss af limum,\nen af fótum fjöturr.", "en": "“Then fifth I will chant thee, if fetters perchance\nShall bind thy bending limbs:\nO’er thy thighs do I chant a loosening-charm,\nAnd the lock is burst from the limbs,\nAnd the fetters fall from the feet." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 11", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn sétta,\nef þú á sjó kemr\nmeira enn menn viti:\nlogn ok lögr\ngangi þér í lúðr saman\nok ljái þér æ friðdrjúgrar farar.", "en": "“Then sixth I will chant thee, if storms on the sea\nHave might unknown to man:\nYet never shall wind or wave do harm,\nAnd calm is the course of thy boat." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 12", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn sjaunda,\nef þik sœkja kemr\nfrost á fjalli há:\nhávetrar kulði\nmegit þínu holdi fara,\nok haldisk æ lík at liðum.", "en": "“Then seventh I chant thee, if frost shall seek\nTo kill thee on lofty crags:\nThe fatal cold shall not grip thy flesh,\nAnd whole thy body shall be." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 13", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn átta,\nef þik úti nemr\nnótt á niflvegi:\nat því firr megi þér\ntil meins göra\nkristin dauð kona.", "en": "“Then eighth will I chant thee, if ever by night\nThou shalt wander on murky ways:\nYet never the curse of a Christian woman\nFrom the dead shall do thee harm." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 14", "orig": "Þann gel ek þér inn niunda,\nef þú við inn naddgöfga\norðum skiptir jötun:\nmáls ok manvits\nsé þér á munn ok hjarta\ngnóga of gefit.", "en": "“Then ninth will I chant thee, if needs thou must strive\nWith a warlike giant in words:\nThy heart good store of wit shall have,\nAnd thy mouth of words full wise." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 15", "orig": "Far þú nú æva,\nþars forað þykkir,\nok standit þér mein fyr munum!\ná jarðföstum steini\nstóð ek innan dura,\nmeðan ek þér galdra gól.", "en": "“Now fare on the way where danger waits,\nLet evils not lessen thy love!\nI have stood at the door of the earth-fixed stones,\nThe while I chanted thee charms." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 16", "orig": "Móður orð\nber þú, mögr! héðan\nok lát þér í brjósti búa;\næ gnóga heill\nskaltu of aldr hafa,\nmeðan þú mín orð of mant.“", "en": "“Bear hence, my son, what thy mother hath said,\nAnd let it live in thy breast;\nThine ever shall be the best of fortune,\nSo long as my words shall last.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 17–18", "orig": "Utan garða\nhann sá upp um koma\nþursa þjóðar sjöt:\n„Hvat er þat flagða,\ner stendr fyr forgörðum\nok hvarflar um hættan loga?\nHvers þú leitar,\neða hvers þú á leitum ert,\neða hvat viltu, vinlauss! vita?\núrgar brautir\nárnaþu aptr héðan,\náttatu hér, vernðarvanr! veru.“", "en": "II. Fjolsvinnsmol\nThe Lay of Fjolsvith\nBefore the house he beheld one coming\nTo the home of the giants high.\nSvipdag spake:\n“What giant is here, in front of the house,\nAnd around him fires are flaming?”\nFjolsvith spake:\n“What seekest thou here? for what is thy search?\nWhat, friendless one, fain wouldst thou know?\nBy the ways so wet must thou wander hence,\nFor, weakling, no home hast thou here.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 19", "orig": "Kómumaðr kvað:\n„Hvat er þat flagða,\ner stendr fyr forgarði\nok býðrat líðöndum löð?\nsœmðarorða lauss\nhefir þú seggr of lifat,\nok haltu heim héðan.“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“What giant is here, in front of the house,\nTo the wayfarer welcome denying?”\nFjolsvith spake:\n“Greeting full fair thou never shalt find,\nSo hence shalt thou get thee home." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 20", "orig": "„Fjölsviðr ek heiti,\nen ek á fróðan sefa,\nþeygi em ek míns mildr matar;\ninnan garða\nþú kemr hér aldregi,\nok dríf þú nú vargr at vegi.“", "en": "“Fjolsvith am I, and wise am I found,\nBut miserly am I with meat;\nThou never shalt enter within the house,\nGo forth like a wolf on thy way!”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 21", "orig": "Kómumaðr kvað:\n„Augna gamans\nfýsir aptr fán,\nhvars hann getr svást at sjá;\ngarðar glóa mér þykkja\nof gullna sali,\nhér munda ek eðli una.“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Few from the joy of their eyes will go forth,\nWhen the sight of their loves they seek;\nFull bright are the gates of the golden hall,\nAnd a home shall I here enjoy.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 22", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Segðu mér hverjum\nertu, sveinn! of borinn\neða hverra ertu manna mögr?“\nKómumaðr kvað:\n„Vindkaldr ek heiti,\nVárkaldr hét minn faðir,\nþess var Fjörkaldr faðir.", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Tell me now, fellow, what father thou hast,\nAnd the kindred of whom thou camst.”\nSvipdag spake:\n“Vindkald am I, and Varkald’s son,\nAnd Fjolkald his father was." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 23", "orig": "Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhverr hér ræðr\nok ríki hefir\neign ok auðsölum?“", "en": "“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWho is it that holds and has for his own\nThe rule of the hall so rich?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 24", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Menglöð of heitir,\nen hana móðir of gat\nvið Svafrþorins syni;\nhon hér ræðr\nok ríki hefir\neign ok auðsölum“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Mengloth is she, her mother bore her\nTo the son of Svafrthorin;\nShe is it that holds and has for her own\nThe rule of the hall so rich.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 25", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat sú grind heitir,\ner með goðum sáat\nmenn it meira forað?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat call they the gate? for among the gods\nNe’er saw man so grim a sight.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 26", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Þrymgjöll hon heitir,\nen hana þrír gerðu\nSólblinda synir;\nfjöturr fastr verðr\nvið faranda hvern,\ner hana hefr frá hliði.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Thrymgjol they call it; ’twas made by the three,\nThe sons of Solblindi;\nAnd fast as a fetter the farer it holds,\nWhoever shall lift the latch.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 27", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat sá garðr heitir,\ner með goðum sáat\nmenn it meira forað?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat call they the house? for no man beheld\n‘Mongst the gods so grim a sight.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 28", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Gastropnir heitir,\nen ek hann görfan hefk\nór Leirbrimis limum;\nsvá hefik studdan,\nat hann standa mun\næ meðan öld lifir.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Gastropnir is it, of old I made it\nFrom the limbs of Leirbrimir;\nI braced it so strongly that fast it shall stand\nSo long as the world shall last.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 29", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat þat barr heitir,\ner breiask um\nlönd öll limar?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat call they the tree that casts abroad\nIts limbs o’er every land?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 30", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Mímameiðr hann heitir,\nen þat mangi veit,\naf hverjum rótum renn;\nvið þat hann fellr,\ner fæstan varir;\nfellirat hann eldr né járn.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Mimameith its name, and no man knows\nWhat root beneath it runs;\nAnd few can guess what shall fell the tree,\nFor fire nor iron shall fell it.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 31", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat af móði verðr\nþess ins mæra viðar,\ner hann fellirat eldr né járn?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat grows from the seed of the tree so great,\nThat fire nor iron shall fell?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 32", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Út af hans aldni\nskal á eld bera\nfyr kelisjúkar konur;\nutar hverfa\nþaz þær innar skyli,\nsá er hann með mönnum mjötuðr.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Women, sick with child, shall seek\nIts fruit to the flames to bear;\nThen out shall come what within was hid,\nAnd so is it mighty with men.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 33", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat sá hani heitir,\ner sitr í enum háva viði,\nallr hann við gull glóir?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat cock is he on the highest bough,\nThat glitters all with gold?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 34", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Viðofnir hann heitir,\nen hann stendr veðrglasi\ná meiðs kvistum Míma;\neinn um ekka\nþryngr hann orófsaman\nsvartrar Sinmöru.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Vithofnir his name, and now he shines\nLike lightning on Mimameith’s limbs;\nAnd great is the trouble with which he grieves\nBoth Surt and Sinmora.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 35", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat þeir garmar heita,\ner gífrari hefik\nönga fyrr í löndum litit?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat call they the hounds, that before the house\nSo fierce and angry are?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 36", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Gífr heitir annarr,\nen Geri annarr,\nef þu vilt þat vita;\nvarðir ellifu\ner þeir varða,\nunz rjúfask regin.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Gif call they one, and Geri the other,\nIf now the truth thou wouldst know;\nGreat they are, and their might will grow,\nTill the gods to death are doomed.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 37", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvárt sé manna nökkut,\nþat er megi inn koma,\nmeðan sókndjarfir sofa?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nMay no man hope the house to enter,\nWhile the hungry hounds are sleeping?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 38", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Missvefni mikit\nvar þeim mjök of lagit,\nsíðan þeim var varzla vituð;\nannarr of nætr sefr,\nen annarr of daga,\nok kemsk þá vætr, ef þá kom.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Together they sleep not, for so was it fixed\nWhen the guard to them was given;\nOne sleeps by night, the next by day,\nSo no man may enter ever.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 39", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvárt sé matar nökkut,\nþat er menn hafi,\nok hlaupi inn, meðan þeir eta?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nIs there no meat that men may give them,\nAnd leap within while they eat?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 40", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Vegnbráðir tvær\nliggja í Viðofnis liðum,\nef þú vilt þat vita:\nþat eitt er svá matar,\nat þeim menn of gefi,\nok hlaupi inn, meðan þeir eta“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Two wing-joints there be in Vithofnir’s body,\nIf now the truth thou wouldst know;\nThat alone is the meat that men may give them,\nAnd leap within while they eat.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 41", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvárt sé vápna nökkut,\nþat er knegi Viðofnir fyr\nhníga á Heljar sjöt?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat weapon can send Vithofnir to seek\nThe house of Hel below?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 42", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Lævateinn hann heitir,\nen hann gerði Loptr rýninn\nfyr nágrindr neðan;\ní seigjárnkeri\nliggr hann hjá Sinmöru,\nok halda njarðlásar níu.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Lævatein is there, that Lopt with runes\nOnce made by the doors of death;\nIn Lægjarn’s chest by Sinmora lies it,\nAnd nine locks fasten it firm.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 43", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvárt aptr kemr,\nsá er eptir ferr\nok vill þann tein taka?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nMay a man come thence who thither goes,\nAnd tries the sword to take?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 44", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Aptr mun koma,\nsá er eptir ferr\nok vill þann tein taka,\nef þat fœrir,\ner fáir eigu,\neiri örglasis.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Thence may he come who thither goes,\nAnd tries the sword to take,\nIf with him he carries what few can win,\nTo give to the goddess of gold.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 45", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvárt sé mæta nökkut,\nþat er menn hafi,\nok verðr því hin fölva gýgr fegin?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat treasure is there that men may take\nTo rejoice the giantess pale?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 46", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\nLjósan ljá\nskaltu í lúðr bera,\nþann er í Viðofnis völum,\nSinmöru at selja,\náðr hon söm telisk\nvápn til vígs at ljá.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“The sickle bright in thy wallet bear,\nMid Vithofnir’s feathers found;\nTo Sinmora give it, and then shall she grant\nThat the weapon by thee be won.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 47", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat sá salr heitir,\ner slunginn er\nvísum vafrloga?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat call they the hall, encompassed here\nWith flickering magic flames?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 48", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Hyrr hann heitir,\nen hann lengi mun\ná brodds oddi bifask;\nauðranns þess\nmunu um aldr hafa\nfrétt eina fírar.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Lyr is it called, and long it shall\nOn the tip of a spear-point tremble;\nOf the noble house mankind has heard,\nBut more has it never known.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 49", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhverr þat görði,\ner ek fyr garð sák\ninnan, ásmaga?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat one of the gods has made so great\nThe hall I behold within?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 50", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Uni ok Iri,\nBari ok Ori,\nVarr ok Vegdrasill;\nDori ok Uri,\nDellingr, Atvarðr,\nLiðskjálfr, Loki.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Uni and Iri, Bari and Jari,\nVar and Vegdrasil,\nDori and Ori, Delling, and there\nWas Loki, the fear of the folk.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 51", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvat þat bjarg heitir,\nver ek sé brúði á\nþjóðmæra þruma?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat call they the mountain on which the maid\nIs lying so lovely to see?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 52", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Lyfjaberg þat heitir,\nen þat hefir lengi verit\nsjúkum ok sárum gaman;\nheil verðr hver,\nþótt hafi árs sótt,\nef þat klífr, kona.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Lyfjaberg is it, and long shall it be\nA joy to the sick and the sore;\nFor well shall grow each woman who climbs it,\nThough sick full long she has lain.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 53", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nvat þær meyjar heita,\ner fyr Menglaðar knjám\nsitja sáttar saman?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nWhat maidens are they that at Mengloth’s knees\nAre sitting so gladly together?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 54", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Hlíf heitir,\nönnur Hlífþrasa,\nþriðja Þjóðvarta,\nBjört ok Blíð,\nBlíðr, Fríð,\nEir ok Örboða.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Hlif is one named, Hlifthrasa another,\nThjothvara call they the third;\nBjort and Bleik, Blith and Frith,\nEir and Aurbotha.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 55", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvart þær bjarga\nþeim er blóta þær,\nef görask þarfar þess?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nAid bring they to all who offerings give,\nIf need be found therefor?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 56", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Bjarga svinnar,\nhvar er menn blóta þær\ná stallhelgum stað;\neigi svá hátt forað\nkemr at hölða sonum,\nhvern þær ór nauðum nema.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Soon aid they all who offerings give\nOn the holy altars high;\nAnd if danger they see for the sons of men,\nThen each from ill do they guard.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 57", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Segðu mér þat, Fjölsviðr!\ner ek þik fregna mun\nok ek vilja vita:\nhvárt sé manna nökkut,\nþat er knegi á Menglaðar\nsvásum armi sofa?“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Now answer me, Fjolsvith, the question I ask,\nFor now the truth would I know:\nLives there the man who in Mengloth’s arms\nSo fair may seek to sleep?”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 58", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Vætr er þat manna,\ner knegi á Menglaðar\nsvásum armi sofa:\nnema Svipdagr einn,\nhánum var sú in sólbjarta\nbrúðr at kván of kveðin.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“No man there is who in Mengloth’s arms\nSo fair may seek to sleep,\nSave Svipdag alone, for the sun-bright maid\nIs destined his bride to be.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 59", "orig": "Vindkaldr kvað:\n„Hrittu á hurðir,\nláttu hlið rúm,\nhér máttu Svipdag sjá;\nen þó vita far,\nef vilja muni\nMenglöð mitt gaman.“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Fling back the gates! make the gateway wide!\nHere mayst thou Svipdag see!\nHence get thee to find if gladness soon\nMengloth to me will give.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 60", "orig": "Fjölsviðr kvað:\n„Heyrðu, Menglöð!\nhér er maðr kominn,\ngakk þú á gest sjá!\nhundar fagna,\nhús hefir upp lokizk,\nhygg ek, at Svipdagr sé.“", "en": "Fjolsvith spake:\n“Hearken, Mengloth, a man is come;\nGo thou the guest to see!\nThe hounds are fawning, the house bursts open,\nSvipdag, methinks, is there.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 61", "orig": "Menglöð kvað:\n„Horskir hrafnar\nskulu þér á hám gálga\nslíta sjónir ór,\nef þúþat lýgr,\nat hér sé langt kominn\nmögr til minna sala.", "en": "Mengloth spake:\n“On the gallows high shall hungry ravens\nSoon thine eyes pluck out,\nIf thou liest in saying that here at last\nThe hero is come to my hall." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 62", "orig": "Hvaðan þú fórt,\nhvaðan þú för görðir,\nhvé þik hétu hjú?\nat ætt ok nafni\nskal ek jartegn vita,\nef ek var þér kván of kveðin.“", "en": "“Whence camest thou hither? how camest thou here?\nWhat name do thy kinsmen call thee?\nThy race and thy name as a sign must I know,\nThat thy bride I am destined to be.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 63", "orig": "Svipdagr kvað:\n„Svipdagr ek heiti,\nSólbjart hét minn faðir,\nþaðan ráumk vindar kalda vegu;\nUrðar orði\nkveðr engi maðr,\nþótt þat sé við löst lagit.“", "en": "Svipdag spake:\n“Svipdag am I, and Solbjart’s son;\nThence came I by wind-cold ways;\nWith the words of Urth shall no man war,\nThough unearned her gifts be given.”" }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 64", "orig": "Menglöð kvað:\n„Vel þú nú kominn!\nhefik minn vilja beðit,\nfylgja skal kveðju koss;\nforkunnar sýn\nmun flestan glaða,\nhvars hefir við annan ást.", "en": "Mengloth spake:\n“Welcome thou art, for long have I waited;\nThe welcoming kiss shalt thou win!\nFor two who love is the longed-for meeting\nThe greatest gladness of all." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 65", "orig": "Lengi ek sat\nLyfjabergi á,\nbeið ek þín dœgr ok daga;\nnú þat varð,\ner ek vætt hefi,\nat þú ert kominn, mögr! til minna sala.", "en": "“Long have I sat on Lyfjaberg here,\nAwaiting thee day by day;\nAnd now I have what I ever hoped,\nFor here thou art come to my hall." }, { "ref": "Svipdagsmol 66", "orig": "Þrár hafðar\ner ek hefi til þíns gamans,\nen þú til míns munar;\nnú er þat satt,\ner vit slíta skulum\nævi ok aldr saman.“", "en": "“Alike we yearned; I longed for thee,\nAnd thou for my love hast longed;\nBut now henceforth together we know\nOur lives to the end we shall live.”" } ], "volundarkvida": [ { "ref": "Völundarkvitha, opening prose", "orig": "Niðvþr het konvngr i Sviðioð; hann atti tvá sono oc eina dottvr, hon het Bꜹdvildr. Brǫðr váro þrír synir Finnakonvngs; hét einn Slagfiþr, annarr Egill, þriþi Vǫlvndr; þeir scriþo oc veiddo dýr. Þeir qvomo i Vlfdali oc gerþo ser þar hv́s; þar er vatn, er heitir Vlfsiár. Snemma of morgin fvndo þeir a vazstrondo konor þriár, oc spvnno lín; þar váro hia þeim alptarhamir þeirra; þat váro valkyrior. Þar váro tvęr dǫtr Lꜹðvéss konvngs, Hlaðgvþr svanhvit oc Hervor alvitr, enn þriþia var Avlrv́n Kiars dottir af Vallande. Þeir hꜹfdo þęr heim til scala meþ ser. Fecc Egill Avlrv́nar, enn Slagfiþr Svanhvitrar, enn Vꜹlvndr Alvitrar. Þꜹ bioggo siau vetr; þa flvgo þęr at vitia viga, oc qvomo eigi aptr. Þa screiþ Egill at leita Avlrv́nar, enn Slagfiþr leitaði Svanhvitrar, enn Volvndr sat i Vlfdꜹlom. Hann var hagastr maþr sva at menn viti i fornom sꜹgom. Niðvþr konvngr let hann hꜹndom taca, sva sem her er vm qveþit.", "en": "There was a king in Sweden named Nithuth. He had two sons and one daughter; her name was Bothvild. There were three brothers, sons of a king of the Finns: one was called Slagfith, another Egil, the third Völund. They went on snowshoes and hunted wild beasts. They came into Ulfdalir and there they built themselves a house; there was a lake there which is called Ulfsjar. Early one morning they found on the shore of the lake three women, who were spinning flax. Near them were their swan-garments, for they were Valkyries. Two of them were daughters of King Hlothver, Hlathguth the Swan-White and Hervor the All-Wise, and the third was Olrun, daughter of Kjar from Valland. These did they bring home to their hall with them. Egil took Olrun, and Slagfith Swan-White, and Völund All-Wise. There they dwelt seven winters; but then they flew away to find battles, and came back no more. Then Egil set forth on his snowshoes to follow Olrun, and Slagfith followed Swan-White, but Völund stayed in Ulfdalir. He was a most skillful man, as men know from old tales. King Nithuth had him taken by force, as the poem here tells." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 1", "orig": "Meyiar flvgo svnnan\nMyrcvið igognom,\nAlvitr vnga,\norlog drygia;\nþęr a sęvarstrond\nsettvz at hvilaz,\ndrosir svðrǫnar\ndyrt lín spvnno.", "en": "Maids from the south through Myrkwood flew,\nFair and young, their fate to follow;\nOn the shore of the sea to rest them they sat,\nThe maids of the south, and flax they spun." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 2", "orig": "Hlaðgvðr oc Hervor\nborin var Hlꜹðvé,\nkvnn var Avlrv́n\nKiars dottir.“", "en": ". . . . .\nHlathguth and Hervor, Hlothver’s children,\nAnd Olrun the Wise Kjar’s daughter was." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 3", "orig": "Eín nam þeirra\nEgil at veria\nfꜹgr męr fíra\nfaþmi liosom;", "en": ". . . . .\nOne in her arms took Egil then\nTo her bosom white, the woman fair." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 4", "orig": "onnor var Svanhvít,\nsvanfiaðrar dró,\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nenn in þriþia,\nþeirra systir,\nvarþi hvítan\nhals Volvndar.", "en": "Swan-White second, swan-feathers she wore,\n. . . . .\nAnd her arms the third of the sisters threw\nNext round Völund’s neck so white." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 5", "orig": "Sáto siþan\nsiau vetr at þat,\nenn inn átta\nallan þraþo,\nenn enn nívnda\nnꜹþr vm scilþi;\nmeyiar fýstoz\na myrqvan viþ,\nAlvitr vnga\norlog drygia.", "en": "There did they sit for seven winters,\nIn the eighth at last came their longing again,\nAnd in the ninth did need divide them.\nThe maidens yearned for the murky wood,\nThe fair young maids, their fate to follow." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 6", "orig": "Kom þar af veiþi\nveþreygr scyti,\nSlagfiþr oc Egill\nsali fvndo ꜹ́þa,\ngengo vt oc inn\noc vm saz;", "en": "Völund home from his hunting came,\nFrom a weary way, the weather-wise bowman,\nSlagfith and Egil the hall found empty,\nOut and in went they, everywhere seeking." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 7", "orig": "ꜹstr screiþ Egill\nat Avlrv́no,\nenn svþr Slagfiþr\nat Svanhvíto.\nEnn einn Volvndr\nsat í Vlfdꜹlom,", "en": "East fared Egil after Olrun,\nAnd Slagfith south to seek for Swan-White;\nVölund alone in Ulfdalir lay,\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 8", "orig": "hann sló gvll rꜹ́t\nvið gim fastan,\nlvcþi hann alla\nlind bꜹga vel;\nsva beiþ hann\nsínnar lióssar\nqvanar, ef hanom\ncoma gerþi.", "en": "Red gold he fashioned with fairest gems,\nAnd rings he strung on ropes of bast;\nSo for his wife he waited long,\nIf the fair one home might come to him." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 9", "orig": "Þat spyrr Níðvðr\nNiara drottinn,\nat einn Volvndr\nsat i Vlfdꜹlom;\nnottom foro segger,\nneglþar váro brynior,\nscildir blico þeirra\nviþ enn scarþa mana.", "en": "This Nithuth learned, the lord of the Njars,\nThat Völund alone in Ulfdalir lay;\nBy night went his men, their mail-coats were studded,\nTheir shields in the waning moonlight shone." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 10", "orig": "Stigo or sꜹðlom\nat salar gafli,\ngengo inn þaðan\nendlangan sal;\nsa þeir a bast\nbꜹga dregna,\nsiau hvndroþ allra,\ner sa seggr átti.", "en": "From their saddles the gable wall they sought,\nAnd in they went at the end of the hall;\nRings they saw there on ropes of bast,\nSeven hundred the hero had." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 11–12", "orig": "Oc þeir af tóco,\noc þeir a léto,\nfyr einn vtan,\ner þeir af leto.\nCom þar af veiþi\nveþreygr scyti,\nVꜹlvndr liþandi\nvm langan veg.\nGecc brvnni\nbero hold steícia,\nár brann hrísi\nallþvrr fvra,\nviþr enn vindþvrri\nfyr Volvndi.", "en": "Off they took them, but all they left\nSave one alone which they bore away.\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nVölund home from his hunting came,\nFrom a weary way, the weather-wise bowman;\nA brown bear’s flesh would he roast with fire;\nSoon the wood so dry was burning well,\nThe wind-dried wood that Völund’s was." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 13", "orig": "Sat a berfialli,\nbꜹga talþi\nalfa lioþi,\neins sacnaði;\nhvgði hann, at hefþi\nHlꜹþvéss dottir,\nAlvitr vnga,\nvęri hon aptr komin.", "en": "On the bearskin he rested, and counted the rings,\nThe master of elves, but one he missed;\nThat Hlothver’s daughter had it he thought,\nAnd the all-wise maid had come once more." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 14", "orig": "Sat hann sva lengi,\nat hann sofnaði,\noc hann vacnaþi\nvilialꜹ́ss;\nvissi ser a hꜹndom\nhꜹfgar nꜹðir,\nenn a fotom\nfiotvr vm spenntan.", "en": "So long he sat that he fell asleep,\nHis waking empty of gladness was;\nHeavy chains he saw on his hands,\nAnd fetters bound his feet together." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 15–16", "orig": "Volvndr qvaþ:\n„Hverir ’ro iofrar\nþeir er a lꜹgðo\nbesti byr síma\noc mic bvndo?“\nKallaþi nv Niþvðr\nNiara drottinn:\n„Hvar gaztv, Volvndr,\nvisi alfa!\nvára ꜹra\ni Vlfdolom?“\nVolvndr qvaþ:\n„Gvll var þar eigi\na Grana leiðo,\nfiarri hvgða ec vart land\nfiollom Rínar;\nman ec, at ver męiri\nmǫti attom,\ner ver heil hiv\nheima vorom.", "en": "Völund spake:\n“What men are they who thus have laid\nRopes of bast to bind me now?”\nThen Nithuth called, the lord of the Njars:\n“How gottest thou, Völund, greatest of elves,\nThese treasures of ours in Ulfdalir?”\nVölund spake:\n“The gold was not on Grani’s way,\nFar, methinks, is our realm from the hills of the Rhine;\nI mind me that treasures more we had\nWhen happy together at home we were.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 17", "orig": "Vti stendr kvnnig\nkván Niþadar\noc hon inn vm gecc\nennlangan sal,\nstoð a gólfi,\nstilti roddo:\n„Era sa nv hyrr,\ner or holti ferr.“", "en": "Without stood the wife of Nithuth wise,\nAnd in she came from the end of the hall;\nOn the floor she stood, and softly spoke:\n“Not kind does he look who comes from the wood.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha, prose after 17", "orig": "Níþvðr konvngr gaf dottvr sinni Bꜹðvildi gvllring þann er hann toc af bastino at Volvndar; enn hann sialfr bar sverþit, er Volvndr atti; enn drotning qvaþ:", "en": "King Nithuth gave to his daughter Bothvild the gold ring that he had taken from the bast rope in Völund’s house, and he himself wore the sword that Völund had had. The queen spake:" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 18", "orig": "„Amon ero ꜹgo\normi þeim enom frána,\ntenn hanom teygiaz,\ner hanom er tęþ sverþ\noc hann Bꜹdvildar\nbꜹ́g vm þeccir;\nsníþit er hann\nsina magni\noc setiþ hann siþan\ni Sęvarstavd!“", "en": "“The glow of his eyes is like gleaming snakes,\nHis teeth he gnashes if now is shown\nThe sword, or Bothvild’s ring he sees;\nLet them straightway cut his sinews of strength,\nAnd set him then in Sævarstath.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha, prose after 18", "orig": "Sva var gort, at scornar váro sinar i knessfotom, oc settr i holm einn, er þar var fyr lande, er het Sęvarstaþr. Þar smiþaði hann konvngi allzkyns gorsimar. Engi maþr þorþi at fara til hans nema konvngr einn. Vꜹlvndr qvaþ:", "en": "So was it done: the sinews in his knee-joints were cut, and he was set in an island which was near the mainland, and was called Sævarstath. There he smithied for the king all kinds of precious things. No man dared to go to him, save only the king himself. Völund spake:" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 19", "orig": "„Scinn Nidaþi\nsverþ a linda,\nþat er ec hvesta\nsem ec hagazt kvnna,\noc ec herþac\nsem mer hǫgst þotti;\nsa er mer frann mekir\nę fiarri borinn,\nsécca ec þann Volvndi\ntil smiþio borinn.\nNv berr Bꜹðvildr\nbrvþar minnar\nbíþca ec þess bót,\nbꜹga rꜹ́þa.“", "en": "“At Nithuth’s girdle gleams the sword\nThat I sharpened keen with cunningest craft,\nAnd hardened the steel with highest skill;\nThe bright blade far forever is borne,\nNor back shall I see it borne to my smithy;\nNow Bothvild gets the golden ring\nThat was once my bride’s, ne’er well shall it be.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 20", "orig": "Sat hann, ne hann svaf, avalt\noc hann sló hamri,\nvel gorði hann heldr\nhvatt Níþaþi.\nDrifo vngir tvęir\na dyr siá\nsynir Niþaþar\ni Sęvarstꜹþ.", "en": "He sat, nor slept, and smote with his hammer,\nFast for Nithuth wonders he fashioned;\nTwo boys did go in his door to gaze,\nNithuth’s sons, into Sævarstath." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 21", "orig": "Komo þeir til kisto,\nkrꜹfðo lvcla,\nopin var illv́þ,\ner þeir í sa;\nfiolþ var þar menia,\ner þeim mꜹgom syndiz\nat vęri gvll rꜹ́t\noc gorsimar.", "en": "They came to the chest, and they craved the keys,\nThe evil was open when in they looked;\nTo the boys it seemed that gems they saw,\nGold in plenty and precious stones." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 22", "orig": "Volvndr qvaþ:\n„Komiþ einir tveir,\nkomit annars dags!\nycr lęt ec þat gvll\nvm gefit verþa;\nsegita meyiom\nne salþioþom,\nmanne ꜹngom,\nat iþ mic fynðit!“", "en": "Völund spake:\n“Come ye alone, the next day come,\nGold to you both shall then be given;\nTell not the maids or the men of the hall,\nTo no one say that me you have sought.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 23–26", "orig": "Snemma kallaði\nseggr annan,\nbroþir a broþvr:\n„Gongom bꜹg sia!“\nKomo til kisto,\ncrꜹfðo lvcla,\nopin var illv́þ,\ner þeir i lito.\nSneiþ af hꜹfvþ\nhv́na þeirra\noc vndir fen fiotvrs\nfǫtr vm lagþi;\nenn þęr scálar,\ner vnd scꜹrom vóro,\nsveíp hann vtan silfri,\nseldi Niþaþi.\nEnn or ꜹgom\niarcnasteina\nsendi hann kvnnigri\nkono Niþadar;\nenn or tꜹnnom\ntveggia þeirra\nslo hann briostkringlor,\nsendi Bꜹdvildi.", "en": ". . . . .\nEarly did brother to brother call:\n“Swift let us go the rings to see.”\nThey came to the chest, and they craved the keys,\nThe evil was open when in they looked;\nHe smote off their heads, and their feet he hid\nUnder the sooty straps of the bellows.\nTheir skulls, once hid by their hair, he took,\nSet them in silver and sent them to Nithuth;\nGems full fair from their eyes he fashioned,\nTo Nithuth’s wife so wise he gave them.\nAnd from the teeth of the twain he wrought\nA brooch for the breast, to Bothvild he sent it;\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 27", "orig": "Þa nam Bꜹdvildr\nbꜹgi at hrosa,\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nbar hann Volvndi,\ner brotiþ hafdi:\n„Þoriga ec at segia\nnema þer einom.“", "en": "Bothvild then of her ring did boast,\n. . . . .\n. . . . . . . . “The ring I have broken,\nI dare not say it save to thee.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 28", "orig": "Volvndr qvaþ:\n„Ec bǫti sva\nbrest a gvlli,\nat feþr þinom\nfegri þiccir\noc mǫþr þinni\nmiclo betri\noc sialfri þer\nat sama hófi.“", "en": "Völund spake:\n“I shall weld the break in the gold so well\nThat fairer than ever thy father shall find it,\nAnd better much thy mother shall think it,\nAnd thou no worse than ever it was.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 29", "orig": "Bar hann hana bióri,\nþviat hann betr kvnni,\nsva at hon i sessi\nvm sofnaði:\n„Nv hefi ec hefnt\nharma minna\nallra nema einna\niviþgiarnra.“", "en": "Beer he brought, he was better in cunning,\nUntil in her seat full soon she slept.\nVölund spake:\n“Now vengeance I have for all my hurts,\nSave one alone, on the evil woman.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 30–31", "orig": "„Vel ec!“ qvaþ Volvndr,\n„verþa ec a fitiom,\nþeim er mic Niþaþar\nnamo reccar.“\nHlęiandi Vꜹlvndr\nhófz at lopti,\ngratandi Bꜹþvildr\ngecc or eyio,\ntregði fꜹr friþils\noc fꜹþvr reiþi.", "en": ". . . . .\n. . . . .\nQuoth Völund: “Would that well were the sinews\nMaimed in my feet by Nithuth’s men.”\nLaughing Völund rose aloft,\nWeeping Bothvild went from the isle,\nFor her lover’s flight and her father’s wrath." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 32", "orig": "Vti stendr kvnnig\nkván Niþadar\noc hon inn vm gecc\nendlangan sal\nenn hann a salgarð\nsettiz at hvilaz:\n„Vakir þv, Niþvdr\nNiara drottinn?“", "en": "Without stood the wife of Nithuth wise,\nAnd in she came from the end of the hall;\nBut he by the wall in weariness sat:\n“Wakest thou, Nithuth, lord of the Njars?”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 33", "orig": "Niþvdr qvaþ:\n„Vaci ec avalt\nvilialꜹ́ss,\nsofna ec minnzt\nsizt mina sono dꜹþa;\nkell mic i hꜹfvþ,\nkꜹld ero mer raþ þin,\nvilnomc ec þess nv,\nat ec viþ Volvnd dǫma.", "en": "Nithuth spake:\n“Always I wake, and ever joyless,\nLittle I sleep since my sons were slain;\nCold is my head, cold was thy counsel,\nOne thing, with Völund to speak, I wish." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 34", "orig": "Seg þv mer þat, Volvndr,\nvisi alfa!\naf heilom hvat varð\nhvnom minom?“", "en": ". . . . .\n“Answer me, Völund, greatest of elves,\nWhat happed with my boys that hale once were?”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 35", "orig": "Volvndr qvaþ:\n„Eiþa scaltv mer aþr\nalla vinna\nat scips borþi\noc at scialdar rꜹnd,\nat mars bǫgi\noc at męcis egg:\nat þv qveliat\nqvan Volvndar,\nne brvþi minni\nat bana verþir;\nþott ver kván ęigim\nþa er þer kvnniþ\neþa ióþ eigim\ninnan hallar.", "en": "Völund spake:\n“First shalt thou all the oaths now swear,\nBy the rail of ship, and the rim of shield,\nBy the shoulder of steed, and the edge of sword,\nThat to Völund’s wife thou wilt work no ill,\nNor yet my bride to her death wilt bring,\nThough a wife I should have that well thou knowest,\nAnd a child I should have within thy hall." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 36", "orig": "Gac þv til smiþio\nþeirrar er þv gordir,\nþar fiþr þv belgi\nbloði stocna;\nsneiþ ec af hꜹfvþ\nhv́na þinna\noc vndir fen fiotvrs\nfǫtr vm lagðac.", "en": "“Seek the smithy that thou didst set,\nThou shalt find the bellows sprinkled with blood;\nI smote off the heads of both thy sons,\nAnd their feet ’neath the sooty straps I hid." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 37", "orig": "Enn þęr scalar\ner vnd scꜹrom váro\nsveip ec vtan silfri,\nselda ec Niþadi;\nenn or ꜹgom\niarcnasteina\nsenda ec kvnnigri\nkván Niþaðar.", "en": "“Their skulls, once hid by their hair, I took,\nSet them in silver and sent them to Nithuth;\nGems full fair from their eyes I fashioned,\nTo Nithuth’s wife so wise I gave them." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 38", "orig": "Enn or tonnom\ntveggia þeirra\nslo ec briostkringlor,\nsenda ec Bꜹdvilldi;\nnv gengr Bꜹdvildr\nbarni ꜹ́kin\neinga dottir\nyccor beggia.“", "en": "“And from the teeth of the twain I wrought\nA brooch for the breast, to Bothvild I gave it;\nNow big with child does Bothvild go,\nThe only daughter ye two had ever.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 39", "orig": "Niþvdr qvaþ:\n„Mæltira þv þat mál\ner mic meirr tregi,\nnę ec þic vilia, Volvndr!\nverr vm níta;\nerat sva maþr hár\nat þic af hesti taci,\nne sva ꜹflvgr\nat þic neþan scióti,\nþar er þv scollir\nvið scy vppi.“", "en": "Nithuth spake:\n“Never spakest thou word that worse could hurt me,\nNor that made me, Völund, more bitter for vengeance;\nThere is no man so high from thy horse to take thee,\nOr so doughty an archer as down to shoot thee,\nWhile high in the clouds thy course thou takest.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 40", "orig": "Hlęiandi Volvndr\nhofz at lopti,\nenn ocatr Niþvdr\nsat þa epter.", "en": "Laughing Völund rose aloft,\nBut left in sadness Nithuth sat.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 41", "orig": "Niþvdr qvaþ:\n„Vp ristv, Þaccráþr,\nþręll minn inn bezti!\nbiþ þv Bꜹdvildi\nmeyna bráhvíto\nganga fagrvariþ\nvið fꜹdur rǫþa.", "en": "Then spake Nithuth, lord of the Njars:\n“Rise up, Thakkrath, best of my thralls,\nBid Bothvild come, the bright-browed maid,\nBedecked so fair, with her father to speak.”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 42", "orig": "Er þat satt, Bꜹðvildr!\ner sꜹgdo mer:\nsatvþ iþ Volvndr\nsaman i holmi?“", "en": ". . . . .\n. . . . .\n“Is it true, Bothvild, that which was told me;\nOnce in the isle with Völund wert thou?”" }, { "ref": "Völundarkvitha 43", "orig": "Bꜹdvildr qvaþ:\n„Satt er þat, Niþaþr!\ner sagdi þer:\nsáto viþ Vꜹlvndr\nsaman i holmi\neina ꜹgurstvnd,\nęva scyldi;\nec vętr hanom\nvinna kvnnac,\nec vętr hanom\nvinna máttac.“", "en": "Bothvild spake:\n“True is it, Nithuth, that which was told thee,\nOnce in the isle with Völund was I,\nAn hour of lust, alas it should be!\nNought was my might with such a man,\nNor from his strength could I save myself.”" } ], "helgakvida-hjorvardssonar": [ { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, opening prose", "orig": "Fra Hiorvarþi oc Sigrlinn\nHiorvarþr het konvngr, hann atti fiórar konor: ein het Alfhildr, son þeirra het Heðinn; onnor het Sęreiþr, þeirra son het Hvmlvngr; in þriþia het Sinrióþ, þeirra son het Hymlingr. Hiorvarþr konvngr hafði þess heit strengt at eiga þa kono er hann vissi vęnsta. Hann spvrþi, at Svafnir konvngr atti dottvr allra fegrsta, sv het Sigrlinn. Iþmvndr het iarl hans; Atli var hans son, er for at biþia Sigrlinnar til handa konvngi. Hann dvalþiz vetrlangt meþ Svafni konvngi. Fránmarr het þar iarl, fostri Sigrlinnar; dottir hans het Alof. Iarlinn ręþ, at meyiar var syniat, oc fór Atli heim. Atli iarls son stoþ einn dag viþ lvnd noccorn, enn fvgl sat i limonom vppi yfir hanom oc hafdi heyrt til, at hans menn kꜹlloþo vęnstar konor þęr er Hiorvarþr konvngr atti. Fvglinn qvacaþi, enn Atli lyddi, hvat hann sagdi; hann qvaþ:", "en": "Of Hjorvarth And Sigrlin\nHjorvarth was the name of a king, who had four wives: one was called Alfhild, and their son was named Hethin; the second was called Særeith, and their son was named Humlung; the third was called Sinrjoth, and their son was named Hymling. King Hjorvarth had made a great vow to have as wife whatsoever woman he knew was fairest. He learned that King Svafnir had a daughter fairer than all others, whose name was Sigrlin. Ithmund was the name of one of his jarls; he had a son called Atli, who went to woo Sigrlin on behalf of the king. He dwelt the winter long with King Svafnir. There was a jarl called Franmar, Sigrlin’s foster-father; his daughter was named Alof. The jarl told him that the maiden’s hand was denied, and Atli went home. Atli, the jarl’s son, stood one day in a certain wood; a bird sat in the branches up over him, and it had heard that his men called Hjorvarth’s wives the fairest of women. The bird twittered, and Atli hearkened to what it spoke. It said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 1", "orig": "„Sáttv Sigrlinn\nSvafnis dottvr,\nmeyna fegrsto\ni Mvnarheimi?\nþo ero hagligar\nHiorvarþz konor,\ngvmnom þiccia\nat Glasisslvndi.“", "en": "“Sawest thou Sigrlin, Svafnir’s daughter,\nThe fairest maid in her home-land found?\nThough Hjorvarth’s wives by men are held\nGoodly to see in Glasir’s wood.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 2", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Mvndo viþ Atla\nIþmvndar son,\nfvgl froþhvgaþr!\nfleira męla?“\nFvglinn qvaþ:\n„Mvn ec, ef mic bvðlvngr\nblóta vildi\noc kys ec þaz ec vil\nor konvngs garþi.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Now with Atli, Ithmund’s son,\nWilt thou say more, thou bird so wise?”\nThe bird spake:\n“I may if the prince an offering makes,\nAnd I have what I will from the house of the king.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 3", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Kiosattv Hiorvarþ\nne hans sono,\nne inar fꜹgro\nfylcis brvþir,\neigi brvþir þęr\ner bvþlvngr a;\ncꜹpom vel saman!\nþat er vina kynni.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Choose not Hjorvarth, nor sons of his,\nNor the wives so fair of the famous chief;\nAsk not the brides that the prince’s are;\nFair let us deal in friendly wise.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 4", "orig": "Fvglinn qvaþ:\n„Hof mvn ec kiosa,\nhꜹrga marga,\ngvllhyrndar kýr\nfra grams bvi,\nef hanom Sigrlinn\nsefr a armi\noc onꜹþig\niofri fylgir.“", "en": "The bird spake:\n“A fane will I ask, and altars many,\nGold-horned cattle the prince shall give me,\nIf Sigrlin yet shall sleep in his arms,\nOr free of will the hero shall follow.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 5", "orig": "Þetta var, aþr Atli fǫri; en er hann com heim oc konvngr spvrþi hann tiþinda, qvaþ hann:\n„Hꜹfom erfiþi\noc ecci orindi,\nmara þrꜹ́t óra\na meginfialli,\nvrþom siþan\nsęmorn vaþa;\nþa var oss syniat\nSvafnis dottvr,\nhringom gęddrar,\ner ver hafa vildom.“", "en": "This was before Atli went on his journey; but when he came home, and the king asked his tidings, he said:\n“Trouble we had, but tidings none,\nOur horses failed in the mountains high,\nThe waters of Sæmorn we needs must wade;\nSvafnir’s daughter, with rings bedecked,\nShe whom we sought, was still denied us.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, prose after 5", "orig": "Konvngr baþ, at þeir scyldo fara annat sinn; fór hann sialfr. Enn er þeir komo vp a fiall oc sa á Svavaland, sa þeir lanzbrvna oc ioreyki stora. Reiþ konvngr af fiallino fram i landit oc toc natból viþ a eina. Atli helt vorþ oc for yfir ana; hann fann eit hvs. Fvgl micill sat a hvsino oc gętti oc var sofnaþr. Atli scꜹ́t spioti fvglinn til bana; enn i hvsino fann hann Sigrlinn konvngs dottvr oc Alofo iarls dottvr oc hafði þęr baþar brꜹ́t meþ ser. Fránmarr iarl hafði hamaz i arnar lici oc varit þęr fyr hernom meþ fiolkyngi. Hroþmarr het konvngr, biþill Sigrlinnar; hann drap Svava konvng oc hafþi ręnt oc brent landit. Hiorvarþr konvngr fecc Sigrlinnar, en Atli Álofar.\nHiorvarþr oc Sigrlinn atto son micinn oc vęnan; hann var þꜹgvll, ecki nafn festiz viþ hann. Hann sat a hꜹgi, hann sa riþa valkyrior nív, oc var ein gꜹfvgligvst; hon qvaþ:", "en": "The king bade that they should go another time, and he went with them himself. But when they came up on the mountain, they saw Svavaland burning and mighty dust-clouds from many steeds. The king rode from the mountain forward into the land, and made a night’s stay hard by a stream. Atli kept watch and went over the stream; he found there a house. A great bird sat on the housetop to guard it, but he was asleep. Atli hurled his spear at the bird and slew it, and in the house he found Sigrlin the king’s daughter and Alof the jarl’s daughter, and he brought them both thence with him. Jarl Franmar had changed himself into the likeness of an eagle, and guarded them from the enemy host by magic. Hrothmar was the name of a king, a wooer of Sigrlin; he slew the king of Svavaland and had plundered and burned his land. King Hjorvarth took Sigrlin, and Atli took Alof.\nHjorvarth and Sigrlin had a son, mighty and of noble stature; he was a silent man, and no name stuck fast to him. He sat on a hill, and saw nine Valkyries riding; one of them was the fairest of all. She spake:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 6", "orig": "„Siþ mvndv, Helgi!\nhringom raþa,\nricr rógapaldr!\nne Rꜹþvlsvollom,\nꜹrn gól arla,\nef þv ę þegir,\nþottv harþan hvg,\nhilmir! gialdir.“", "en": "“Late wilt thou, Helgi, have hoard of rings,\nThou battle-tree fierce, or of shining fields,\nThe eagle screams soon, if never thou speakest,\nThough, hero, hard thy heart may cry.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 7", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Hvat letr þv fylgia\nHelga nafni,\nbrvþr biartlitvþ!\nallz þv bioþa ręþr?\nHygg þv fyr ꜹllom\natqvęþom vel!\nþigg ec eigi þat,\nnema ec þic hafa.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“What gift shall I have with Helgi’s name,\nGlorious maid, for the giving is thine?\nAll thy words shall I think on well,\nBut I want them not if I win not thee.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 8", "orig": "Valkyria qvaþ:\n„Sverþ veit ec liggia\ni Sigarsholmi\nfiorvm fǫra\nen fimm togo;\neit er þeirra\nꜹllom betra\nvignesta bꜹl\noc variþ gvlli.", "en": "The Valkyrie spake:\n“Swords I know lying in Sigarsholm,\nFifty there are save only four;\nOne there is that is best of all,\nThe shield-destroyer, with gold it shines." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 9", "orig": "Hringr er i hialti,\nhvgr er i miþio,\nogn er i oddi\nþeim er eiga getr;\nliggr meþ eggio\normr dreyrfaðr,\nenn a valbꜹsto\nverpr naþr hala.“", "en": "“In the hilt is fame, in the haft is courage,\nIn the point is fear, for its owner’s foes;\nOn the blade there lies a blood-flecked snake,\nAnd a serpent’s tail round the flat is twisted.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, prose after 9", "orig": "Eylimi het konvngr, dottir hans var Svava, hon var valkyria oc reiþ lopt oc log; hon gaf Helga nafn þetta oc hlifþi hanom opt siþan i orrostom. Helgi qvaþ:", "en": "Eylimi was the name of a king, whose daughter was Svava; she was a Valkyrie, and rode air and sea. She gave Helgi this name, and shielded him oft thereafter in battle. Helgi spake:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 10", "orig": "„Ertattv, Hiorvarþr!\nheilraþr konvngr,\nfolcs oddviti!\nþottv frǫgr sér;\nleztv eld eta\niofra bygþir,\nenn þeir angr viþ þic\necci gorþo.", "en": "“Hjorvarth, king, unwholesome thy counsels,\nThough famed thou art in leading the folk,\nLetting fire the homes of heroes eat,\nWho evil deed had never done thee." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 11", "orig": "Enn Hroþmarr scal\nhringom raþa\nþeim er atto\norir niþiar;\nsa sez fylkir\nfǫst at lifi,\nhygz aldꜹþa\narfi at raþa.“", "en": "“Yet Hrothmar still the hoard doth hold,\nThe wealth that once our kinsmen wielded;\nFull seldom care the king disturbs,\nHeir to dead men he deems himself.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, prose after 11", "orig": "Hiorvarþr svarar, at hann mvndi fa liþ Helga, ef hann vill hefna moþvrfꜹþvr sins. Þá sotti Helgi sverþit, er Svava uisaþi hanom til; þa for hann oc Atli oc feldo Hroþmar oc vnno morg þrecvirki. Hann drap Hata iotvn, er hann sat a bergi noccoro. Hælgi oc Atli lágo scipom i Hatafirþi; Atli helt vorð inn fyrra lvt nętrinnar. Hrimgerþr Hata dottir qvaþ:", "en": "Hjorvarth answered that he would give Helgi a following if he fain would avenge his mother’s father. Then Helgi got the sword that Svava had told him of. So he went, and Atli with him, and they slew Hrothmar, and they did many great deeds.\nHe slew the giant Hati, whom he found sitting on a certain mountain. Helgi and Atli lay with their ships in Hatafjord. Atli kept watch during the first part of the night. Hrimgerth, Hati’s daughter, spake:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 12", "orig": "„Hverir ro hꜹldar\ni Hatafirþi?\nscioldom er tialdat a scipom;\nfrǫcnliga latiþ,\nfát hygg ec yþr siazc;\nkennit mér nafn konvngs!“", "en": "“Who are the heroes in Hatafjord?\nThe ships are covered with shields;\nBravely ye look, and little ye fear,\nThe name of the king would I know.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 13", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Helgi hann heitir,\nenn þv hvergi mát\nvinna grand grami;\niarnborgir ’ro\nvm ꜹþlings flota,\nknegoþ oss falor fara.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Helgi his name, and never thou mayst\nHarm to the hero bring;\nWith iron is fitted the prince’s fleet,\nNor can witches work us ill.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 14", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Hve þic heitir,\nhalr inn ámatki?\nhve þic calla konir?\nfylcir þer trvir,\ner þik i fꜹgrom lętr\nbeiz stafni bva.“", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“Who now, thou mighty man, art thou?\nBy what name art thou known to men?\nHe trusts thee well, the prince who wills\nThat thou stand at the stem of his ship.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 15", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Atli ec heiti,\natall scal ec þer vera,\nmioc em ec gifrom gramastr;\nvrgan stafn\nec hefi opt bvit\noc qvalþar qveldriþor.", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Atli am I, and ill shalt thou find me,\nGreat hate for witches I have;\nOft have I been in the dripping bows,\nAnd to dusk-riders death have brought." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 16", "orig": "Hve þv heitir,\nhala nagraþvg?\nnefndv þinn, fála! fꜹþvr;\nnív rꜹstom\ner þv scyldir neþarr vera,\noc vaxi þer a badmi barr!“", "en": "“Corpse-hungry giantess, how art thou called?\nSay, witch, who thy father was!\nNine miles deeper down mayst thou sink,\nAnd a tree grow tall on thy bosom.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 17", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Hrimgerþr ec heiti,\nHati het minn faþir,\nþann vissa ec amatcastan iotvn;\nmargar brvþir\nhann let fra bvi tecnar,\nvnz hann Helgi hió.“", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“Hrimgerth am I, my father was Hati,\nOf giants the most in might;\nMany a woman he won from her home,\nEre Helgi hewed him down.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 18", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Þv vart, hala!\nfyr hildings scipom\noc lát i fiarþar mynni fyr;\nręsiss recca\ner þv vildir Rán gefa,\nef þer kǫmiþ i þverst þvari.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Witch, in front of the ship thou wast,\nAnd lay before the fjord;\nTo Ron wouldst have given the ruler’s men,\nIf a spear had not stuck in thy flesh.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 19", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Dvliþr ertv nv, Atli!\ndrꜹms qveþ ec þer vera,\nsíga lętr þv́ brýnn fyr brár;\nmoþir mín la\nfyr mildings scipom,\nec drecþa Hlꜹþvarz sonom i hafi.", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“Dull art thou, Atli, thou dreamest, methinks,\nThe lids lie over thine eyes;\nBy the leader’s ships my mother lay,\nHlothvarth’s sons on the sea I slew." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 20", "orig": "Gneggia myndir þv, Atli!\nef þv geldr ne vęrir,\nbrettir sinn Hrimgerþr hala;\naptarla hiarta\nhygg ec at þitt, Atli! se,\nþott þv hafir hreina rꜹdd.“", "en": "“Thou wouldst neigh, Atli, but gelded thou art,\nSee, Hrimgerth hoists her tail;\nIn thy hinder end is thy heart, methinks,\nThough thy speech is a stallion’s cry.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 21", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Remi mvn þer ec þiccia,\nef þv reyna knatt\noc stiga ec a land af legi;\nꜹll mvntv lemiaz,\nef mer er alhvgat,\noc sveigia þinn, Hrimgerþr! hala.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“A stallion I seem if thou seekest to try me,\nAnd I leap to land from the sea;\nI shall smite thee to bits, if so I will,\nAnd heavy sinks Hrimgerth’s tail.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 22", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Atli! gac þv a land,\nef afli treystiz,\noc hittomc i vic Varins;\nrifia retti\ner þv mvnt, reccr! fá,\nef þv mer i krymmor kǫmr.“", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“Go ashore then, Atli, if sure of thy might,\nLet us come to Varin’s cove;\nStraight shall thy rounded ribs be made\nIf thou comest within my claws.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 23", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Mvnca ec ganga,\naþr gvmnar vacna\noc halda of visa vorþ;\nera mer orvęnt,\nnęr oro kǫmr\nscass vp vndir scipi.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“I will not go till the warriors wake,\nAgain their chief to guard;\nI should wonder not, foul witch, if up\nFrom beneath our keel thou shouldst come.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 24", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Vaci þv, Helgi!\noc bǫt viþ Hrimgerþi,\ner þv lezt hꜹggvinn Hata;\neina nót\nkna hon hia iofri sofa,\nþa hefir hon bꜹlva bǫtr.“", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“Awake now, Helgi, and Hrimgerth requite,\nThat Hati to death thou didst hew;\nIf a single night she can sleep by the prince,\nThen requited are all her ills.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 25", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Loþinn heitir er þic scal eiga,\nleiþ ertv mannkyni,\nsa byr i Þolleyio þvrs,\nhvndvíss iotvnn,\nhrꜹnbva verstr,\nsa er þer macligr maþr.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“’Tis Lothin shall have thee, thou’rt loathsome to men,\nHis home in Tholley he has;\nOf the wild-dwellers worst is the giant wise,\nHe is meet as a mate for thee.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 26", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Hína vildo heldr, Helgi!\ner reþ hafnir scoda\nfyrri nott meþ firom;\nmargvllin męr\nmer þotti afli bera;\nher ste hon land af legi\noc festi sva yþarn flota;\nhon ein þvi vęldr,\ner ec eigi mac\nbvþlvngs monnom bana.“", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“More thou lovest her who scanned the harbor,\nLast night among the men;\nThe gold-decked maid bore magic, methinks,\nWhen the land from the sea she sought,\nAnd fast she kept your fleet;\nShe alone is to blame that I may not bring\nDeath to the monarch’s men.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 27", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Heyrþv nv, Hrimgerþr!\nef ec bǫti harma þer,\nsegþv gǫrr grami:\nvar sv eín vętr,\ner barg ꜹþlings scipom,\nęþa foro þęr fleire saman?“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Hrimgerth, mark, if thy hurts I requite,\nTell now the truth to the king;\nWas there one who the ships of the warrior warded,\nOr did many together go?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 28", "orig": "Hrimgerþr qvaþ:\n„Þrennar nivndir meyia,\nþo reiþ ein fyr\nhvit vnd hialmi męr;\nmarir hristvz,\nstoþ af mꜹnom þeirra\ndꜹgg i divpa dali,\nhagl i hava viþo;\nþaðan kǫmr meþ ꜹldom ár,\nalt var mer þat lęitt er ec lęitc.“", "en": "Hrimgerth spake:\n“Thrice nine there were, but one rode first,\nA helmed maid white of hue;\nTheir horses quivered, there came from their manes\nDew in the dales so deep,\nHail on the woods so high,\nThence men their harvest have,\nBut ill was the sight I saw.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 29", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Avstr littv nv, Hrimgerþr!\nef þic lostna hefr\nHęlgi helstꜹfom;\na landi oc a legi\nborgit er lofþvngs flota\noc siclings monnom iþ sama.", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Look eastward, Hrimgerth, for Helgi has struck thee\nDown with the runes of death;\nSafe in harbor floats the prince’s fleet,\nAnd safe are the monarch’s men.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 30", "orig": "Dagr ęr nv, Hrimgerþr!\nen þic dvalþa hefir\nAtli til aldrlaga;\nhafnarmarc þyccir\nhlęgligt vera,\nþars þv i steins líci stendr.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“It is day, Hrimgerth, for Atli held thee\nTill now thy life thou must lose;\nAs a harbor mark men shall mock at thee,\nWhere in stone thou shalt ever stand.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, prose after 30", "orig": "Helgi konvngr var allmicill hermaþr; hann com til Eylima konvngs oc baþ Svávo dottvr hans. Þꜹ Helgi oc Svava veittvz várar oc vnnoz fvrþo mikit. Svava var heima meþ feþr sinom, enn Helgi i hernaþi; var Svava valkyria en sem fyrr. Heþinn var heima meþ fꜹþvr sinom, Hiorvarþi konvngi, í Noregi. Heþinn for einn saman heim or scógi iólaaptan oc fann trollkono; sv reiþ vargi oc hafði orma at tꜹmom oc bꜹþ fylgd sina Heþni. Nei sagði hann. Hon sagði: „Þess scaltv gialda at bragarfvlli.“ Vm qveldit oro heitstrengingar; var framleiddr sonargꜹltr, logðo menn þar a hendr sinar oc strengdo menn þa heit at bragarfvlli. Heþinn strengði heít til Svavo Eylima dottvr, vnnvsto Helga broðvr sins, oc iþraþiz sva mioc, at hann gecc a brꜹt villistigo svþr a lond, oc fann Helga broþvr sinn. Helgi qvaþ:", "en": "King Helgi was a mighty warrior. He came to King Eylimi and sought the hand of his daughter, Svava. Then Helgi and Svava exchanged vows, and greatly they loved each other. Svava was at home with her father, while Helgi was in the field; Svava was still a Valkyrie as before.\nHethin was at home with his father, King Hjorvarth, in Norway. Hethin was coming home alone from the forest one Yule-eve, and found a troll-woman; she rode on a wolf, and had snakes in place of a bridle. She asked Hethin for his company. “Nay,” said he. She said, “Thou shalt pay for this at the king’s toast.” That evening the great vows were taken; the sacred boar was brought in, the men laid their hands thereon, and took their vows at the king’s toast. Hethin vowed that he would have Svava, Eylimi’s daughter, the beloved of his brother Helgi; then such great grief seized him that he went forth on wild paths southward over the land, and found Helgi, his brother. Helgi said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 31", "orig": "„Komþv heill, Heþinn!\nhvat kantv segia\nnyra spialla\nor Noregi?\nhvi er þer, stillir!\nsteyct or landi\noc ert einn kominn\noss at finna?“", "en": "“Welcome, Hethin! what hast thou to tell\nOf tidings new that from Norway come?\nWherefore didst leave thy land, O prince,\nAnd fared alone to find us here?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 32", "orig": "Heþinn qvaþ:\n„Mic hefir myclo glǫpr\nmeiri sóttan,\nec hefi kęrna\nena konvngborno\nbrvþi þina\nat bragarfvlli.“", "en": "Hethin spake:\n“A deed more evil I have done\nThan, brother mine, thou e’er canst mend;\nFor I have chosen the child of the king,\nThy bride, for mine at the monarch’s toast.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 33", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Sacaz eigi þv!\nsꜹnn mvno verþa\nꜹlmal, Heþinn!\noccor beggia.\nMer hefir stillir\nstefnt til eyrar,\nþriggia natta\nscylac þar koma;\nif er mer a þvi,\nat ec aptr coma,\nþa ma at góðo\ngoraz slict, ef scal.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Grieve not, Hethin, for true shall hold\nThe words we both by the beer have sworn;\nTo the isle a warrior wills that I go,\nThere shall I come the third night hence;\nAnd doubtful must be my coming back,\nSo may all be well, if fate so wills.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 34", "orig": "Heþinn qvaþ:\n„Sagdir þv, Helgi!\nat Heþinn vęri\ngóþs verþr fra þer\noc giafa storra;\nþer er sǫmra\nsverþ at rioþa,\nenn friþ gefa\nfiandom þinom.“", "en": "Hethin spake:\n“Thou saidst once, Helgi, that Hethin was\nA friend full good, and gifts didst give him;\nMore seemly it were thy sword to redden,\nThan friendship thus to thy foe to give.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, prose after 34", "orig": "Þat qvaþ Helgi, þviat hann grvnaþi vm feigþ sina oc þat at fylgior hans hofðo vitiaþ Heþins, þá er hann sa konona riþa varginom.\nAlfr het konvngr, son Hroþmars, er Helga hafði voll haslaþan a Sigarsvelli a þriggia natta fresti.", "en": "Helgi spoke thus because he foresaw his death, for his following-spirits had met Hethin when he saw the woman riding on the wolf. Alf was the name of a king, the son of Hrothmar, who had marked out a battle-place with Helgi at Sigarsvoll after a stay of three nights. Then Helgi spake:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 35", "orig": "Þa qvaþ Helgi:\n„Reiþ a vargi,\ner rekviþ var,\nflioþ eitt, er Heþin\nfylgio beiddi;\nhon vissi þat,\nat veginn mvndi\nSigrlinnar sonr\na Sigarsvollvm.“", "en": "“On a wolf there rode, when dusk it was,\nA woman who fain would have him follow;\nWell she knew that now would fall\nSigrlin’s son at Sigarsvoll.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 36", "orig": "Þar var orrosta micil, oc fecc þar Helgi banasár.\nSendi Helgi\nSigar at ríþa\neptir Eylima\neinga dottvr:\n„Biþ bralliga\nbvna verþa,\nef hon vill finna\nfylci kvicvan!“", "en": "There was a great battle, and there Helgi got a mortal wound.\nSigar riding did Helgi send\nTo seek out Eylimi’s only daughter:\n“Bid her swiftly ready to be,\nIf her lover alive she would find.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 37", "orig": "Sigarr qvaþ:\n„Mic hefir Helgi\nhingat sendan\nviþ þic, Svava!\nsialfa at męla;\nþic qvaþz hilmir\nhitta vilia,\naþr itrborinn\nꜹndo tyndi.“", "en": "Sigar spake:\n“Hither now has Helgi sent me,\nWith thee, Svava, thyself to speak;\nThe hero said he fain would see thee\nEre life the nobly born should leave.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 38", "orig": "Svava qvaþ:\n„Hvat varþ Helga\nHiorvarþz syni?\nmer er harðliga\nharma leitat,\nef hann sęr vm lek\neþa sverþ vm beít,\nþeim scal ec gvmna\ngrand vm vinna.“", "en": "Svava spake:\n“What chanced with Helgi, Hjorvarth’s son?\nHard to me is harm now come;\nIf the sea smote him, or sword bit him,\nIll shall I bring to all his foes.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 39", "orig": "Sigarr qvaþ:\n„Fell her i morgon\nat Frecasteini\nbuþlvngr sa er var\nbaztr vnd solo;\nAlfr mvn sigri\nꜹllom raþa,\nþott þetta sinn\nþꜹrfgi vęri.“", "en": "Sigar spake:\n“In the morn he fell at Frekastein,\nThe king who was noblest beneath the sun;\nAlf has the joy of victory all,\nThough need therefor is never his.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 40", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Hęil verþv Svava!\nhvg scaltv deila,\nsia mvn i heimi\nhinnztr fvndr vera;\ntiá bvþlvngi\nblǫþa vndir,\nmer hefir hiorr comiþ\nhiarta iþ nęsta.", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Hail to thee, Svava! thy sorrow rule,\nOur meeting last in life is this;\nHard the wounds of the hero bleed,\nAnd close to my heart the sword has come." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 41", "orig": "Biþ ec þic, Svava!\nbrvþr grátattv!\nef þv vill mino\nmali lyða,\nat þv Heþni\nhvilo gorvir\noc iofvr vngan\nástom leiþir.“", "en": "“I bid thee, Svava, weep not, bride,\nIf thou wilt hearken to these my words,\nThe bed for Hethin have thou ready,\nAnd yield thy love to the hero young.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 42", "orig": "Svava qvaþ:\n„Melt hafda ec þat\ni Mvnarheimi,\nþa er mer Helgi\nhringa valþi,\nmyndiga ec lostic\nat liþinn fylci\niofvr okvnnan\narmi veria.“", "en": "Svava spake:\n“A vow I had in my dear-loved home,\nWhen Helgi sought with rings to have me,\nThat not of my will, if the warrior died,\nWould I fold in my arms a man unfamed.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar 43", "orig": "Heþinn qvaþ:\n„Kysto mic, Svava!\nkem ec eigi aþr\nRogheims a vit\nne Rꜹþvlsfialla,\naþr ec hefnt hefic\nHiorvarþz sonar,\nþess er bvðlvngr var\nbeztr vnd solo.“", "en": "Hethin spake:\n“Kiss me, Svava, I come not back,\nRogheim to see, or Rothulsfjoll,\nTill vengeance I have for the son of Hjorvarth,\nThe king who was noblest beneath the sun.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar, closing prose", "orig": "Helgi oc Svava er sagt at vęri endrborin.", "en": "Of Helgi and Svava it is said that they were born again." } ], "helgakvida-hundingsbana-1": [ { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 1", "orig": "Ár var alda\nþat er arar gvllo,\nhnigo heilog votn\naf himinfiollom;\nþa hafþi Helga\ninn hvgom stora\nBorghildr borit\ni Bralvndi.", "en": "In olden days, when eagles screamed,\nAnd holy streams from heaven’s crags fell,\nWas Helgi then, the hero-hearted,\nBorghild’s son, in Bralund born." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 2", "orig": "Nott varþ i bǫ,\nnornir qvomo,\nþęr er ꜹþlingi\naldr vm scópo;\nþann baþo fylci\nfrǫgstan verþa\noc bvþlvnga\nbeztan þiccia.", "en": "’Twas night in the dwelling, and Norns there came,\nWho shaped the life of the lofty one;\nThey bade him most famed of fighters all\nAnd best of princes ever to be." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 3", "orig": "Snero þer af afli\nꜹrlꜹgþátto,\nþa er borgir brꜹt\ni Brálvndi;\nþęr vm greiddo\ngvllin simo\noc vnd manasal\nmiþian festo.", "en": "Mightily wove they the web of fate,\nWhile Bralund’s towns were trembling all;\nAnd there the golden threads they wove,\nAnd in the moon’s hall fast they made them." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 4", "orig": "Þęr ꜹstr oc vestr\nenda fálo,\nþar átti lofðvngr\nland a milli;\nbrá nipt Nera\na norþrvega\neinni festi,\ney baþ hon halda.", "en": "East and west the ends they hid,\nIn the middle the hero should have his land;\nAnd Neri’s kinswoman northward cast\nA chain, and bade it firm ever to be." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 5", "orig": "Eitt var at angri\nYlfinga niþ\noc þeirre meyio\ner mvnvþ fǫddi;\nhrafn qvaþ at hrafni\nsat a hám meíþi\nandvanr áto:\n„Ec veit noccoþ.", "en": "Once sorrow had the Ylfings’ son,\nAnd grief the bride who the loved one had borne.\n* * * * * *\nQuoth raven to raven, on treetop resting,\nSeeking for food, “There is something I know." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 6", "orig": "Stendr i brynio\nbvrr Sigmvndar\ndǫgrs eins gamall,\nnv er dagr kominn;\nhversir ꜹgo\nsem hildingar,\nsa er varga vinr,\nviþ scolom teitir.“", "en": "“In mail-coat stands the son of Sigmund,\nA half-day old; now day is here;\nHis eyes flash sharp as the heroes’ are,\nHe is friend of the wolves; full glad are we.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 7", "orig": "Drótt þotti sa\ndꜹglingr vera,\nqvado meþ gvmnom\ngoð-ár kominn;\nsialfr gecc visi\nor vígþrimo\nvngom fǫra\nitrlꜹ́c grami.", "en": "The warrior throng a ruler thought him,\nGood times, they said, mankind should see;\nThe king himself from battle-press came,\nTo give the prince a leek full proud." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 8", "orig": "Gaf hann Helga nafn\noc Hringstaði,\nSólfioll, Snęfioll\noc Sigarsvollo,\nHringstꜹð, Hatvn\noc Himinvanga,\nbloþorm bvinn\nbrǫþr Sinfiotla.", "en": "Helgi he named him, and Hringstathir gave him,\nSolfjoll, Snæfjoll, and Sigarsvoll,\nHringstoth, Hotun, and Himinvangar,\nAnd a blood-snake bedecked to Sinfjotli’s brother." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 9", "orig": "Þa nam at vaxa\nfyr vina briosti\nalmr itrborinn\nynþiss lióma;\nhann galt oc gaf\ngvll verþvngo,\nsparþi eigi hilmir\nhodd bloþrekinn.", "en": "Mighty he grew in the midst of his friends,\nThe fair-born elm, in fortune’s glow;\nTo his comrades gold he gladly gave,\nThe hero spared not the blood-flecked hoard." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 10", "orig": "Scamt let visi\nvigs at biþa,\nþa er fylkir var\nfimtán vetra,\noc hann harðan let\nHvnding veginn,\nþann er lengi reþ\nlꜹndom oc þegnom.", "en": "Short time for war the chieftain waited,\nWhen fifteen winters old he was;\nHunding he slew, the hardy wight\nWho long had ruled o’er lands and men." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 11", "orig": "Qvꜹddo siþan\nSigmvndar bvr\nꜹþs oc hringa\nHvndings synir;\nþviat þeir atto\niofri at gialda\nfiárnám micit\noc fꜹþvr dꜹþa.", "en": "Of Sigmund’s son then next they sought\nHoard and rings, the sons of Hunding;\nThey bade the prince requital pay\nFor booty stolen and father slain." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 12", "orig": "Letaþ bvðlvngr\nbótir vppi\nne niþia in heldr\nnefgiold fá;\nván qvaþ hann mvndo\nveþrs ens micla\ngrára geira\noc gremi Oþins.", "en": "The prince let not their prayers avail,\nNor gold for their dead did the kinsmen get;\nWaiting, he said, was a mighty storm\nOf lances gray and Othin’s grimness." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 13", "orig": "Fara hildingar\nhiorstefno til\nþeirrar er lꜹgdo\nat Logafiollom;\nsleit Froþa friþ\nfianda a milli,\nfara Viþriss grey\nvalgiorn vm ey.", "en": "The warriors forth to the battle went,\nThe field they chose at Logafjoll;\nFrothi’s peace midst foes they broke,\nThrough the isle went hungrily Vithrir’s hounds." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 14", "orig": "Settiz visi,\nþa er vegit hafði\nÁlf oc Eyiolf,\nvnd arasteini,\nHiorvarð oc Havarþ\nHvndings sono;\nfarit hafði hann allri\nęt geirmimis.", "en": "The king then sat, when he had slain\nEyjolf and Alf, ’neath the eagle-stone;\nHjorvarth and Hovarth, Hunding’s sons,\nThe kin of the spear-wielder, all had he killed." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 15", "orig": "Þa brá lioma\naf Logafiollom,\nenn af þeim liomom\nleiptrir qvomo;", "en": "Then glittered light from Logafjoll,\nAnd from the light the flashes leaped;\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 16", "orig": "þa var vnd hialmom\na Himinvanga,\nbrynior váro þeirra\nbloþi stocnar,\nenn af geirom\ngeislar stoþo.", "en": ". . . . .\nHigh under helms on heaven’s field;\nTheir byrnies all with blood were red,\nAnd from their spears the sparks flew forth." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 17", "orig": "Fra arliga\nor vlfiþi\ndꜹglingr at þvi\ndisir svðrǫnar,\nef þęr vildi heim\nmeþ hildingom\nþa nótt fara;\nþrymr var alma.", "en": "Early then in wolf-wood asked\nThe mighty king of the southern maid,\nIf with the hero home would she\nCome that night; the weapons clashed." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 18", "orig": "Enn af hesti\nHꜹgna dottir\nliddi randa rym,\nręsi sagði:\n„Hygg ec, at ver eigim\naþrar syslor\nenn meþ bꜹ́gbrota\nbiór at drecca.", "en": "Down from her horse sprang Hogni’s daughter,\nThe shields were still, and spake to the hero:\n“Other tasks are ours, methinks,\nThan drinking beer with the breaker of rings." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 19", "orig": "Hefir minn faþir\nmeyio sinni\ngrimmom heitit\nGranmars syni;\nenn ec hefi, Helgi!\nHꜹðbrodd qveþinn\nkonvng óneisan\nsem cattar son.", "en": "“My father has pledged his daughter fair\nAs bride to Granmar’s son so grim;\nBut, Helgi, I once Hothbrodd called\nAs fine a king as the son of a cat." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 20", "orig": "Þó kǫmr fylcir\nfára nátta,\nnema þv hanom visir\nvalstefno til\neþa mey nemir\nfrá mildingi.“", "en": "“Yet the hero will come a few nights hence,\n. . . . .\nUnless thou dost bid him the battle-ground seek,\nOr takest the maid from the warrior mighty.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 21", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Vggi eigi þv\nIsvngs bana!\nfyrr mvn dólga dynr,\nnema ec dꜹþr siác.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Fear him not, though Isung he felled,\nFirst must our courage keen be tried,\nBefore unwilling thou fare with the knave;\nWeapons will clash, if to death I come not.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 22", "orig": "Sendi áro\nallvaldr þaðan\nof land oc vm lǫg\nleidar at biþia,\niþgnogan\nognar lioma\nbrꜹgnom bioþa\noc bvrom þeirra.", "en": "Messengers sent the mighty one then,\nBy land and by sea, a host to seek,\nStore of wealth of the water’s gleam,\nAnd men to summon, and sons of men." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 23", "orig": "„Biþit sciotliga\ntil scipa ganga\noc or Brandeyio\nbvna verþa!“\nÞaðan beið þengill,\nvnz þingat qvomo\nhalir hvndmargir\nor Hedinseyio.", "en": "“Bid them straightway seek the ships,\nAnd off Brandey ready to be!”\nThere the chief waited till thither were come\nMen by hundreds from Hethinsey." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 24", "orig": "Oc þar af strǫndom\nor Stafnsnesi\nbeit her vt scriþv\noc bvin gvlli;\nspvrþi Helgi\nHiorleif at þvi:\n„Hefir þv kannaþa\nkoni onęisa?“", "en": "Soon off Stafnsnes stood the ships,\nFair they glided and gay with gold;\nThen Helgi spake to Hjorleif asking:\n“Hast thou counted the gallant host?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 25", "orig": "Enn vngr konvngr\noþrom sagði,\nseint qvaþ at telia\naf Trꜹnoeyri\nlanghꜹfðvþ scip\nvnd líþondom,\nþꜹ er i Orvasvnd\nvtan foro.", "en": "The young king answered the other then:\n“Long were it to tell from Tronueyr\nThe long-stemmed ships with warriors laden\nThat come from without into Orvasund." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 26", "orig": "„Tolf hvndrvð\ntryggra manna;\nþo er i Hátv́nom\nhalfo fleíra\nviglid konvngs,\nván erom rómo.“", "en": ". . . . .\n“There are hundreds twelve of trusty men,\nBut in Hotun lies the host of the king,\nGreater by half; I have hope of battle.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 27", "orig": "Sva brá styrir\nstafntioldom af,\nat mildinga\nmengi vacþi,\noc dꜹglingar\ndagsbrv́n siá,\noc siclingar\nsnęro vp viþ trę\nvefnistingom\na Varinsfirði.", "en": "The ship’s-tents soon the chieftain struck,\nAnd waked the throng of warriors all;\nThe heroes the red of dawn beheld;\nAnd on the masts the gallant men\nMade fast the sails in Varinsfjord." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 28", "orig": "Varð ára ymr\noc iarna glymr,\nbrast rꜹnd við rꜹnd,\nrero vikingar;\neisandi gecc\nvnd ꜹþlingom\nlofdvngs floti\nlꜹndom fiarri.", "en": "There was beat of oars and clash of iron,\nShield smote shield as the ships’-folk rowed;\nSwiftly went the warrior-laden\nFleet of the ruler forth from the land." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 29", "orig": "Sva var at heýra,\ner saman qvomo\nKolgo systir\noc kilir langir,\nsem biorg eþa brim\nbrotna mvndi.", "en": "So did it sound, when together the sisters\nOf Kolga struck with the keels full long,\nAs if cliffs were broken with beating surf,\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 30", "orig": "Draga baþ Helgi\nhá segl ofarr,\nvarþat hrꜹnnom\nhꜹfn þingloga,\nþa er ógorlig\nĘgis dottir\nstagstiornmꜹrom\nsteypa vildi.", "en": "Helgi bade higher hoist the sails,\nNor did the ships’-folk shun the waves,\nThough dreadfully did Ægir’s daughters\nSeek the steeds of the sea to sink." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 31", "orig": "Enn þeím sialfom\nSigrvn ofan\nfolcdiorf vm barg\noc fari þeirra;\nsnoriz ramliga\nRán or hendi\ngialfrdýr konvngs\nat Gnipalvndi.", "en": "But from above did Sigrun brave\nAid the men and all their faring;\nMightily came from the claws of Ron\nThe leader’s sea-beast off Gnipalund." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 32", "orig": "Sat þar vm aptan\ni Vnavagom,\nflꜹst fagrbvin\nflióta knátto;\nenn þeir sialfir\nfra Svarinshꜹgi\nmeþ hermþar hvg\nher kꜹnnoþo.", "en": "At evening there in Unavagar\nFloated the fleet bedecked full fair;\nBut they who saw from Svarin’s hill,\nBitter at heart the host beheld." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 33", "orig": "Fra goðborinn\nGvþmvndr at þvi:\n„Hverr er landreki\nsa er liþi styrir\noc hann feicnaliþ\nfǫrir at lande?“", "en": "Then Gothmund asked, goodly of birth,\n. . . . .\n“Who is the monarch who guides the host,\nAnd to the land the warriors leads?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 34", "orig": "Sinfiotli qvaþ\nslꜹng vp viþ ra\nrꜹþom scildi,\nrꜹnd var or gvlli;\nþar var svndvorþr\nsa er svara kvnni\noc viþ ꜹþlinga\norðom scipta:", "en": "Sinfjotli answered, and up on an oar\nRaised a shield all red with golden rim;\nA sea-sentry was he, skilled to speak,\nAnd in words with princes well to strive." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 35", "orig": "„Segðv þat i aptan,\ner svínom gefr\noc tícr yðrar\nteygir at solli,\nat se Ylfingar\nꜹstan comnir\ngvnnargiarnir\nfra Gnipalvndi.", "en": "“Say tonight when you feed the swine,\nAnd send your bitches to seek their swill,\nThat out of the East have the Ylfings come,\nGreedy for battle, to Gnipalund." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 36", "orig": "Þar mvn Hꜹðbroddr\nHelga finna\nflꜹgtrꜹþan gram\ni flota miþiom,\nsa er opt hefir\norno sadda,\nmeþan þv a kvernom\nkystir þýiar.“", "en": "“There will Hothbrodd Helgi find,\nIn the midst of the fleet, and flight he scorns;\nOften has he the eagles gorged,\nWhilst thou at the quern wert slave-girls kissing.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 37–38", "orig": "Gvþmvndr qvaþ:\n„Fátt manttv, fylcir!\nfornra spialla,\ner þv ꜹþlingom\nosꜹnno bregdr;\nþv hefir etnar\nvlfa crásir\noc brǫþr þinom\nat bana ordit,\nopt sár sogin\nmeþ svꜹlom mvnni,\nhefr i hreysi\nhvarleiþr scriþit.“", "en": "Gothmund spake:\n“Hero, the ancient sayings heed,\nAnd bring not lies to the nobly born.\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n“Thou hast eaten the entrails of wolves,\nAnd of thy brothers the slayer been;\nOft wounds to suck thy cold mouth sought,\nAnd loathed in rocky dens didst lurk.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 39", "orig": "Sinfiotli qvaþ:\n„Þv vart vꜹlva\ni Varinseyio,\nscollvís kona!\nbartv scrꜹc saman;\nqvaztv engi mann\neiga vilia,\nsegg bryniaþan\nnema Sinfiotla.", "en": "Sinfjotli spake:\n“A witch in Varin’s isle thou wast,\nA woman false, and lies didst fashion;\nOf the mail-clad heroes thou wouldst have\nNo other, thou saidst, save Sinfjotli only." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 40", "orig": "Þv vart, en scęþa!\nscass valkyria,\nꜹtvl, amátlig\nat Alfꜹdvr;\nmvndo einheriar\nallir beriaz,\nsvevis kona!\nvm sakar þinar.", "en": "“A Valkyrie wast thou, loathly witch,\nEvil and base, in Allfather’s home;\nThe warriors all must ever fight,\nWoman subtle, for sake of thee." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 41", "orig": "Nio atto viþ\na nesi Sagv\nvlfa alna,\nec var einn faþir þeirra.“", "en": "“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . .\nNine did we in Sogunes\nOf wolf-cubs have; I their father was.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 42", "orig": "Gvþmvndr qvaþ:\n„Fadir varattv\nfenrisvlfa\nollom ellri,\nsva at ec mvna,\nsizt þic geldo\nfyr Gnipalvndi\nþvrsameyiar\na Þorsnesi.", "en": "Gothmund spake:\n“Thou didst not father Fenrir’s-wolves,\nThough older thou art than all I know;\nFor they gelded thee in Gnipalund,\nThe giant-women at Thorsnes once." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 43", "orig": "Stivpr vartv Siggeirs,\nlátt vnd stꜹþom heima,\nvarglioþom vanr\na viþom vti;\nkomo þer ogogn\noll at hendi,\nþa er brǫþr þinom\nbriost rꜹfaþir;\ngorþir þic fręgian\naf firinvercom.“", "en": "“Under houses the stepson of Siggeir lay,\nFain of the wolf’s cry out in the woods;\nEvil came then all to thy hands,\nWhen thy brothers’ breasts thou didst redden,\nFame didst thou win for foulest deeds." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 44", "orig": "Sinfiotli qvaþ:\n„Þv vart brvþr Grana\na Bravelli,\ngvllbitlvþ vart\ngor til rasar;\nhafda ec þer moþri\nmart sceiþ riþit,\nsvangri vnd sꜹþli,\nsimvl! forbergis.“", "en": "“In Bravoll wast thou Grani’s bride,\nGolden-bitted and ready to gallop;\nI rode thee many a mile, and down\nDidst sink, thou giantess, under the saddle.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 45", "orig": "Gvþmvndr qvaþ:\n„Sveinn þottir þv\nsiþlꜹss vera,\nþa er þv Gvllnis\ngeitr molcaþir,\nenn i annat sinn\nimþar dottir\ntꜹttrvghypia;\nvill þv tꜹlo lengri?“", "en": "Sinfjotli spake:\n“A brainless fellow didst seem to be,\nWhen once for Gollnir goats didst milk,\nAnd another time when as Imth’s daughter\nIn rags thou wentest; wilt longer wrangle?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 46", "orig": "Sinfiotli qvaþ:\n„Fyrr vilda ec\nat Frecasteini\nhrafna seþia\na hręom þinom,\nenn ticr yþrar\nteygia at solli\neþa gefa gꜹltom;\ndeili grꜹm viþ þic!“", "en": "Gothmund spake:\n“Sooner would I at Frekastein\nFeed the ravens with flesh of thine\nThan send your bitches to seek their swill,\nOr feed the swine; may the fiends take you!”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 47", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Vęri ycr, Sinfiotli!\nSęmra myclo\ngvnni at heýia\noc glaþa orno,\nen se onytom\norþom at bregðaz,\nþot hringbrotar\nheiptir deili.", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Better, Sinfjotli, thee ’twould beseem\nBattle to give and eagles to gladden,\nThan vain and empty words to utter,\nThough ring-breakers oft in speech do wrangle." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 48", "orig": "Þicciat mer godir\nGranmars synir,\nþo dvgir siklingom\nsatt at męla;\nþeir hafa marcat\na Móinsheimom\nat hvg hafa\nhiorom at bregda.“", "en": "“Good I find not the sons of Granmar,\nBut for heroes ’tis seemly the truth to speak;\nAt Moinsheimar proved the men\nThat hearts for the wielding of swords they had.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 49–50", "orig": "Þeir af ríci\nrenna leto\nSvipvð oc Svegioþ\nSolheima til\ndala dꜹggótta,\ndꜹcqvar hliþir;\nscalf Mistar marr,\nhvar megir foro.\nMętto þeir tiggia\ni tvnhliþi,\nsꜹgdo striþliga\nstilli qvomo;\nvti stoþ Hꜹþbroddr\nhialmi faldinn,\nhvgði hann ioreiþ\nettar sinnar:\n„Hvi er hermþar litr\na Hniflvngom?“", "en": "Mightily then they made to run\nSviputh and Sveggjuth to Solheimar;\nBy dewy dales and chasms dark,\nMist’s horse shook where the men went by;\nThe king they found at his courtyard gate,\nAnd told him the foeman fierce was come.\nForth stood Hothbrodd, helmed for battle,\nWatched the riding of his warriors;\n. . . . .\n“Why are the Hniflungs white with fear?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 51–52", "orig": "Gvþmvndr qvaþ:\n„Snvaz her at sandi\nsnefgir kiólar,\nracca hirtir\noc rár langar,\nscildir margir,\nscafnar árar,\ngꜹfvct liþ gylfa,\nglaþir Ylfingar.\nGanga fimtán\nfolc vp a land,\nþo er i sogn v́t\nsiau þvsvndir;\nliggia her i grindom\nfyr Gnipalvndi\nbrimdýr blásvort\noc bvin gvlli;\nþar er miclo mest\nmengi þeirra,\nmvna nv Helgi\nhiorþing dvala.“", "en": "Gothmund spake:\n“Swift keels lie hard by the land,\nMast-ring harts and mighty yards,\nWealth of shields and well-planed oars;\nThe king’s fair host, the Ylfings haughty;\nFifteen bands to land have fared,\nBut out in Sogn are seven thousand.\n“At anchor lying off Gnipalund\nAre fire-beasts black, all fitted with gold;\nThere wait most of the foeman’s men,\nNor will Helgi long the battle delay.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 53", "orig": "Hꜹþbroddr qvaþ:\n„Renni rꜹcn bitlvþ\ntil reginþinga,\nen Sporvitnir\nat Sparinsheiði,\nMelnir oc Mylnir\ntil Myrcviþar;\nlatiþ engi mann\neptir sitia\nþeirra er benlogom\nbregða kvnni!", "en": "Hothbrodd spake:\n“Bid the horses run to the Reginthing,\nMelnir and Mylnir to Myrkwood now,\nAnd Sporvitnir to Sparinsheith;\nLet no man seek henceforth to sit\nWho the flame of wounds knows well to wield." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 54", "orig": "Bioþi þer Hꜹgna\noc Hrings sonom,\nAtla oc Yngva,\nAlf enom gamla!\nþeiro giarnir\ngvnni at heyia;\nlatom Volsvnga\nviþrnám fá!“", "en": "“Summon Hogni, the sons of Hring,\nAtli and Yngvi and Alf the Old;\nGlad they are of battle ever;\nAgainst the Volsungs let us go.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 55", "orig": "Svipr einn var þat,\ner saman qvomo\nfꜹlvir oddar\nat Frecasteíni;\ney var Helgi\nHvndings bani\nfyrstr i folci,\nþar er firar bꜹrþvz,\nǫstr a ímo,\nalltrꜹþr flvgar;\nsa hafdi hilmir\nhart móþakarn.", "en": "Swift as a storm there smote together\nThe flashing blades at Frekastein;\nEver was Helgi, Hunding’s slayer,\nFirst in the throng where warriors fought;\nFierce in battle, slow to fly,\nHard the heart of the hero was." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 56", "orig": "Como þar or himni\nhialmvitr ofan\nóx geira gnýr,\nþęr er grami hlifþo;\nþa qvaþ þat Sigrvn,\nsárvitr flvga\nát hálo scer\naf hvgins barri:", "en": "From heaven there came the maidens helmed,\nThe weapon-clang grew, who watched o’er the king;\nSpake Sigrun fair, the wound-givers flew,\nAnd the horse of the giantess raven’s-food had:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 57", "orig": "„Heill scaltv, visi!\nvirþa nióta,\nátstafr Yngva!\noc vna lífi,\ner þv felt hefir\ninn flvgartrꜹda\niofvr þann er olli\nęgis davða.", "en": "“Hail to thee, hero! full happy with men,\nOffspring of Yngvi, shalt ever live,\nFor thou the fearless foe hast slain\nWho to many the dread of death had brought." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I 58", "orig": "Oc þer, bvþlvngr!\nsamir bęþi vel\nrꜹðir bꜹgar\noc in rikia męr;\nheill scaltv, bvþlvngr!\nbęþi nióta\nHꜹgna dottvr\noc Hringstaþa,\nsigrs oc landa;\nþa er socn lokit.", "en": "“Warrior, well for thyself hast won\nRed rings bright and the noble bride;\nBoth now, warrior, thine shall be,\nHogni’s daughter and Hringstathir,\nWealth and triumph; the battle wanes.”" } ], "helgakvida-hundingsbana-2": [ { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, opening prose", "orig": "Fra Vꜹlsvngom\nSigmvndr konvngr Vꜹlsvngs son atti Borghilldi af Brálvndi; þꜹ heto son sinn Helga oc eptir Helga Hiorvarþssyni; Helga fostraþi Hagall. Hvndingr het rikr konvngr, viþ hann er Hvndland kent. Hann var hermaþr micill oc atti marga sono þa er i hernaði váro. Ofriþr oc dylgior váro a milli þeirra Hvndings konvngs oc Sigmvndar konvngs, drapo hvarir annarra frǫndr. Sigmvndr konvngr oc hans ęttmenn héto Volsvngar oc Ylfingar. Helgi fór oc niosnaþi til hirdar Hvndings konvngs a lꜹ́n; Hęmingr son Hvndings konvngs var heima. Enn er Helgi for í brot, þa hitti hann hiarþarsvein oc qvaþ:", "en": "King Sigmund, the son of Volsung, had as wife Borghild, from Bralund. They named their son Helgi, after Helgi Hjorvarthsson; Hagal was Helgi’s foster-father. Hunding was the name of a powerful king, and Hundland is named from him. He was a mighty warrior, and had many sons with him on his campaigns. There was enmity and strife between these two, King Hunding and King Sigmund, and each slew the other’s kinsmen. King Sigmund and his family were called Volsungs and Ylfings.\nHelgi went as a spy to the home of King Hunding in disguise. Hæming, a son of King Hunding’s, was at home. When Helgi went forth, then he met a young herdsman, and said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 1", "orig": "„Segðv Hęmingi,\nat Helgi man,\nhvern i brynio\nbragnar feldo,\ner vlf grán\ninni hꜹfðot,\nþar er Hamal hvgði\nHvndingr konvngr.“", "en": "“Say to Hæming that Helgi knows\nWhom the heroes in armor hid;\nA gray wolf had they within their hall,\nWhom King Hunding Hamal thought.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 1", "orig": "Hamall het son Hagals. Hvndingr konvngr sendi menn til Hagals at leita Helga; enn Helgi matti eigi forþaz annan veg enn tóc klęþi ambǫttar oc gecc at mala. Þeir leitoþo oc fvndo eigi Helga; þa qvaþ Blindr inn bꜹlvisi:", "en": "Hamal was the name of Hagal’s son. King Hunding sent men to Hagal to seek Helgi, and Helgi could not save himself in any other way, so he put on the clothes of a bond-woman and set to work at the mill. They sought Helgi but found him not." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 2", "orig": "„Hvoss ero ꜹgo\ni Hagals þyio,\nera þat carls ętt,\ner a kvernom stendr:\nsteinar rifna,\nsteyccr lvþr fyrir.", "en": "Then Blind spake out, the evil-minded:\n“Of Hagal’s bond-woman bright are the eyes;\nYon comes not of churls who stands at the quern;\nThe millstones break, the boards are shattered." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 3", "orig": "Nv hefir hꜹrþ dǫmi\nhildingr þęgit,\ner visi scal\nvalbygg mala;\nheldr er sǫmri\nhendi þeirri\nmeþalkafli\nenn mꜹndvltrę.“", "en": "“The hero has a doom full hard,\nThat barley now he needs must grind;\nBetter befits his hand to feel\nThe hilt of the sword than the millstone’s handle.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 4", "orig": "Hagall svaraþi oc qvaþ:\n„Þat er litil va,\nþott lvþr þrvmi,\ner męr konvngs\nmꜹndvl hrǫrir;\nhon scęvaþi\nscyiom ęfri\noc vega þordi\nsem vikingar,\naþr hana Helgi\nhꜹpto gorþi;\nsystir er hon þeirra\nSigars oc Hꜹgna,\nþvi hefir ꜹtvl ꜹgo\nYlfinga man.“", "en": "Hagal answered and said:\n“Small is the wonder if boards are splintered;\nBy a monarch’s daughter the mill is turned;\nOnce through clouds she was wont to ride,\nAnd battles fought like fighting men,\nTill Helgi a captive held her fast;\nSister she is of Sigar and Hogni,\nThus bright are the eyes of the Ylfings’ maid.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 4", "orig": "Vndan comz Helgi oc for a herscip; hann feldi Hvnding konvng oc var siþan callaþr Helgi Hvndingsbani. Hann la meþ her sinn i Brvnavagom oc hafþi þar strandhꜹgg, oc áto þar rát. Hꜹgni het konvngr; hans dottir var Sigrvn, hon var valkyria oc reiþ lopt oc lꜹg; hon var Svava endrborin. Sigrvn reiþ at scipom Helga oc qvaþ:", "en": "Helgi escaped and went to a fighting ship. He slew King Hunding, and thenceforth was called Helgi Hundingsbane.\nHe lay with his host in Brunavagar, and they had there a strand-slaughtering, and ate the flesh raw. Hogni was the name of a king. His daughter was Sigrun; she was a Valkyrie and rode air and water; she was Svava reborn. Sigrun rode to Helgi’s ship and said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 5", "orig": "„Hverir lata flióta\nfley viþ backa,\nhvar hermegir\nheima eigvþ?\nhvers biþit er\ni Brvnavagom,\nhvert lystir yþr\nleiþ at canna?“", "en": "“Who rules the ship by the shore so steep?\nWhere is the home ye warriors have?\nWhy do ye bide in Brunavagar,\nOr what the way that ye wish to try?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 6", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Hamall lętr fliota\nfley viþ backa,\neigom heima\ni Hlesseyio,\nbiþom byriar\ni Brvnavagom,\nꜹstr lystir oss\nleiþ at kanna.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Hamal’s the ship by the shore so steep,\nOur home in Hlesey do we have;\nFor fair wind bide we in Brunavagar,\nEastward the way that we wish to try.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 7", "orig": "Sigrvn qvaþ:\n„Hvar hefir þv, hilmir!\nhildi vacþa\neþa gꜹgl alin\nGvnnar systra?\nhvi er brynia þin\nbloþi stoccin,\nhvi scal vnd hialmom\nhrátt kiot eta?“", "en": "Sigrun spake:\n“Where hast thou, warrior, battle wakened,\nOr gorged the birds of the sisters of Guth?\nWhy is thy byrnie spattered with blood,\nWhy helmed dost feast on food uncooked?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 8", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Þat vann nęst nýss\nniþr Ylfinga\nfyr vestan ver,\nef þic vita lystir,\ner ec biorno tóc\ni Bragalvndi\noc ętt ara\noddom saddac.\nNv er sagt, męr!\nhvaþan sacar gorðvz,\nþvi var a lęgi męr\nlítt steict etiþ.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Latest of all, the Ylfings’ son\nOn the western sea, if know thou wilt,\nCaptured bears in Bragalund,\nAnd fed the eagles with edge of sword.\nNow is it shown why our shirts are bloody,\nAnd little our food with fire is cooked.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 9", "orig": "Sigrvn qvaþ:\n„Vig lysir þv,\nvarþ fyr Helga\nHvndingr konvngr\nhniga at velli;\nbar socn saman,\ner seva hęfndoþ,\noc bvsti bloþ\na brimiss eggiar.“", "en": "Sigrun spake:\n“Of battle thou tellest, and there was bent\nHunding the king before Helgi down;\nThere was carnage when thou didst avenge thy kin,\nAnd blood flowed fast on the blade of the sword.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 10", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Hvat vissir þv,\nat þeir se,\nsnot svinnhvgvð!\ner seva hefndo?\nmargir ’ro hvassir\nhildings synir\noc amvnir\nossom niþiom.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“How didst thou know that now our kin,\nMaiden wise, we have well avenged?\nMany there are of the sons of the mighty\nWho share alike our lofty race.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 11", "orig": "Sigrvn qvaþ:\n„Varca ec fiarri,\nfolcs oddviti!\nger a morgom\ngrams aldrlocom;\nþo tel ec slęgian\nSigmvndar bvr,\ner i valrvnom\nvigspioll segir.", "en": "Sigrun spake:\n“Not far was I from the lord of the folk,\nYester morn, when the monarch was slain;\nThough crafty the son of Sigmund, methinks,\nWhen he speaks of the fight in slaughter-runes." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 12", "orig": "Lęit ec þic vm sinn\nfyrr a langscipom,\nþa er þv bygðir\nblodga stafna\noc v́rsvalar\nvnnir lęko;\nnv vill dyliaz\ndꜹglingr fyr mer,\nenn Hꜹgna męr\nHelga kennir.“", "en": "“On the long-ship once I saw thee well,\nWhen in the blood-stained bow thou wast,\nAnd round thee icy waves were raging;\nNow would the hero hide from me,\nBut to Hogni’s daughter is Helgi known.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 12", "orig": "Granmarr het ricr konvngr, er bió at Svarinshꜹgi; hann atti marga sono: einn het Hꜹðbroddr, annarr Gvðmvndr, þriþi Starcaþr. Hꜹþbroddr var i konvngastefno, hann fastnaþi ser Sigrvno Hꜹgnadottvr. Enn er hon spyrr þat, þa reiþ hon meþ valkyrior vm lopt oc vm lꜹg at leita Helga. Helgi var þa at Logafiollom oc hafþi bariz viþ Hvndings sono; þar feldi hann þa Alf oc Eyiolf, Hiorvarþ oc Hervarþ, oc var hann allvigmoþr oc sat vndir Arasteini; þar hitti Sigrvn hann oc rann a hals hanom oc kysti hann oc sagdi hanom erendi sit, sva sem segir i Volsvngaqviþo inni forno:", "en": "Granmar was the name of a mighty king, who dwelt at Svarin’s hill. He had many sons; one was named Hothbrodd, another Gothmund, a third Starkath. Hothbrodd was in a kings’ meeting, and he won the promise of having Sigrun, Hogni’s daughter, for his wife. But when she heard this, she rode with the Valkyries over air and sea to seek Helgi. Helgi was then at Logafjoll, and had fought with Hunding’s sons; there he killed Alf and Eyolf, Hjorvarth and Hervarth. He was all weary with battle, and sat under the eagle-stone. There Sigrun found him, and ran to throw her arms about his neck, and kissed him, and told him her tidings, as is set forth in the old Volsung lay:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 13", "orig": "Sotti Sigrvn\nsicling glaþan,\nheim nam hon Helga\nhꜹnd at sǫkia,\nkysti oc qvaddi\nkonvng vnd hialmi;\nþa varþ hilmi\nhvgr a uifi.", "en": "Sigrun the joyful chieftain sought,\nForthwith Helgi’s hand she took;\nShe greeted the hero helmed and kissed him,\nThe warrior’s heart to the woman turned." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 14–15", "orig": "Fyrr lez hon vnna\naf ꜹllom hvg\nsyni Sigmvndar,\nen hon seþ hafþi.\n„Var ec Hꜹþbroddi\ni her fꜹstnoþ,\nenn iofvr annan\neiga vildac;\nþo siamc, fylcir!\nfrǫnda reiþi,\nhefi ec mins fꜹdvr\nmvnraþ brotiþ.“\nNama Hꜹgna męr\nof hvg męla,\nhafa qvaz hon Helga\nhylli scyldo.", "en": "From her heart the daughter of Hogni spake,\nDear was Helgi, she said, to her;\n“Long with all my heart I loved\nSigmund’s son ere ever I saw him.\n“At the meeting to Hothbrodd mated I was,\nBut another hero I fain would have;\nThough, king, the wrath of my kin I fear,\nSince I broke my father’s fairest wish.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 16", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Hirþ eigi þv\nHꜹgna reiþi\nne illan hvg\nęttar þinnar!\nþv scalt, męr vng!\nat mer lifa;\nętt attv, in goþa!\ner ec eigi siamc.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Fear not ever Hogni’s anger,\nNor yet thy kinsmen’s cruel wrath;\nMaiden, thou with me shalt live,\nThy kindred, fair one, I shall not fear.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 16", "orig": "Helgi samnadi þa miclom scipaher oc for til Frecasteins, oc fengo i hafi ofviðri mannhętt; þa qvomo leíptr yfir þa, oc stoþo geislar i scipin. Þeir sa i loptino at valcyrior nío riþo, oc kendo þeir Sigrv́no; þa lęgði storminn, oc qvomo þeir heilir til landz. Granmars synir sato a biargi noccoro, er scipin sigldo at landi. Gvdmvndr hliop a hest oc reið a niosn a bergit viþ hꜹfnina; þa hlóþo Volsvngar seglom. þa q. gvdmvndr. Sva sem fyrr er ritaþ i helga qviþo. Hverr er fylkir sa er flota styrir oc feicna liþ fǫrir at landi. Sinfiotli. sigmvndar son svaraþi oc er þat enn ritaþ.\nGvdmvndr reið heim meþ hersꜹgo; þa sꜹmnoþo Granmars synir her. Como þar margir konvngar: þar var Hꜹgni faðir Sigrv́nar oc synir hans Bragi oc Dagr. Þar var orrosta micil, oc fello allir Granmars synir oc allir þeirra hꜹfþingiar, nema Dagr Hꜹgnason fecc griþ oc vann eiþa Volsvngom. Sigrvn gecc i valinn oc hitti Hꜹdbrodd at kominn dꜹþa. Hon qvaþ:", "en": "Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding, and recognized Sigrun among them. Then the storm abated, and they came safe and sound to land. Granmar’s sons sat on a certain mountain as the ships sailed toward the land. Gothmund leaped on a horse and rode for news to a promontory near the harbor; the Volsungs were even then lowering their sails. Then Gothmund said, as is written before in the Helgi lay:\n“Who is the king who captains the fleet,\nAnd to the land the warriors leads?”\nSinfjotli, Sigmund’s son, answered him, and that too is written.\nGothmund rode home with his tidings of the host; then Granmar’s sons summoned an army. Many kings came there; there were Hogni, Sigrun’s father, and his sons Bragi and Dag. There was a great battle, and all Granmar’s sons were slain and all their allies; only Dag, Hogni’s son, was spared, and he swore loyalty to the Volsungs. Sigrun went among the dead and found Hothbrodd at the coming of death. She said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 17", "orig": "„Mvna þer Sigrv́n\nfra Sevafiollom,\nHꜹþbroddr konvngr!\nhniga at armi;\nliþin er ęvi\nopt náir hręfi\ngranstoþ griþar,\nGranmars sona.“", "en": "“Never shall Sigrun from Sevafjoll,\nHothbrodd king, be held in thine arms;\nGranmar’s sons full cold have grown,\nAnd the giant-steeds gray on corpses gorge.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 18", "orig": "Þa hitti hon Helga oc varþ allfegin. Hann qvaþ:\n„Erat þer at ꜹllo,\nalvitr! gefiþ,\nþo qveþ ec nocqvi\nnornir valda;\nfello i morgon\nat Frecasteini\nBragi oc Hꜹgni,\nvarþ ec bani þeirra.", "en": "Then she sought out Helgi, and was full of joy. He said:\n“Maid, not fair is all thy fortune,\nThe Norns I blame that this should be;\nThis morn there fell at Frekastein\nBragi and Hogni beneath my hand." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 19", "orig": "Enn at Styrkleifom\nStarcaþr konvngr,\nenn at Hlebiorgom\nHrollꜹ́gs synir;\nþann sa ec gylfa\ngrimmvþgastan,\ner barþiz bolr,\nvar a brot hꜹfvþ.", "en": "“At Hlebjorg fell the sons of Hrollaug,\nStarkath the king at Styrkleifar;\nFighters more noble saw I never,\nThe body fought when the head had fallen." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 20", "orig": "Liggia at iordo\nallra flestir\nniþiar þinir\nat nám orþnir;\nvanntattv vígi,\nvar þer þat scapad,\nat þv at rógi\nrícmenne vart.“", "en": "“On the ground full low the slain are lying,\nMost are there of the men of thy race;\nNought hast thou won, for thy fate it was\nBrave men to bring to the battle-field.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 21", "orig": "Þa gret Sigrvn. Hann qvaþ:\n„Hvggastv, Sigrv́n!\nHildr hefir þv oss veriþ,\nvinnat scioldvngar scꜹpom.“\nSigrvn qvaþ:\n„Lifna mvnda ec nv kiosa,\ner liþnir ero,\noc knętta ec þer þo i faðmi felaz.“", "en": "Then Sigrun wept.\nHelgi said:\n“Grieve not, Sigrun, the battle is gained,\nThe fighter can shun not his fate.”\nSigrun spake:\n“To life would I call them who slaughtered lie,\nIf safe on thy breast I might be.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 22", "orig": "Þetta q. gvdmunðr granmars son.\n„Hverr er scioldvngr\nsa er scipom styrir,\nlętr gvnnfana\ngvllinn fyrir stafni?\nþiccia mer friþ\ni farar broddi,\nverpr vigroþa\nvm vikinga.“", "en": "This Gothmund the son of Granmar spoke:\n“What hero great is guiding the ships?\nA golden flag on the stem he flies;\nI find not peace in the van of your faring,\nAnd round the fighters is battle-light red.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 23", "orig": "Sinfiotli qvaþ:\n„Her ma Hꜹdbroddr\nHelga kenna\nflotta trꜹþan\ni flota miþiom;\nhann hefir eþli\nettar þinnar,\narf Fiorsvnga\nvnd sic þrvngit.“", "en": "Sinfjotli spake:\n“Here may Hothbrodd Helgi find,\nThe hater of flight, in the midst of the fleet;\nThe home of all thy race he has,\nAnd over the realm of the fishes he rules.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 24", "orig": "Gvdmvndr qvaþ:\n„Þvi fyrr scolo\nat Frecasteíni\nsattir saman\nvm sakar dǫma;\nmal er, Hꜹdbroddr!\nhefnd at vinna,\nef ver lęgra lvt\nlengi barom.“", "en": "Gothmund spake:\n“First shall swords at Frekastein\nProve our worth in place of words;\nTime is it, Hothbrodd, vengeance to have,\nIf in battle worsted once we were.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 25", "orig": "Sinfiotli qvaþ:\n„Fyrr mvndv, Gvdmvndr!\ngeitr vm halda\noc bergscorar\nbrattar klifa,\nhafa þer i hendi\nheslikylfo;\nþat er þer bliþara\nenn brimiss domar.“", "en": "Sinfjotli spake:\n“Better, Gothmund, to tend the goats,\nAnd climb the rocks of the mountain cliffs;\nA hazel switch to hold in thy hand\nMore seemly were than the hilt of a sword.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 26", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Þer er, Sinfiotli!\nsęmra myclo\ngvnni at heyia\noc glaþa orno,\nenn onytom\norþom at deila,\nþott hilldingar\nheiptir deili.", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Better, Sinfjotli, thee ’twould beseem\nBattles to give, and eagles to gladden,\nThan vain and empty speech to utter,\nThough warriors oft with words do strive." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 27", "orig": "Þicciat mer goþir\nGranmars synir,\nþo dvgir siklingom\nsatt at męla;\nþeir męrcþ hafa\na Moinsheimom,\nat hvg hafa\nhiorom at bregða;\nero hildingar\nhꜹllzti sniallir.“", "en": "“Good I find not the sons of Granmar,\nBut for heroes ’tis seemly the truth to speak;\nAt Moinsheimar proved the men\nThat hearts for the wielding of swords they had,\nAnd ever brave the warriors are.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 27", "orig": "Helgi fecc Sigrvnar, oc atto þꜹ sono; var Helgi eigi gamall. Dagr Hꜹgnason blotaþi Oþin til fꜹdvrhefnda; Oþinn leþi Dag geírs sins. Dagr fann Helga mág sinn þar sem heitir at Fioturlvndi; hann lagdi igognom Helga meþ geirnom; þar fell Helgi, enn Dagr reiþ til Seva-fialla oc sagdi Sigrv́no tiþindi:", "en": "Helgi took Sigrun to wife, and they had sons. Helgi did not reach old age. Dag, the son of Hogni, offered sacrifice to Othin to be avenged for his father’s death; Othin gave Dag his spear. Dag found Helgi, his brother-in-law, at a place which is called Fjoturlund. He thrust the spear through Helgi’s body. Then Helgi fell, and Dag rode to Sevafjoll and told Sigrun the tidings:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 28", "orig": "„Trꜹ́þr em ec, systir!\ntrega þer at segia,\nþviat ec hefi nꜹþigr\nnipti grętta:\nfell i morgon\nvnd Fioturlvndi\nbvþlvngr sa er var\nbeztr i heimi\noc hildingom\na hálsi stoþ.“", "en": "“Sad am I, sister, sorrow to tell thee,\nWoe to my kin unwilling I worked;\nIn the morn there fell at Fjoturlund\nThe noblest prince the world has known,\nAnd his heel he set on the heroes’ necks.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 29", "orig": "Sigrvn qvaþ:\n„Þic scyli allir\neiþar bíta,\nþeir er Helga\nhafþir vnna\nat eno liosa\nleiptrar vatni\noc at v́rsvolom\nvnnar steini.", "en": "Sigrun spake:\n“Now may every oath thee bite\nThat with Helgi sworn thou hast,\nBy the water bright of Leipt,\nAnd the ice-cold stone of Uth." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 30", "orig": "Scriþiat þat scip,\ner vnd þer scriþi,\nþott oscabyrr\neptir leggiz!\nrennia sa marr,\ner vnd þer renni,\nþottv fiándr þina\nforþaz eigir!", "en": "“The ship shall sail not in which thou sailest,\nThough a favoring wind shall follow after;\nThe horse shall run not whereon thou ridest,\nThough fain thou art thy foe to flee." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 31", "orig": "Bitia þer þat sverþ,\ner þv bregdir,\nnema sialfom þer\nsyngvi vm hꜹfði!", "en": ". . . . .\n. . . . .\n“The sword shall bite not which thou bearest,\nTill thy head itself it sings about." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 32", "orig": "þa vęri þer hefnt\nHelga dꜹþa,\nęf þv vęrir vargr\na viþom vti,\nꜹþs andvani\noc allz gamans,\nhefþir eigi mat,\nnema a hrǫvm spryngir.“", "en": "“Vengeance were mine for Helgi’s murder,\nWert thou a wolf in the woods without,\nPossessing nought and knowing no joy,\nHaving no food save corpses to feed on.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 33", "orig": "Dagr qvaþ:\n„Ǫr ertv, systir!\noc ervita,\ner þv brǫþr þinom\nbiþr forscapa;\neinn veldr Oðinn\nollo bꜹlvi,\nþviat meþ sifivngom\nsacrvnar bar.", "en": "Dag spake:\n“Mad art thou, sister, and wild of mind,\nSuch a curse on thy brother to cast;\nOthin is ruler of every ill,\nWho sunders kin with runes of spite." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 34", "orig": "Þer byþr broþir\nbꜹga rꜹþa,\nꜹll Uandilsve\noc Vigdali;\nhafþv halfan heim\nharms at gioldom,\nbrvþr bꜹgvariþ!\noc bvrir þinir.“", "en": "“Thy brother rings so red will give thee,\nAll Vandilsve and Vigdalir;\nTake half my land to pay the harm,\nRing-decked maid, and as meed for thy sons.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 35", "orig": "Sigrvn qvaþ:\n„Sitca ec sva sæl\nat Sevafiollom\nar ne vm nętr,\nat ec vna lifi,\nnema at liþi lofðvngs\nlioma bregði,\nrenni vnd visa\nVigblǫr þinig,\ngvllbitli vanr,\nknega ec grami fagna.", "en": "Sigrun spake:\n“I shall sit not happy at Sevafjoll,\nEarly or late, my life to love,\nIf the light cannot show, in the leader’s band,\nVigblær bearing him back to his home,\nThe golden-bitted; I shall greet him never." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 36", "orig": "Sva hafþi Helgi\nhrǫdda gorva\nfiandr sina alla\noc frǫndr þeirra,\nsem fyr vlfi\noþar rynni\ngeitr af fialli\ngeiscafvllar.", "en": "“Such the fear that Helgi’s foes\nEver felt, and all their kin,\nAs makes the goats with terror mad\nRun from the wolf among the rocks." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 37", "orig": "Sva bar Helgi\naf hildingom,\nsem itrscapaðr\nascr af þyrni,\neða sa dyrcalfr\ndꜹggo slvnginn,\ner ǫfri ferr\nꜹllom dyrom,\noc horn gloa\nviþ himin sialfan.“", "en": "“Helgi rose above heroes all\nLike the lofty ash above lowly thorns,\nOr the noble stag, with dew besprinkled,\nBearing his head above all beasts,\nAnd his horns gleam bright to heaven itself.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 37", "orig": "Hꜹ́gr var gorr eptir Helga. Enn er hann com til Valhallar, þa bꜹþ Oþinn hanom ꜹllo at raða meþ ser. Helgi qvaþ:", "en": "A hill was made in Helgi’s memory. And when he came to Valhall, then Othin bade him rule over everything with himself." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 38", "orig": "„Þv scalt, Hvndingr!\nhveriom manni\nfótlꜹg geta\noc fvna kynda,\nhvnda binda,\nhesta gęta,\ngefa svínom soþ,\naþr sofa gangir.“", "en": "Helgi said:\n“Thou shalt, Hunding, of every hero\nWash the feet, and kindle the fire,\nTie up dogs, and tend the horses,\nAnd feed the swine ere to sleep thou goest.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 38", "orig": "Ambót Sigrvnar gecc vm aptan hia hꜹgi Helga oc sa, at Helgi reiþ til hꜹgsins meþ marga menn. Ambótt qvaþ:", "en": "One of Sigrun’s maidens went one evening to Helgi’s hill, and saw that Helgi rode to the hill with many men. The maiden said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 39", "orig": "„Hvart ero þat svic ein,\ner ec sia þicciomz,\neþa ragnarꜹc?\nríþa menn dꜹþir,\ner ióa yðra\noddom keyrit,\neþa er hildingom\nheimfor gefin?“", "en": "“Is this a dream that methinks I see,\nOr the doom of the gods, that dead men ride,\nAnd hither spurring urge your steeds,\nOr is home-coming now to the heroes granted?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 40", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Era þat svic ein,\ner þv sia þicciz,\nne aldar rof,\nþottv oss litir,\nþott ver iói ora\noddom keyrim,\nheldr er hildingom\nheimfor gefin.“", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“No dream is this that thou thinkest to see,\nNor the end of the world, though us thou beholdest,\nAnd hither spurring we urge our steeds,\nNor is home-coming now to the heroes granted.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 41", "orig": "Heim gecc ambót oc sagði Sigrvno:\n„Vt gac þv, Sigrvn\nfra Sefafiollom!\nef þic folcs iaþar\nfinna lystir;\nvp er hꜹgr lokinn,\nkominn er Helgi,\ndolgspor dręyra,\ndꜹglingr baþ þic,\nat þv sárdropa\nsvefia scyldir.“", "en": "The maiden went home and said to Sigrun:\n“Go forth, Sigrun, from Sevafjoll,\nIf fain the lord of the folk wouldst find;\nThe hill is open, Helgi is come;\nThe sword-tracks bleed; the monarch bade\nThat thou his wounds shouldst now make well.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 42", "orig": "Sigrvn gecc i hꜹginn til Helga oc qvaþ:\n„Nv em ec sva fegin\nfvndi ocrom,\nsem átfrekir\nOþins hꜹcar,\ner val vito,\nvarmar braðir,\neþa dꜹgglitir\ndagsbrv́n siá.", "en": "Sigrun went in the hill to Helgi, and said:\n“Now am I glad of our meeting together,\nAs Othin’s hawks, so eager for prey,\nWhen slaughter and flesh all warm they scent,\nOr dew-wet see the red of day." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 43", "orig": "Fyrr vil ec kyssa\nkonvng olifðan,\nenn þv bloþvgri\nbrynio castir;\nhár er þitt, Helgi!\nhelo þrvngit,\nallr er visi\nvaldꜹgg slęginn,\nhęndr vrsvalar\nHꜹgna mági;\nhve scal ec þer, bvdlvngr!\nþess bót of vinna?“", "en": "“First will I kiss the lifeless king,\nEre off the bloody byrnie thou cast;\nWith frost thy hair is heavy, Helgi,\nAnd damp thou art with the dew of death;\nIce-cold hands has Hogni’s kinsman,\nWhat, prince, can I to bring thee ease?”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 44", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Ein veldr þv, Sigrv́n\nfra Sefafiollom!\ner Hęlgi er\nharmdꜹgg sleginn:\ngrętr þv, gvllvariþ!\ngrimmom tarom,\nsolbiort, svðrǫn!\naðr þv sofa gangir;\nhvert fellr bloþvgt\na briost grami,\nv́rsvalt, innfialgt,\necka þrvngit.", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Thou alone, Sigrun of Sevafjoll,\nArt cause that Helgi with dew is heavy;\nGold-decked maid, thy tears are grievous,\nSun-bright south-maid, ere thou sleepest;\nEach falls like blood on the hero’s breast,\nBurned-out, cold, and crushed with care." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 45", "orig": "Vel scolom drecca\ndyrar veigar,\nþott mist hafim\nmvnar oc landa;\nscal engi maþr\nangrlióþ qveþa,\nþott mer a briosti\nbeniar líti:\nnv ero brvþir\nbyrgþar i hꜹgi,\nlofda disir\nhiá oss liþnom.“", "en": "“Well shall we drink a noble draught,\nThough love and lands are lost to me;\nNo man a song of sorrow shall sing,\nThough bleeding wounds are on my breast;\nNow in the hill our brides we hold,\nThe heroes’ loves, by their husbands dead.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 46", "orig": "Sigrvn bió sęing i hꜹginom:\n„Her hefi ec þer, Helgi!\nhvilo gorva\nangrlꜹsa mioc,\nYlfinga niþr!\nvil ec þer i faþmi,\nfylkir! sofna,\nsem ec lofþvngi\nlifnom myndac.“", "en": "Sigrun made ready a bed in the hill.\n“Here a bed I have made for thee, Helgi,\nTo rest thee from care, thou kin of the Ylfings;\nI will make thee sink to sleep in my arms,\nAs once I lay with the living king.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 47", "orig": "Helgi qvaþ:\n„Nv qveþ ec enscis\norvęnt vera\nsiþ ne snimma\nat Sevafiollom,\ner þv a armi\nolifþom sefr,\nhvit, i hꜹgi,\nHꜹgna dottir!\noc ertv qvic,\nin konvngborna!", "en": "Helgi spake:\n“Now do I say that in Sevafjoll\nAught may happen, early or late,\nSince thou sleepest clasped in a corpse’s arms,\nSo fair in the hill, the daughter of Hogni!\nLiving thou comest, a daughter of kings." }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 48", "orig": "Mal er mer at riþa\nroþnar brꜹtir,\nlata fꜹlvan ió\nflvgstig troþa;\nscal ec fyr vestan\nvindhialms brvar,\naþr Salgofnir\nsigrþioþ veki.“", "en": "“Now must I ride the reddened ways,\nAnd my bay steed set to tread the sky;\nWestward I go to wind-helm’s bridges,\nEre Salgofnir wakes the warrior throng.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, prose after 48", "orig": "Þeir Helgi riþo leiþ sina, enn þęr foro heim til bǫiar. Annan aptan let Sigrv́n ambót halda vorþ a hꜹginom. Enn at dagsetri er Sigrvn com til hꜹgsins, qvaþ hon:", "en": "Then Helgi and his followers rode on their way, and the women went home to the dwelling. Another evening Sigrun bade the maiden keep watch at the hill. And at sunset when Sigrun came to the hill she said:" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 49", "orig": "„Cominn vęri nv,\nef koma hygði,\nSigmvndar bvrr\nfra sꜹlom Oþins;\nqveþ ec grams þinig\ngręnaz vanir,\ner a asclimom\nernir sitia\noc drifr drott ꜹll\ndrꜹmþinga til.", "en": "“Now were he come, if come he might,\nSigmund’s son, from Othin’s seat;\nHope grows dim of the hero’s return\nWhen eagles sit on the ash-tree boughs,\nAnd men are seeking the meeting of dreams.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II 50", "orig": "Verþv eigi sva ǫr,\nat ein farir,\ndis sciolldvnga!\ndrꜹghvsa til:\nverda ꜹflgari\nallir a nottom\ndꜹþir dolgar, męr!\nenn vm daga liosa.“", "en": "The Maiden said:\n“Mad thou wouldst seem alone to seek,\nDaughter of heroes, the house of the dead;\nFor mightier now at night are all\nThe ghosts of the dead than when day is bright.”" }, { "ref": "Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II, closing prose", "orig": "Sigrvn varþ scammlif af harmi oc trega. Þat var trva i fornescio, at menn vęri endrbornir, enn þat er nv cꜹllvð kerlinga villa. Helga oc Sigrvn er callat at vęri endrborin; het hann þa Helgi Haddingiascati, enn hon Kara Halfdanardottir, sva sem qveþit er í Karolioþom, oc var hon valkyria.", "en": "Sigrun was early dead of sorrow and grief. It was believed in olden times that people were born again, but that is now called old wives’ folly. Of Helgi and Sigrun it is said that they were born again; he became Helgi Haddingjaskati, and she Kara the daughter of Halfdan, as is told in the Lay of Kara, and she was a Valkyrie." } ], "fra-dauda-sinfjotla": [ { "ref": "Fra Dautha Sinfjotla 1", "orig": "Sigmvndr Vꜹlsvngsson var konvngr a Fraclandi; Sinfiotli var ellztr hans sona, annarr Helgi, þriþi Hamvndr. Borghildr, cona Sigmvndar, atti broþvr, er hét . . . . . Enn Sinfiotli, stivpson hennar oc . . . . . baþo einnar kono baþir, oc fyr þa sꜹc drap Sinfiotli hann. Enn er hann com heim, þa baþ Borghildr hann fara a brot; enn Sigmvndr bꜹþ henne fębǫtr, oc þat varþ hon at þiggia.", "en": "Sigmund, the son of Volsung, was a king in the land of the Franks; Sinfjotli was his eldest son, the second was Helgi, and the third Hamund. Borghild, Sigmund’s wife, had a brother who was named . . .. Sinfjotli, her stepson, and . . . both wooed the same woman, wherefore Sinfjotli slew him. And when he came home, Borghild bade him depart, but Sigmund offered her atonement-money, and this she had to accept." }, { "ref": "Fra Dautha Sinfjotla 2", "orig": "Enn at erfino bar Borghildr ꜹl; hon toc eitr micit horn fvllt oc bar Sinfiotla; enn er hann sa i hornit, scilþi hann, at eitr var i, oc męlti til Sigmvndar: „Giorotr er dryccrinn, ai!“ Sigmvndr toc hornit oc dracc af. Sva er sagt at Sigmvndr var harþgorr, at hvarki mátti hanom eitr granda vtan ne innan; enn allir synir hans stoþvzc eítr a hꜹrvnd vtan. Borghildr bar annat horn Sinfiotla oc baþ dręcca, oc for alt sem fyrr. Oc enn iþ þriþia sinn bar hon hanom hornit oc þo amęlissorþ meþ, ef hann drycci eigi af. Hann męlti enn sem fyrr viþ Sigmvnd. Hann sagði: „Lattv gron sia þá, sonr!“ Sinfiotli dracc oc varþ þegar dꜹþr. Sigmvndr bar hann langar leidir i fangi ser oc kom at firþi einom miovom oc longom, oc var þar scip eitt litiþ oc maþr einn á; hann bꜹð Sigmvndi far of fiorþinn. Enn er Sigmvndr bar licit vt a scipit, þa var batrinn hlaþinn; karl męlti, at Sigmvndr scyldi fara fyr innan fiorþinn. Karl hratt vt scipino oc hvarf þegar.", "en": "At the funeral feast Borghild brought in ale; she took poison, a great horn full, and brought it to Sinfjotli. But when he looked into the horn, he saw that it was poison, and said to Sigmund: “Muddy is the drink, Father!” Sigmund took the horn and drank therefrom. It is said that Sigmund was so hardy that poison might not harm him, either outside or in, but all his sons could withstand poison only without on their skin. Borghild bore another horn to Sinfjotli and bade him drink, and all happened as before. And yet a third time she brought him a horn, and spoke therewith scornful words of him if he should not drink from it. He spoke as before with Sigmund. The latter said: “Let it trickle through your beard, Son!” Sinfjotli drank, and straightway was dead. Sigmund bore him a long way in his arms, and came to a narrow and long fjord, and there was a little boat and a man in it. He offered to take Sigmund across the fjord. But when Sigmund had borne the corpse out into the boat, then the craft was full. The man told Sigmund to go round the inner end of the fjord. Then the man pushed the boat off, and disappeared." }, { "ref": "Fra Dautha Sinfjotla 3", "orig": "Sigmvndr konvngr dvalþiz lengi i Danmorc i riki Borghildar, siþan er hann fecc hennar. For Sigmvndr þa svþr i Fraccland til þess riciss, er hann atti þar. Þa fecc hann Hiordisar dottvr Eylima konvngs; þeirra son var Sigvrþr. Sigmvndr konvngr fell i orrosto fyr Hvndings sonom; enn Hiordís giptiz þa Alfi syni Hialprecs konvngs. Ox Sigvrþr þar vp i barnęsco. Sigmvndr oc allir synir hans voro langt vmfram alla menn aþra vm afl oc voxt oc hvg oc alla atgervi. Sigvrþr var þo allra framarstr, oc hann calla allir menn i fornfrǫþom vm alla menn fram oc gꜹfgastan herkonvnga.", "en": "King Sigmund dwelt long in Denmark in Borghild’s kingdom after he had married her. Thereafter Sigmund went south into the land of the Franks, to the kingdom which he had there. There he married Hjordis, the daughter of King Eylimi; their son was Sigurth. King Sigmund fell in a battle with the sons of Hunding, and Hjordis then married Alf the son of King Hjalprek. There Sigurth grew up in his boyhood. Sigmund and all his sons were far above all other men in might and stature and courage and every kind of ability. Sigurth, however, was the foremost of all, and all men call him in the old tales the noblest of mankind and the mightiest leader." } ], "gripisspa": [ { "ref": "Gripisspo, opening prose", "orig": "Gripir het son Eylima, broþir Hiordisar; hann reþ londom oc var allra manna vitrastr oc framvíss. Sigvrþr reið einn saman oc com til hallar Gripiss. Sigvrþr var ꜹþkendr; hann hitti mann at mali vti fyr hꜹllinni, sa nefndiz Geitir; þa qvaddi Sigvrþr hann mals oc spyrr:", "en": "Gripir was the name of Eylimi’s son, the brother of Hjordis; he ruled over lands and was of all men the wisest and most forward-seeing. Sigurth once was riding alone and came to Gripir’s hall. Sigurth was easy to recognize; he found out in front of the hall a man whose name was Geitir. Then Sigurth questioned him and asked:" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 1", "orig": "„Hverr byggir her\nborgir þessar,\nhvat þann þioþkonvng\nþegnar nefna?“\nGeitir qvaþ:\n„Gripir heitir\ngvmna stióri,\nsa er fastri ręþr\nfoldo oc þegnom.“", "en": "“Who is it has this dwelling here,\nOr what do men call the people’s king?”\nGeitir spake:\n“Gripir the name of the chieftain good\nWho holds the folk and the firm-ruled land.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 2", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Er horscr konvngr\nheima i landi,\nmvn sa gramr viþ mic\nganga at męla?\nmals er þarfi\nmaþr okvnnigr,\nvil ec fliotliga\nfinna Gripi.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Is the king all-knowing now within,\nWill the monarch come with me to speak?\nA man unknown his counsel needs,\nAnd Gripir fain I soon would find.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 3", "orig": "Geitir qvaþ:\n„Þess mvn glaðr konvngr\nGeiti spyria,\nhverr sa maþr se,\ner mals qveþr Gripi.“\nSigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Sigvrþr ec heiti,\nborinn Sigmvndi,\nenn Hiordís er\nhilmis moþir.“", "en": "Geitir spake:\n“The ruler glad of Geitir will ask\nWho seeks with Gripir speech to have.”\nSigurth spake:\n“Sigurth am I, and Sigmund’s son,\nAnd Hjordis the name of the hero’s mother.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 4", "orig": "Þa gecc Geitir\nGripi at segia:\n„Her er maþr vti\nokvþr kominn,\nhann er itarligr\nat aliti,\nsa vill, fylcir!\nfvnd þinn hafa.“", "en": "Then Geitir went and to Gripir spake:\n“A stranger comes and stands without;\nLofty he is to look upon,\nAnd, prince, thyself he fain would see.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 5", "orig": "Gengr or scala\nscatna drottinn\noc heilsar vel\nhilmi comnom:\n„Þiggþv her, Sigvrþr!\nvęri sǫmra fyrr,\nenn þv, Geitir! tac\nviþ Grana sialfom.“", "en": "From the hall the ruler of heroes went,\nAnd greeted well the warrior come:\n“Sigurth, welcome long since had been thine;\nNow, Geitir, shalt thou Grani take.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 6", "orig": "Męla namo\noc mart hiala,\nþa er raþspacir\nreccar fvndvz.\nSigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Segdv mer, ef þv veizt,\nmoþvrbroþir!\nhve mvn Sigvrþi\nsnvna ęfi?“", "en": "Then of many things they talked,\nWhen thus the men so wise had met.\nSigurth spake:\n“To me, if thou knowest, my mother’s brother,\nSay what life will Sigurth’s be.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 7", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þv mvnt maþr vera\nmǫztr vnd solo\noc hęstr borinn\nhveriom iofri,\ngiofvll af gvlli,\nenn gleyggr flvgar,\nitr aliti\noc i orþom spacr.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Of men thou shalt be on earth the mightiest,\nAnd higher famed than all the heroes;\nFree of gold-giving, slow to flee,\nNoble to see, and sage in speech.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 8", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Segðv, gegn konvngr!\ngerr, enn ec spvria,\nsnotr, Sigvrþi,\nef þv sia þicciz:\nhvat mvn fyrst goraz\ntil farnaðar,\nþa er or garþi emc\ngenginn þinom?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Monarch wise, now more I ask;\nTo Sigurth say, if thou thinkest to see,\nWhat first will chance of my fortune fair,\nWhen hence I go from out thy home?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 9", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Fyrst mvntv, fylcir!\nfꜹdvr vm hefna\noc Eylima\nallz harms reca;\nþv mvnt harþa\nHvndings sono\nsnialla fella,\nmvndv sigr hafa.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“First shalt thou, prince, thy father avenge,\nAnd Eylimi, their ills requiting;\nThe hardy sons of Hunding thou\nSoon shalt fell, and victory find.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 10", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Segþv, itr konvngr,\nęttingi! mer\nheldr horscliga,\ner viþ hvgat męlom:\nsér þv Sigvrþar\nsnor brꜹgð fyr,\nþꜹ er hęst fara\nvnd himinscꜹtom?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Noble king, my kinsman, say\nThy meaning true, for our minds we speak:\nFor Sigurth mighty deeds dost see,\nThe highest beneath the heavens all?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 11", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Mvndv einn vega\norm inn frána,\nþann er graðvgr liggr\na Gnitaheiði;\nþv mvnt baðom\nat bana verþa\nRegin oc Fafni,\nrett segir Gripir.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“The fiery dragon alone thou shalt fight\nThat greedy lies at Gnitaheith;\nThou shalt be of Regin and Fafnir both\nThe slayer; truth doth Gripir tell thee.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 12", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Avþr mvn ǫrinn,\nef ec eflic sva\nvíg meþ virþom,\nsem þv vist segir;\nleiþ at hvga\noc lengi seg:\nhvat mvn enn vera\nęfi minnar?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Rich shall I be if battles I win\nWith such as these, as now thou sayest;\nForward look, and further tell:\nWhat the life that I shall lead?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 13", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þv mvnt finna\nFafnis bǫli\noc vp taca\nꜹþ inn fagra,\ngvlli hlęþa\na Grana bógo,\nriþr þv til Givca,\ngramr vigrisinn!“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Fafnir’s den thou then shalt find,\nAnd all his treasure fair shalt take;\nGold shalt heap on Grani’s back,\nAnd, proved in fight, to Gjuki fare.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 14", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Enn scaltv hilmi\ni hvgazrǫþo,\nframlyndr iofvrr!\nfleira segia:\ngestr em ec Givca\noc ec geng þaðan,\nhvat mvn enn vera\nęfi minnar?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“To the warrior now in words so wise,\nMonarch noble, more shalt tell;\nI am Gjuki’s guest, and thence I go:\nWhat the life that I shall lead?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 15", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Sefr a fialli\nfylcis dottir\nbiort i brynio\neptir bana Helga;\nþv mvnt hꜹggva\nhvosso sverþi,\nbrynio rista\nmeþ bana Fafnis.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“On the rocks there sleeps the ruler’s daughter,\nFair in armor, since Helgi fell;\nThou shalt cut with keen-edged sword,\nAnd cleave the byrnie with Fafnir’s killer.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 16", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Brotin er brynia,\nbrvþr męla tecr,\ner vacnaþi\nvíf or svefni;\nhvat mvn snot at heldr\nviþ Sigvrþ męla,\nþat er at farnaþi\nfylci verþi?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“The mail-coat is broken, the maiden speaks,\nThe woman who from sleep has wakened;\nWhat says the maid to Sigurth then\nThat happy fate to the hero brings?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 17", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Hon mvn rikiom þęr\nrvnar kenna\nallar þęr er aldir\neignaz vildo,\noc a mannz tvngo\nmęla hveria,\nlyf meþ lęcning;\nlifþv heill, konvngr!“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Runes to the warrior will she tell,\nAll that men may ever seek,\nAnd teach thee to speak in all men’s tongues,\nAnd life with health; thou’rt happy, king!”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 18", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Nv er þvi locit,\nnvmin ero frǫþi,\noc em brꜹ́t þaðan\nbvinn at riþa;\nleið at hvga\noc lengra seg:\nhvat mvn meirr vera\nminnar ęfi?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Now is it ended, the knowledge is won,\nAnd ready I am forth thence to ride;\nForward look and further tell:\nWhat the life that I shall lead?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 19", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þv mvnt hitta\nHeimis bygdir\noc glaþr vera\ngestr þioþkonvngs;\nfariþ er, Sigvrþr!\nþatz ec fyr vissac,\nscala fremr enn sva\nfregna Gripi.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Then to Heimir’s home thou comest,\nAnd glad shalt be the guest of the king;\nEnded, Sigurth, is all I see,\nNo further aught of Gripir ask.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 20", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Nv fǫr mer ecca\norþ þatztv męltir,\nþviat þv fram vm ser,\nfylkir! lengra;\nveiztv ofmicit\nangr Sigvrþi,\nþvi þv, Gripir! þat\ngerra segia.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Sorrow brings me the word thou sayest,\nFor, monarch, forward further thou seest;\nSad the grief for Sigurth thou knowest,\nYet nought to me, Gripir, known wilt make.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 21", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Lá mer vm ǫsco\nefi þinnar\nliosast fyr\nlita eptir;\nrett em ec\nraþspacr taliþr\nne in heldr framvíss,\nfarit þatz ec vissac.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Before me lay in clearest light\nAll of thy youth for mine eyes to see;\nNot rightly can I wise be called,\nNor forward-seeing; my wisdom is fled.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 22", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Mann veit ec engi\nfyr mold ofan,\nþann er fleira se\nfram enn þv, Gripir!\nscalatv leyna,\nþott liót sé\neþa mein goriz\na minom hag.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“No man, Gripir, on earth I know\nWho sees the future as far as thou;\nHide thou nought, though hard it be,\nAnd base the deeds that I shall do.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 23", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Era meþ lꜹstom\nlꜹgð ęfi þer,\nlattv, inn itri, þat,\nꜹþlingr! nemaz;\nþviat vppi mvn,\nmeþan ꜹld lifir,\nnaddels boþi!\nnafn þitt vera.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“With baseness never thy life is burdened,\nHero noble, hold that sure;\nLofty as long as the world shall live,\nBattle-bringer, thy name shall be.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 24", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Verst hyggiom þvi,\nverþr at sciliaz\nSigvrþr viþ fylci\nat sogoro;\nleiþ visaþv\nlagt er alt fyr,\nmǫrr, mer, ef þv vilt,\nmoþvrbroþir!“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Nought could seem worse, but now must part\nThe prince and Sigurth, since so it is;\nMy road I ask, the future lies open,\nMighty one, speak, my mother’s brother.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 25", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Nv scal Sigvrþi\nsegia gerva,\nallz þengill mic\ntil þess neydir;\nmvndo vist vita,\nat vetki lygr:\ndǫgr eitt er þer\ndꜹþi ętlaþr.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Now to Sigurth all shall I say,\nFor to this the warrior bends my will;\nThou knowest well that I will not lie,\nA day there is when thy death is doomed.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 26", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Vilcat ec reiþi\nrics þioþkonvngs,\ngoð raþ at heldr\nGripiss þiggia;\nnv vill vist vita,\nþott viltki se,\nhvat a synt Sigvrþr\nser fyr hondvm.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“No scorn I know for the noble king,\nBut counsel good from Gripir I seek;\nWell will I know, though evil awaits,\nWhat Sigurth may before him see.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 27", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Flioþ er at Heimis\nfagrt alitom,\nhana Brynhildi\nbragnar nefna,\ndottir Bvdla,\nenn dyrr konvngr\nharþvgðict man\nHeimir fǫðir.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“A maid in Heimir’s home there dwells,\nBrynhild her name to men is known,\nDaughter of Buthli, the doughty king,\nAnd Heimir fosters the fearless maid.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 28", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvat er mic at þvi,\nþott męr se\nfogr aliti\nfǫdd at Heimiss?\nþat scaltv, Gripir!\ngorva segia,\nþviat þv ꜹll vm ser\norlog fyr.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“What is it to me, though the maiden be\nSo fair, and of Heimir the fosterling is?\nGripir, truth to me shalt tell,\nFor all of fate before me thou seest.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 29", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Hon firrir þic\nflesto gamni,\nfꜹgr aliti\nfostra Heimis;\nsvefn þv ne sefr,\nne vm sacar dǫmir,\ngáraþv manna,\nnema þv mey ser.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Of many a joy the maiden robs thee,\nFair to see, whom Heimir fosters;\nSleep thou shalt find not, feuds thou shalt end not,\nNor seek out men, if the maid thou seest not.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 30", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvat mvn til licna\nlagt Sigvrði?\nsegdv, Gripir! þat,\nef þv sia þicciz;\nmvn ec mey ná\nmvndi cꜹpa,\nþa ina fꜹgro\nfylciss dottvr?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“What may be had for Sigurth’s healing?\nSay now, Gripir, if see thou canst;\nMay I buy the maid with the marriage-price,\nThe daughter fair of the chieftain famed?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 31", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Iþ mvnvþ alla\neiþa vinna\nfvllfastliga,\nfá mvnvþ halda;\nveriþ hefir þv Givca\ngestr eina nott,\nmantattv horsca\nHeimis fostro.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Ye twain shall all the oaths then swear\nThat bind full fast; few shall ye keep;\nOne night when Gjuki’s guest thou hast been,\nWill Heimir’s fosterling fade from thy mind.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 32", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þa, Gripir!\nget þv þess fyr mer,\nser þv geþleysi\ni grams scapi,\ner ec scal viþ mey þa\nmalom slíta,\ner ec allz hvgar\nvnna þottomc?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“What sayst thou, Gripir? give me the truth,\nDoes fickleness hide in the hero’s heart?\nCan it be that troth I break with the maid,\nWith her I believed I loved so dear?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 33", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þv verþr, siclingr!\nfyr svicom annars,\nmvndo Grimhildar\ngialda raþa;\nmvn bioþa þer\nbiarthaddaþ man\ndottvr sina,\ndregr hon vel at gram.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Tricked by another, prince, thou art,\nAnd the price of Grimhild’s wiles thou must pay;\nFain of thee for the fair-haired maid,\nHer daughter, she is, and she drags thee down.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 34", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Mvn ec við þa Gvnnar\ngorva hleýti\noc Gvðrv́no\nganga at eiga;\nfvllkvęni þa\nfylkir vǫri,\nef meintregar\nmęr angradit.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Might I with Gunnar kinship make,\nAnd Guthrun win to be my wife,\nWell the hero wedded would be,\nIf my treacherous deed would trouble me not.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 35", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þic mvn Grimhildr\ngorva véla,\nmvn hon Brynhildar\nbiþia fýsa\nGvnnari til handa\nGotna drotni,\nheitr þv fiotliga for\nfylcis modvr.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Wholly Grimhild thy heart deceives,\nShe will bid thee go and Brynhild woo\nFor Gunnar’s wife, the lord of the Goths;\nAnd the prince’s mother thy promise shall win.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 36", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Meín ero fyr hondom,\nma ec lita þat,\nratar gorliga\nraþ Sigvrdar,\nef ec scal mǫrrar\nmeyiar biþia\noðrom til handa,\nþeirrar ec vnna vel.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Evil waits me, well I see it,\nAnd gone is Sigurth’s wisdom good,\nIf I shall woo for another to win\nThe maiden fair that so fondly I loved.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 37", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Er mvnvþ allir\neiþa vinna\nGvnnarr oc Hꜹgni,\nenn þv, gramr! þriþi;\nþa it litom vixlit,\ner a leiþ eroþ,\nGvnnarr oc þv,\nGripir lygr ęigi.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Ye three shall all the oaths then take,\nGunnar and Hogni, and, hero, thou;\nYour forms ye shall change, as forth ye fare,\nGunnar and thou; for Gripir lies not.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 38", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvi gegnir þat?\nhvi scolom scipta\nlitom oc latom,\ner a leiþ erom?\nþar mvn flarǫþi\nfylgia annat\natalt meþ ꜹllo;\nenn segþv, Gripir!“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“How meanest thou? Why make we the change\nOf shape and form as forth we fare?\nThere must follow another falsehood\nGrim in all ways; speak on, Gripir!”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 39", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Lit hefir þv Gvnnars\noc lęti hans,\nmęlsco þina\noc meginhyggior;\nmvndv fastna þer\nframlvndaþa\nfostro Heimiss,\nsér vętr fyr þvi.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“The form of Gunnar and shape thou gettest,\nBut mind and voice thine own remain;\nThe hand of the fosterling noble of Heimir\nNow dost thou win, and none can prevent.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 40", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Verst hyggiom þvi,\nvandr mvnc heitinn\nSigvrþr meþ seggiom\nat sogoro;\nvilda ec eigi\nvelom beita\niofra brvþi,\ner ec ǫzta ueitc.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Most evil it seems, and men will say\nBase is Sigurth that so he did;\nNot of my will shall I cheat with wiles\nThe heroes’ maiden whom noblest I hold.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 41", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þv mvnt hvila,\nhers oddviti\nmęrr! hia meyio,\nsem þin moþir se;\nþvi mvn vppi,\nmeþan ꜹld lifir,\nþioþar þengill!\nþitt nafn vera.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Thou dwellest, leader lofty of men,\nWith the maid as if thy mother she were;\nLofty as long as the world shall live,\nRuler of men, thy name shall remain.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 42", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Mvn goða qvan\nGvnnarr eiga\nmęrr meþ monnom,\nmer segðv, Gripir!\nþoat hafi þriar nętr\nþegns brvþr hia mer\nsnarlynd sofit?\nslics eroþ dǫmi.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Shall Gunnar have a goodly wife,\nFamed among men, speak forth now, Gripir!\nAlthough at my side three nights she slept,\nThe warrior’s bride? Such ne’er has been.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 43", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Saman mvno brvllꜹp\nbǫdi drvccin\nSigvrþar oc Gvnnars\ni sꜹlom Givca;\nþa hꜹmom vixlit,\ner it heim comit,\nhefir hverr fyr þvi\nhyggio sina.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“The marriage draught will be drunk for both,\nFor Sigurth and Gunnar, in Gjuki’s hall;\nYour forms ye change, when home ye fare,\nBut the mind of each to himself remains.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 44", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hve mvn at ynþi\neptir verþa\nmęgð meþ monnom?\nmer segðv, Gripir!\nmvn Gvnnari\ntil gamans raþit\nsiþan verþa\neþa sialfom mer?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Shall the kinship new thereafter come\nTo good among us? Tell me, Gripir!\nTo Gunnar joy shall it later give,\nOr happiness send for me myself?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 45", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Minnir þic eiþa,\nmáttv þegia þo,\nantv Gvdrvno\ngodra raþa;\nenn Brynhildr þicciz\nbrvþr vargefin,\nsnót fiþr vélar\nser at hefndom.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Thine oaths remembering, silent thou art,\nAnd dwellest with Guthrun in wedlock good;\nBut Brynhild shall deem she is badly mated,\nAnd wiles she seeks, herself to avenge.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 46", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvat mvn at botom\nbrvþr sv taca,\ner velar ver\nvifi gerþom?\nhefir snot af mer\nsvarna eiþa,\nenga efnda,\nenn vnat litit.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“What may for the bride requital be,\nThe wife we won with subtle wiles?\nFrom me she has the oaths I made,\nAnd kept not long; they gladdened her little.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 47", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Mvn hon Gvnnari\ngorva segia,\nat þv eigi vel\neiþom þyrmþir,\nþa er itr konvngr\naf ꜹllom hvg\nGivca arfi\na gram trvþi.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“To Gunnar soon his bride will say\nThat ill didst thou thine oath fulfill,\nWhen the goodly king, the son of Gjuki,\nWith all his heart the hero trusted.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 48", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvat er þa, Gripir!\ngetþv þess fyr mer,\nmvn ec saþr vera\nat sꜹgo þeirri,\neþa lygr a mic\nlofsęl kona\noc a sialfa sic?\nsegðv, Gripir! þat.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“What sayst thou, Gripir? give me the truth!\nAm I guilty so as now is said,\nOr lies does the far-famed queen put forth\nOf me and herself? Yet further speak.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 49", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Mvn fyr reiði\nríc brvdr vid þic\nne af oftrega\nallvel scipa;\nviþr þv godri\ngrand aldregi,\nþo er vif konvngs\nvelom beittvð.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“In wrath and grief full little good\nThe noble bride shall work thee now;\nNo shame thou gavest the goodly one,\nThough the monarch’s wife with wiles didst cheat.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 50", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Mvn horscr Gvnnarr\nat hvoton hennar\nGvthormr oc Hꜹgni\nganga siþan?\nmvno synir Givca\na sifivgi mer\neggiar rioþa?\nenn segdv, Gripir!“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Shall Gunnar the wise to the woman’s words,\nAnd Gotthorm and Hogni, then give heed?\nShall Gjuki’s sons, now tell me, Gripir,\nRedden their blades with their kinsman’s blood?”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 51", "orig": "Gripir qvaþ:\n„Þa er Gvdrvno\ngrimt vm hiarta,\nbrǫþr hennar\nþer til bana raða,\noc at ongo verþr\nyndi siþan\nvitro vifi;\nveldr þvi Grimilldr.", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Heavy it lies on Guthrun’s heart,\nWhen her brothers all shall bring thee death;\nNever again shall she happiness know,\nThe woman so fair; ’tis Grimhild’s work.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 52", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Sciliomc heilir!\nmvnat scꜹpom vinna,\nnv hefir þv, Gripir! vel\ngort, sem ec beiddac;\nfliot myndir þv\nfriþri segia\nmina evi,\nef þv mettir þat.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Now fare thee well! our fates we shun not;\nAnd well has Gripir answered my wish;\nMore of joy to me wouldst tell\nOf my life to come if so thou couldst.”" }, { "ref": "Gripisspo 53", "orig": "Þvi scal hvgga þic,\nhers odviti!\nsv mvn gipt lagit\na grams ęvi:\nmvnat mętri maþr\na mold koma\nvnd solar siot,\nenn þv, Sigvrþr! þiccir.“", "en": "Gripir spake:\n“Ever remember, ruler of men,\nThat fortune lies in the hero’s life;\nA nobler man shall never live\nBeneath the sun than Sigurth shall seem.”" } ], "reginsmal": [ { "ref": "Reginsmol, opening prose 1", "orig": "Sigvrðr gecc til stoþs Hialpreks oc kꜹs ser af hest einn, er Grani var callaþr siþan. Þa var kominn Reginn til Hialprecs, sonr Hreidmars; hann var hveriom manne hagari oc dvergr of voxt; hann var vitr, grimmr oc fiolcvnnigr. Reginn veitti Sigvrþi fostr oc kennzlo oc elscadi hann mioc. Hann sagði Sigvrdi fra forellri sino oc þeim atbvrðom, at Óðinn oc Hǫnir oc Loci hꜹfðo comit til Andvarafors; i þeim forsi var fiolþi fisca. Einn dvergr het Andvari, hann var longom i forsinom i geddo lici oc fecc ser þar matar.", "en": "Sigurth went to Hjalprek’s stud and chose for himself a horse, who thereafter was called Grani. At that time Regin, the son of Hreithmar, was come to Hjalprek’s home; he was more ingenious than all other men, and a dwarf in stature; he was wise, fierce and skilled in magic. Regin undertook Sigurth’s bringing up and teaching, and loved him much. He told Sigurth of his forefathers, and also of this: that once Othin and Hönir and Loki had come to Andvari’s waterfall, and in the fall were many fish. Andvari was a dwarf, who had dwelt long in the waterfall in the shape of a pike, and there he got his food." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, opening prose 2", "orig": "Otr het broþir varr, qvaþ Reginn, er opt for i forsinn i otrs lici; hann hafdi tekit einn lags oc sat a árbaccanom oc át blvndandi. Loci lꜹst hann meþ steini til bana; þottvz ęsir mioc hepnir veriþ hafa oc flogo belg af otrinom. Þat sama qveld sotto þeir gisting til Hreiþmars oc syndo veiþi sina. Þa toco ver þa hꜹndom oc lꜹgðom þeim fiorlꜹsn at fylla otrbelginn meþ gvlli oc hylia vtan oc meþ rꜹþo gvlli. Þa sendo þeir Loca at afla gvllzins; hann com til Ranar oc fecc net hennar oc for þa til Andvarafors oc castaði netino fyr geddvna, enn hon hliop i netit. Þa męlti Loki:", "en": "“Otr was the name of a brother of ours,” said Regin, “who often went into the fall in the shape of an otter; he had caught a salmon, and sat on the high bank eating it with his eyes shut. Loki threw a stone at him and killed him; the gods thought they had had great good luck, and stripped the skin off the otter. That same evening they sought a night’s lodging at Hreithmar’s house, and showed their booty. Then we seized them, and told them, as ransom for their lives, to fill the otter skin with gold, and completely cover it outside as well with red gold. Then they sent Loki to get the gold; he went to Ron and got her net, and went then to Andvari’s fall and cast the net in front of the pike, and the pike leaped into the net.” Then Loki said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 1", "orig": "„Hvat er þat fisca,\ner renn floþi i,\nkannat ser viþ viti varaz?\nhofvþ þitt leystv\nhelio ór,\nfinn mer lindar loga!“", "en": "“What is the fish that runs in the flood,\nAnd itself from ill cannot save?\nIf thy head thou wouldst from hell redeem,\nFind me the water’s flame.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 2", "orig": "Geddan qvaþ:\n„Andvari ec heiti,\nOinn het minn faþir,\nmargan hefi ec fors vm fariþ;\nꜹmlig norn\nscop oss i ardaga,\nat ec scylda i vatni vaþa.“", "en": "Andvari spake:\n“Andvari am I, and Oin my father,\nIn many a fall have I fared;\nAn evil Norn in olden days\nDoomed me in waters to dwell.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 3", "orig": "Loki qvaþ:\n„Segðv þat, Anduari!\nef þv eiga vill\nlif i lyða sꜹlom:\nhver giold fa\ngvmna synir,\nef þeir hꜹggvaz orþom á?“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Andvari, say, if thou seekest still\nTo live in the land of men,\nWhat payment is set for the sons of men\nWho war with lying words?”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 4", "orig": "Andvari qvaþ:\n„Ofrgiold fa\ngvmna synir\nþeir er Vadgelmi vaþa;\nosadra orða,\nhverr er a annan lygr,\noflengi leida limar.“", "en": "Andvari spake:\n“A mighty payment the men must make\nWho in Vathgelmir’s waters wade;\nOn a long road lead the lying words\nThat one to another utters.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 4", "orig": "Loki sa alt gvll þat er Andvari atti; enn er hann hafdi framreitt gvllit, þa hafdi hann eptir einn hring, oc tóc Loki þann af hanom. Dvergrinn gecc inn i steininn oc męlti:", "en": "Loki saw all the gold that Andvari had. But when he had brought forth all the gold, he held back one ring, and Loki took this from him. The dwarf went into his rocky hole and said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 5", "orig": "„Þat scal gvll,\ner Gvstr atti,\nbrędrum tveim\nat bana verda\noc ꜹþlingom\natta at rógi,\nmvn mins fiár\nmangi niota.“", "en": "“Now shall the gold that Gust once had\nBring their death to brothers twain,\nAnd evil be for heroes eight;\nJoy of my wealth shall no man win.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 5", "orig": "Ęsir reiddo Hreiþmari feiþ oc traþo vp otrbelginn oc reisto a fǫtr; þa scyldo ęsirnir hlaþa vpp gvllino oc hylia. Enn er þat var gort, gecc Hreiðmarr fram oc sa eitt granahar oc bað hylia. Þa dro Oþinn fram hringinn Andvaranꜹ́t oc hvlþi harit. Þa qvaþ Loki:", "en": "The gods gave Hreithmar the gold, and filled up the otter-skin, and stood it on its feet. Then the gods had to heap up gold and hide it. And when that was done, Hreithmar came forward and saw a single whisker, and bade them cover it. Then Othin brought out the ring Andvaranaut and covered the hair. Then Loki said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 6", "orig": "„Gvll er þer nv reitt,\nen þv giold hefir\nmicil mins hꜹfvþs;\nsyni þinom verþra\nsęla scꜹpvþ,\nþat verþr yccarr beggia bani.“", "en": "“The gold is given, and great the price\nThou hast my head to save;\nBut fortune thy sons shall find not there,\nThe bane of ye both it is.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 7", "orig": "Hreiþmarr sagði:\n„Giafar þv gaft,\ngaftattv astgiafar,\ngaftattv af heilom hvg;\nfiorvi yðro scyldvt er\nfirþir vera,\nef ec vissa þat fár fyr.“", "en": "Hreithmar spake:\n“Gifts ye gave, but ye gave not kindly,\nGave not with hearts that were whole;\nYour lives ere this should ye all have lost,\nIf sooner this fate I had seen.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 8", "orig": "Loki qvaþ:\n„Enn er verra\nþat vita þicciomc,\nnidia strið vm nept;\niofra oborna\nhygg ec þa enn vera,\ner þat er til hatrs hvgað.“", "en": "Loki spake:\n“Worse is this that methinks I see,\nFor a maid shall kinsmen clash;\nHeroes unborn thereby shall be,\nI deem, to hatred doomed.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 9", "orig": "Hreiþmarr qvaþ:\n„Rꜹþo gvlli\nhygg ec mic raða mvno\nsva lengi sem ec lifi;\nhót þín\nhrǫþvmc ecki lyf,\noc haldit heim heþan!“", "en": "Hreithmar spake:\n“The gold so red shall I rule, methinks,\nSo long as I shall live;\nNought of fear for thy threats I feel,\nSo get ye hence to your homes.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 9", "orig": "Fafnir oc Reginn krꜹfdo Hreidmar niðgialda eptir Otr broþvr sinn; hann qvaþ nei vid; enn Fafnir lagdi sverþi Hreiþmar fꜹþvr sinn sofanda. Hreidmarr kallaði a dǫtr sinar:", "en": "Fafnir and Regin asked Hreithmar for a share of the wealth that was paid for the slaying of their brother, Otr. This he refused, and Fafnir thrust his sword through the body of his father, Hreithmar, while he was sleeping. Hreithmar called to his daughters:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 10", "orig": "„Lyngheiþr oc Lofnheiþr!\nvitiþ mino lifi farit,\nmart er þat er þꜹrf þiár.“\nLyngheiþr sagði:\n„Fá mvn systir,\nþott fꜹdvr missi,\nhefna hlyra harms.“", "en": "“Lyngheith and Lofnheith, fled is my life,\nAnd mighty now is my need!”\nLyngheith spake:\n“Though a sister loses her father, seldom\nRevenge on her brother she brings.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 11", "orig": "Hreiþmarr qvaþ:\n„Al þv́ þo dottvr,\ndís vlfhvgvð!\nef þv getraþ son\nviþ siclingi;\nfa þv mey mann\ni meginþarfar,\nþa mvn þeirrar sonr\nþins harms reka.“", "en": "Hreithmar spake:\n“A daughter, woman with wolf’s heart, bear,\nIf thou hast no son with the hero brave;\nIf one weds the maid, for the need is mighty,\nTheir son for thy hurt may vengeance seek.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 11", "orig": "Þa dó Hreiþmarr, enn Fafnir toc gvllit allt. Þa beiddiz Reginn at hafa fꜹþvrarf sinn; enn Fafnir galt þar nei við. Þa leitaði Reginn raþa við Lyngheiði systor sina, hvernig hann scyldi heimta fꜹdvrarf sinn. Hon qvaþ:", "en": "Then Hreithmar died, and Fafnir took all the gold. Thereupon Regin asked to have his inheritance from his father, but Fafnir refused this. Then Regin asked counsel of Lyngheith, his sister, how he should win his inheritance. She said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 12", "orig": "„Broðvr qveþia\nscaltv bliþliga\narfs oc ęþra hvgar;\nera þat hęft,\nat þv hiorvi scylir\nqveþia Fafni fiár.“", "en": "“In friendly wise the wealth shalt thou ask\nOf thy brother, and better will;\nNot seemly is it to seek with the sword\nFafnir’s treasure to take.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 13", "orig": "Þessa lvti sagdi Reginn Sigvrði. Einn dag, er hann com til hvsa Regins, var hanom vel fagnat. Reginn qvaþ:\n„Cominn er hingat\nkonr Sigmvndar,\nseggr inn snarraþi\ntil sala várra;\nmóþ hefir meira\nenn maþr gamall,\noc er mer fangs vón\nat frekom vlfi.", "en": "All these happenings did Regin tell to Sigurth.\nOne day, when he came to Regin’s house, he was gladly welcomed. Regin said:\n“Hither the son of Sigmund is come,\nThe hero eager, here to our hall;\nHis courage is more than an ancient man’s,\nAnd battle I hope from the hardy wolf." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 14", "orig": "Ec mvn fǫða\nfolcdiarfan gram,\nnv er Yngva konr\nmeþ oss cominn;\nsia mvn ręsir\nricstr vnd solo,\nþrymr vm ǫll lond\nǫrlogsimo.“", "en": "“Here shall I foster the fearless prince,\nNow Yngvi’s heir to us is come;\nThe noblest hero beneath the sun,\nThe threads of his fate all lands enfold.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 14", "orig": "Sigvrþr var þa iafnan meþ Regin, oc sagði hann Sigvrdi, at Fafnir lá á Gnitaheiþi oc var i orms liki. Hann átti ęgishialm, er oll qvicvendi hrǫddoz viþ. Reginn gerði Sigvrþi sverþ, er Gramr het; þat var sva hvast, at hann bra þvi ofan i Rín oc let reca vllarlagð fyr strꜹmi, oc toc i svndr lagdinn sem vatniþ. Þvi sverþi clꜹf Sigvrþr i svndr steðia Regins. Eptir þat eggiaði Reginn Sigvrþ at vega Fafni; hann sagði:", "en": "Sigurth was there continually with Regin, who said to Sigurth that Fafnir lay at Gnitaheith, and was in the shape of a dragon. He had a fear-helm, of which all living creatures were terrified. Regin made Sigurth the sword which was called Gram; it was so sharp that when he thrust it down into the Rhine, and let a strand of wool drift against it with the stream, it cleft the strand asunder as if it were water. With this sword Sigurth cleft asunder Regin’s anvil. After that Regin egged Sigurth on to slay Fafnir, but he said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 15", "orig": "„Hatt mvno hlęia\nHvndings synir,\nþeir er Eylima\naldrs synioðo,\nef meirr tiggia\nmvnar at sǫkia\nhringa rꜹða\nenn hefnd fꜹðvr.“", "en": "“Loud will the sons of Hunding laugh,\nWho low did Eylimi lay in death,\nIf the hero sooner seeks the red\nRings to find than his father’s vengeance.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 15", "orig": "Hialprecr konvngr fecc Sigvrþi scipalið til fꜹðvrhefnda. Þeir fengo storm mikinn oc beitto fyr bergs-nꜹs nꜹcqvara. Maþr einn stoþ a berginv oc qvaþ:", "en": "King Hjalprek gave Sigurth a fleet for the avenging of his father. They ran into a great storm, and were off a certain headland. A man stood on the mountain, and said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 16", "orig": "„Hverir riþa þar\nRęvils hestom\nhávar vnnir,\nhaf glymianda?\nseglvigg ero\nsveita stoccin,\nmvnat vagmarar\nvind vm standaz.“", "en": "“Who yonder rides on Rævil’s steeds,\nO’er towering waves and waters wild?\nThe sail-horses all with sweat are dripping,\nNor can the sea-steeds the gale withstand.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 17", "orig": "Reginn svaraði:\n„Her ’ro ver Sigvrþr\na sętriam,\ner oss byrr gefinn\nvið bana sialfan;\nfellr brattr breki\nbrondom hęri,\nhlvnnvigg hrapa;\nhverr spyrr at þvi?“", "en": "Regin answered:\n“On the sea-trees here are Sigurth and I,\nThe storm wind drives us on to our death;\nThe waves crash down on the forward deck,\nAnd the roller-steeds sink; who seeks our names?”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 18", "orig": "Maþr qvaþ:\n„Hnicar heto mic,\nþa er hvgin gladdac,\nVꜹlsvngr vngi!\noc vegit hafðac;\nnv mattv calla\nkarl af bergi\nFeng eþa Fiolni,\nfar vil ec þiggia.“", "en": "The Man spake:\n“Hnikar I was when Volsung once\nGladdened the ravens and battle gave;\nCall me the Man from the Mountain now,\nFeng or Fjolnir; with you will I fare.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 19", "orig": "Þeir vico at lande, oc gecc karl a scip, oc lęgði þa veðrit. Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Hnicarr!\nallz þv hvartveggia veitz\ngoda heill oc gvma:\nhver bꜹzt ero,\nef beriaz scal,\nheill at sverþa svipon?“", "en": "They sailed to the land, and the man went on board the ship, and the storm subsided. Sigurth spake:\n“Hnikar, say, for thou seest the fate\nThat to gods and men is given;\nWhat sign is fairest for him who fights,\nAnd best for the swinging of swords?”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 20", "orig": "Hnicarr qvaþ:\n„Mꜹrg ero goð,\nef gvmar vissi,\nheill at sverþa svipon;\ndyggva fylgio\nhygg ec ens deycqva vera\nat hrottameiði hrafns.", "en": "Hnikar spake:\n“Many the signs, if men but knew,\nThat are good for the swinging of swords;\nIt is well, methinks, if the warrior meets\nA raven black on his road." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 21", "orig": "Þat er annat,\nef þv ert v́t vm kominn\noc ert a brꜹt bvinn,\ntva þv litr\na tái standa\nhroþrfvsa hali.", "en": "“Another it is if out thou art come,\nAnd art ready forth to fare,\nTo behold on the path before thy house\nTwo fighters greedy of fame." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 22", "orig": "Þat er iþ þriþia,\nef þv þiota heyrir\nvlf vnd asclimom;\nheilla ꜹþit\nverþr þer af hialmstofom,\nef þv sęr þa fyrri fara.", "en": "“Third it is well if a howling wolf\nThou hearest under the ash;\nAnd fortune comes if thy foe thou seest\nEre thee the hero beholds." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 23", "orig": "Engr scal gvmna\ni gogn vega\nsiþ scinandi\nsystor Mána;\nþeir sigr hafa\ner sia kvnno\nhiorleics hvatir\neþa hamalt fylkia.", "en": "“A man shall fight not when he must face\nThe moon’s bright sister setting late;\nWin he shall who well can see,\nAnd wedge-like forms his men for the fray." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 24", "orig": "Þat er fár mikit,\nef þv fǫti drepr,\nþars þv at vigi veþr;\ntalar disir standa\nþer a tvęr hliðar\noc vilia þic saran sia.", "en": "“Foul is the sign if thy foot shall stumble\nAs thou goest forth to fight;\nGoddesses baneful at both thy sides\nWill that wounds thou shalt get." }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 25", "orig": "Kemþr oc þveginn\nscal kǫnna hverr\noc at morni mettr;\nþviat osynt er,\nhvar at apni kǫmr;\nilt er fyr heill at hrapa.“", "en": "“Combed and washed shall the wise man go,\nAnd a meal at morn shall take;\nFor unknown it is where at eve he may be;\nIt is ill thy luck to lose.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, prose after 25", "orig": "Sigvrðr atti orrosto micla viþ Lyngva Hvndingsson oc brǫðr hans; þar fell Lyngui oc þeir þrir brǫþr. Eptir orrosto qvaþ Reginn:", "en": "Sigurth had a great battle with Lyngvi, the son of Hunding, and his brothers; there Lyngvi fell, and his two brothers with him. After the battle Regin said:" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol 26", "orig": "„Nv er bloþvgr orn\nbitrom hiorvi\nbana Sigmvndar\na baci ristinn;\nøngr var fremri,\nsa er fold ryði,\nhilmis arfi,\noc hvgin gladdi.“", "en": "“Now the bloody eagle with biting sword\nIs carved on the back of Sigmund’s killer;\nFew were more fierce in fight than his son,\nWho reddened the earth and gladdened the ravens.”" }, { "ref": "Reginsmol, closing prose", "orig": "Heim for Sigvrþr til Hialprecs; þa eggiaþi Reginn Sigvrþ til at vega Fafni.", "en": "Sigurth went home to Hjalprek’s house; thereupon Regin egged him on to fight with Fafnir." } ], "fafnismal": [ { "ref": "Fafnismol, opening prose", "orig": "Sigvrþr oc Reginn foro vp a Gnitaheiði oc hitto þar slóþ Fafnis, þa er hann screiþ til vaz. Þar gorði Sigvrþr grof micla a veginom, oc gecc Sigvrþr þar í. Enn er Fafnir screiþ af gvllino, bles hann eitri, oc hrꜹt þat fyr ofan hꜹfvþ Sigvrþi. Enn er Fafnir screiþ yfir grofna, þa lagði Sigvrþr hann meþ sverþi til hiarta. Fafnir hristi sic oc barþi hꜹfdi oc sporði. Sigvrþr hlióp or grofinni, oc sa þa hvarr annan. Fafnir qvaþ:", "en": "Sigurth and Regin went up to the Gnitaheith, and found there the track that Fafnir made when he crawled to water. Then Sigurth made a great trench across the path, and took his place therein. When Fafnir crawled from his gold, he blew out venom, and it ran down from above on Sigurth’s head. But when Fafnir crawled over the trench, then Sigurth thrust his sword into his body to the heart. Fafnir writhed and struck out with his head and tail. Sigurth leaped from the trench, and each looked at the other. Fafnir said:" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 1", "orig": "„Sveinn oc sveinn!\nhveriom ertv, sveinn! vm borinn?\nhverra ertv manna mꜹgr?\ner þv a Fafni rꜹ́t\nþinn inn frána męki,\nstondomc til hiarta hiorr.“", "en": "“Youth, oh, youth! of whom then, youth, art thou born?\nSay whose son thou art,\nWho in Fafnir’s blood thy bright blade reddened,\nAnd struck thy sword to my heart.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol, prose after 1", "orig": "Sigvrþr dvlþi nafns sins fyr þvi, at þat var trva þeirra i fornescio, at orþ feigs mannz mętti mikit, ef hann bolvaði ovin sinom meþ nafni. Hann qvaþ:", "en": "Sigurth concealed his name because it was believed in olden times that the word of a dying man might have great power if he cursed his foe by his name. He said:" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 2", "orig": "„Gꜹfvgt dyr ec heiti,\nen ec gengit hefc\ninn moþvrlꜹsi mogr;\nfꜹdvr ec ácka\nsem fira synir,\ngeng ec einn saman.“", "en": "“The Noble Hart my name, and I go\nA motherless man abroad;\nFather I had not, as others have,\nAnd lonely ever I live.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 3", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Veiztv, ef fꜹþvr ne áttað\nsem fira synir,\naf hverio vartv vndri alinn?\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . . “", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“If father thou hadst not, as others have,\nBy what wonder wast thou born?\nThough thy name on the day of my death thou hidest,\nThou knowest now thou dost lie.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 4", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Ętterni mitt\nqveþ ec þer okvnnict vera\noc mic sialfan iþ sama;\nSigvrþr ec heiti,\nSigmvndr het minn faþir,\ner hefc þic vapnom vegit.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“My race, methinks, is unknown to thee,\nAnd so am I myself;\nSigurth my name, and Sigmund’s son,\nWho smote thee thus with the sword.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 5", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Hverr þic hvatti?\nhvi hvetiaz lezt\nmino fiorvi at fara?\ninn fráneygi sveinn!\nþv attir fꜹðvr bitran,\nobornom sciór a sceiþ.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“Who drove thee on? why wert thou driven\nMy life to make me lose?\nA father brave had the bright-eyed youth,\nFor bold in boyhood thou art.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 6", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvgr mic hvatti,\nhendr mer fvlltýðo\noc minn inn hvassi hiorr;\nfár er hvatr,\ner hrǫraz tecr,\nef í barnęsco er blꜹ́þr.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“My heart did drive me, my hand fulfilled,\nAnd my shining sword so sharp;\nFew are keen when old age comes,\nWho timid in boyhood be.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 7", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Veit ec, ef þv vaxa nęþir\nfyr þinna vina briosti,\nsęi maþr þic reidan vega;\nnv ertv haptr\noc hernuminn,\nę qveþa bandingia bifaz.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“If thou mightest grow thy friends among,\nOne might see thee fiercely fight;\nBut bound thou art, and in battle taken,\nAnd to fear are prisoners prone.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 8", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Þvi bręgþr þv nv mer, Fafnir!\nat til fiarri siac\nminom feþr-mvnom;\neigi em ec haptr,\nþott ec vęra hernvmi;\nþv fant, at ec lꜹss lifi.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Thou blamest me, Fafnir, that I see from afar\nThe wealth that my father’s was;\nNot bound am I, though in battle taken,\nThou hast found that free I live.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 9", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Heiptyrði eín\ntelr þv þer i hvivetna,\nenn ec þer satt eitt segic;\niþ gialla gvll\noc iþ gloðrꜹþa fe\nþer verþa þeir bꜹgar at bana.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“In all I say dost thou hatred see,\nYet truth alone do I tell;\nThe sounding gold, the glow-red wealth,\nAnd the rings thy bane shall be.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 10", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Fe raða vill\nfyrþa hverr\nę til ins eina dags;\nþviat eino sinni\nscal alda hverr\nfara til heliar heþan.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Some one the hoard shall ever hold,\nTill the destined day shall come;\nFor a time there is when every man\nShall journey hence to hell.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 11", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Norna dom\nþv mvnt fyr nesiom hafa\noc osvinnz apa;\ni vatni þv drvcnar,\nef i vindi rǫr,\nalt er feigs forað.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“The fate of the Norns before the headland\nThou findest, and doom of a fool;\nIn the water shalt drown if thou row ’gainst the wind,\nAll danger is near to death.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 12", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Segdv mer, Fafnir!\nallz þic froþan qveþa\noc vel mart vita:\nhveriar ’ro þęr nornir,\ner nꜹðgꜹnglar ’ro\noc kiosa mǫþr fra mꜹgom?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Tell me then, Fafnir, for wise thou art famed,\nAnd much thou knowest now:\nWho are the Norns who are helpful in need,\nAnd the babe from the mother bring?”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 13", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Svndrbornar mioc\nhygg ec at nornir se,\neigoþ þęr ętt saman;\nsvmar ero askvngar,\nsvmar alfkvngar,\nsvmar dǫtr Dvalins.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“Of many births the Norns must be,\nNor one in race they were;\nSome to gods, others to elves are kin,\nAnd Dvalin’s daughters some.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 14", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Segðv mer þat, Fafnir!\nallz þic froþan qveþa\noc vel mart vita:\nhve sa holmr heitir,\ner blanda hiorlegi\nSvrtr oc ęsir saman?“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Tell me then, Fafnir, for wise thou art famed,\nAnd much thou knowest now:\nHow call they the isle where all the gods\nAnd Surt shall sword-sweat mingle?”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 15", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Oscopnir hann heitir,\nenn þar ꜹll scolo\ngeirom leica goð;\nBilrꜹst brotnar,\ner þeir a brv fara,\noc svima i moðo marir.", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“Oskopnir is it, where all the gods\nShall seek the play of swords;\nBilrost breaks when they cross the bridge,\nAnd the steeds shall swim in the flood." }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 16", "orig": "Ęgishialm bar ec\nvm alda sonom,\nmeþan ec vm meniom lág;\neinn rammari\nhvgdomc ꜹllom vera,\nfanca ec svá marga mꜹgo.“", "en": "“The fear-helm I wore to afright mankind,\nWhile guarding my gold I lay;\nMightier seemed I than any man,\nFor a fiercer never I found.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 17", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Ęgishialmr\nbergr einvngi\nhvar scolo reiþir vega;\nþa þat finnr,\ner meþ fleirom kǫmr,\nat engi er einna hvatastr.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“The fear-helm surely no man shields\nWhen he faces a valiant foe;\nOft one finds, when the foe he meets,\nThat he is not the bravest of all.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 18", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Eitri ec fnęsta,\ner ec a arfi la\nmiclom mins fꜹdvr;\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . . “", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“Venom I breathed when bright I lay\nBy the hoard my father had;\nThere was none so mighty as dared to meet me,\nAnd weapons nor wiles I feared.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 19", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Inn fráni ormr!\nþv gorþir fręs micla\noc galzt hardan hvg;\nheipt at meiri verþr\nhꜹlþa sonom,\nat þann hialm hafi.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Glittering worm, thy hissing was great,\nAnd hard didst show thy heart;\nBut hatred more have the sons of men\nFor him who owns the helm.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 20", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Ręþ ec þer nv, Sigvrþr!\nenn þv raþ nemir,\noc ríþ heim heþan:\nit gialla gvll\noc it gloðrꜹþa fe\nþer verþa þeir bꜹgar at bana.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“I counsel thee, Sigurth, heed my speech,\nAnd ride thou homeward hence;\nThe sounding gold, the glow-red wealth,\nAnd the rings thy bane shall be.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 21", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Raþ er þer raþit,\nenn ec riþa mvn\ntil þess gvllz er i lyngvi liggr;\nenn þv, Fafnir! ligg\ni fiorbrotom,\nþar er þic Hel hafi.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Thy counsel is given, but go I shall\nTo the gold in the heather hidden;\nAnd, Fafnir, thou with death dost fight,\nLying where Hel shall have thee.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 22", "orig": "Fafnir qvaþ:\n„Reginn mic reþ,\nhann þic raða mvn,\nhann mvn ocr verþa badom at bana;\nfior sitt lata\nhygg ec at Fafnir myni,\nþitt varð nv meira megin.“", "en": "Fafnir spake:\n“Regin betrayed me, and thee will betray,\nUs both to death will he bring;\nHis life, methinks, must Fafnir lose,\nFor the mightier man wast thou.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol, prose after 22", "orig": "Reginn var a brot horfinn, meþan Sigvrþr va Fafni, oc kom þa aptr, er Sigvrþr strꜹ́c blóð af sverþino. Reginn qvaþ:", "en": "Regin had gone to a distance while Sigurth fought Fafnir, and came back while Sigurth was wiping the blood from his sword. Regin said:" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 23", "orig": "„Heill þv nv, Sigvrþr!\nnv hefir þv sigr vegit\noc Fafni vm fariþ;\nmanna þeirra\ner mold troþa\nþic qveþ ec oblꜹðastan alinn.“", "en": "“Hail to thee, Sigurth! Thou victory hast,\nAnd Fafnir in fight hast slain;\nOf all the men who tread the earth,\nMost fearless art thou, methinks.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 24", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Þat er ovist at vita,\nþa er komom allir saman\nsigtiva synir,\nhverr oblꜹðastr er alinn;\nmargr er sa hvatr,\ner hior ne ryþr\nannars briostom í.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Unknown it is, when all are together,\nThe sons of the glorious gods,\nWho bravest born shall seem;\nSome are valiant who redden no sword\nIn the blood of a foeman’s breast.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 25", "orig": "Reginn qvaþ:\n„Gladr ertv nv, Sigvrþr!\noc gagni feginn,\ner þv þerrir Gram a grasi;\nbrodvr minn\nhefir þv beniaþan,\noc veld ec þo sialfr svmo.“", "en": "Regin spake:\n“Glad art thou, Sigurth, of battle gained,\nAs Gram with grass thou cleansest;\nMy brother fierce in fight hast slain,\nAnd somewhat I did myself.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 26", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Fiarri þv gect,\nmeþan ec a Fafni rꜹ́ðc\nminn inn hvassa hior;\nafli mino atta ec\nvið orms megin,\nmeþan þv i lyngvi látt.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Afar didst thou go while Fafnir reddened\nWith his blood my blade so keen;\nWith the might of the dragon my strength I matched,\nWhile thou in the heather didst hide.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 27", "orig": "Reginn qvaþ:\n„Lengi liggia\nletir þv lyngvi í\nþann inn aldna iotvn,\nef þv sverþz ne nytir,\nþess er ec sialfr gorða,\noc þins ins hvassa hiors.“", "en": "Regin spake:\n“Longer wouldst thou in the heather have let\nYon hoary giant hide,\nHad the weapon availed not that once I forged,\nThe keen-edged blade thou didst bear.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 28", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Hvgr er betri\nenn se hiors megin,\nhvars reidir scolo vega;\nþviat hvatan mann\nec se harliga vega\nmeþ slęvo sverþi sigr.", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Better is heart than a mighty blade\nFor him who shall fiercely fight;\nThe brave man well shall fight and win,\nThough dull his blade may be." }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 29", "orig": "Hvꜹtom er betra\nenn se ohvꜹtom\ni hildileic hafaz;\nglꜹðom er betra\nenn se glvpnanda,\nhvat sem at hendi cǫmr.“", "en": "“Brave men better than cowards be,\nWhen the clash of battle comes;\nAnd better the glad than the gloomy man\nShall face what before him lies." }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 30", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Þv þvi rétt,\ner ec riþa scylðac\nhélog fioll hinig;\nfe oc fiorvi\nreþi sa inn fráni ormr,\nnema þv frydir mer hvaz hvgar.“", "en": "“Thy rede it was that I should ride\nHither o’er mountains high;\nThe glittering worm would have wealth and life\nIf thou hadst not mocked at my might.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol, prose after 30", "orig": "Þa gecc Reginn at Fafni oc scar hiarta or hanom meþ sverþi er Riþill heitir, oc þa dracc hann bloð or vndinni eptir. Reginn qvaþ:", "en": "Then Regin went up to Fafnir and cut out his heart with his sword, that was named Rithil, and then he drank blood from the wounds. Regin said:" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 31", "orig": "„Sittv nv Sigvrþr!\nenn ec mvn sofa ganga,\noc halt Fafnis hiarta við fvna;\nęiscꜹld ec vil\netinn lata\neptir þenna dreyra drycc.“", "en": "“Sit now, Sigurth, for sleep will I,\nHold Fafnir’s heart to the fire;\nFor all his heart shall eaten be,\nSince deep of blood I have drunk.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol, prose after 31", "orig": "Sigvrðr toc Fafnis hiarta oc steicþi á teini. Er hann hvgði, at fvllsteict vęri, oc freyddi sveitinn or hiartano, þa toc hann a fingri sinom oc scyniaþi, hvart fvllsteict vęri. Hann brann oc bra fingrinom i mvnn ser. Enn er hiartbloð Fafnis com a tvngo hanom, oc scildi hann fvgls rꜹdd; hann heyrþi, at igðor klꜹcoþo á hrisino. Igðan qvaþ:", "en": "Sigurth took Fafnir’s heart and cooked it on a spit. When he thought that it was fully cooked, and the blood foamed out of the heart, then he tried it with his finger to see whether it was fully cooked. He burned his finger, and put it in his mouth. But when Fafnir’s heart’s-blood came on his tongue, he understood the speech of birds. He heard nut-hatches chattering in the thickets. A nut-hatch said:" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 32", "orig": "„Þar sitr Sigvrdr\nsveita stoccinn,\nFafnis hiarta\nvið fvna steikir;\nspacr þǫtti mer\nspillir bꜹga,\nef hann fiorsega\nfranan ęti.“", "en": "“There sits Sigurth, sprinkled with blood,\nAnd Fafnir’s heart with fire he cooks;\nWise were the breaker of rings, I ween,\nTo eat the life-muscles all so bright.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 33", "orig": "Avnnor qvaþ:\n„Þar liggr Reginn,\nręðr vm við sic,\nvill tǫla mꜹg\nþann er trvir hanom;\nberr af reidi\nrꜹng orð saman,\nvill bꜹlvasmiþr\nbrodvr hefna.“", "en": "A second spake:\n“There Regin lies, and plans he lays\nThe youth to betray who trusts him well;\nLying words with wiles will he speak,\nTill his brother the maker of mischief avenges.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 34", "orig": "In þriþia qvaþ:\n„Hꜹfði scemra lati hann\ninn hára þvl\nfara til heliar hęþan;\nꜹllo gvlli\nþa kna hann einn raþa\nfiolþ þvi er vnd Fafni lá.“", "en": "A third spake:\n“Less by a head let the chatterer hoary\nGo from here to hell;\nThen all of the wealth he alone can wield,\nThe gold that Fafnir guarded.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 35", "orig": "In fiorþa qvaþ:\nHorscr þǫtti mer,\nef hafa kynni\nastraþ mikit\nydvar systra,\nhygði hann vm sic\noc hvgin gleddi;\nþar er mer vlfs von,\ner ec eyro sec.“", "en": "A fourth spake:\n“Wise would he seem if so he would heed\nThe counsel good we sisters give;\nThought he would give, and the ravens gladden,\nThere is ever a wolf where his ears I spy.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 36", "orig": "In fimta qvaþ:\n„Erat sva horscr\nhildimeiþr,\nsem ec hers iaþar\nhyggia mvndac,\nef hann broþvr letr\na brot comaz,\nenn hann ꜹdrom hefr\naldrs of syniat.“", "en": "A fifth spake:\n“Less wise must be the tree of battle\nThan to me would seem the leader of men,\nIf forth he lets one brother fare,\nWhen he of the other the slayer is.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 37", "orig": "In setta qvaþ:\n„Mioc er osviþr,\nef hann enn sparir\nfianda inn folcscá,\nþar er Reginn liggr,\ner hann raþinn hefr;\nkannat hann viþ slíco sia.“", "en": "A sixth spake:\n“Most foolish he seems if he shall spare\nHis foe, the bane of the folk;\nThere Regin lies, who hath wronged him so,\nYet falsehood knows he not.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 38", "orig": "In siꜹnda qvaþ:\n„Hꜹfði scemra lati hann\nþann inn hrimcalda iotvn\noc af bꜹgom bv́a;\nþa mvn hann fiár þess,\ner Fafnir reþ,\neinvaldi vera.“", "en": "A seventh spake:\n“Let the head from the frost-cold giant be hewed,\nAnd let him of rings be robbed;\nThen all the wealth which Fafnir’s was\nShall belong to thee alone.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 39", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Verþat sva ríc scꜹp,\nat Reginn scyli\nmitt banorð bera;\nþviat þeir baþir brǫþr\nscolo bralliga\nfara til heliar heþan.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“Not so rich a fate shall Regin have\nAs the tale of my death to tell;\nFor soon the brothers both shall die,\nAnd hence to hell shall go.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol, prose after 39", "orig": "Sigvrþr hio hꜹfvþ af Regin, oc þa át hann Fafnis hiarta oc dracc bloþ þeirra beggia Regins oc Fafnis. Þa heyrþi Sigvrþr, hvar igdvr męlto:", "en": "Sigurth hewed off Regin’s head, and then he ate Fafnir’s heart, and drank the blood of both Regin and Fafnir. Then Sigurth heard what the nut-hatch said:" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 40", "orig": "„Bitt þv, Sigvrþr!\nbꜹga rꜹða,\nera konvnglict\nqviþa morgo:\nmey veit ec eina\nmyclo fegrsta,\ngvlli gǫdda,\nef þv geta męttir.", "en": "“Bind, Sigurth, the golden rings together,\nNot kingly is it aught to fear;\nI know a maid, there is none so fair,\nRich in gold, if thou mightest get her." }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 41", "orig": "Liggia til Givca\ngrǫnar brꜹtir,\nfram visa scꜹp\nfolcliþondom;\nþar hefir dyrr konvngr\ndottvr alna,\nþa mvndv Sigvrþr\nmvndi cꜹpa.", "en": "“Green the paths that to Gjuki lead,\nAnd his fate the way to the wanderer shows;\nThe doughty king a daughter has,\nThat thou as a bride mayst, Sigurth, buy.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 42", "orig": "Salr er a há\nHindarfialli,\nallr er hann vtan\neldi sveipinn,\nþann hafa horscir\nhalir vm gorvan\nor odꜹccom\nognar lióma.", "en": "Another spake:\n“A hall stands high on Hindarfjoll,\nAll with flame is it ringed without;\nWarriors wise did make it once\nOut of the flaming light of the flood." }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 43", "orig": "Veit ec a fialli\nfolcvitra sofa,\noc leicr yfir\nlindar vaþi;\nYggr stacc þorni\naþr a feldi\nhꜹrgefn, hali\ner hafa vildi.", "en": "“On the mountain sleeps a battle-maid,\nAnd about her plays the bane of the wood;\nYgg with the thorn hath smitten her thus,\nFor she felled the fighter he fain would save." }, { "ref": "Fafnismol 44", "orig": "Knattv, mꜹgr! sia\nmey vnd hialmi,\nþa er fra vigi\nVingscorni reið;\nma-at Sigrdrifar\nsvefni bregþa\nscioldvnga niþr\nfyr scꜹpom norna.“", "en": "“There mayst thou behold the maiden helmed,\nWho forth on Vingskornir rode from the fight;\nThe victory-bringer her sleep shall break not,\nThou heroes’ son, so the Norns have set.”" }, { "ref": "Fafnismol, closing prose", "orig": "Sigvrþr reiþ eptir slóþ Fafnis til bǫlis hans oc fann þat opit oc hvrþir af iarni oc getti; af iarni váro oc allir timbrstoccar i hvsino, en grafit i iorþ niþr. Þar fann Sigvrþr stormikit gvll oc fyldi þar tvęr kistor: þar toc hann ęgishialm oc gvllbrynio oc sverþit Hrotta oc marga dyrgripi, oc klyfiaþi þarmeþ Grana, enn hestrinn vildi eigi fram ganga fyrr, enn Sigvrþr steig á bac hanom.", "en": "Sigurth rode along Fafnir’s trail to his lair, and found it open. The gate-posts were of iron, and the gates; of iron, too, were all the beams in the house, which was dug down into the earth. There Sigurth found a mighty store of gold, and he filled two chests full thereof; he took the fear-helm and a golden mail-coat and the sword Hrotti, and many other precious things, and loaded Grani with them, but the horse would not go forward until Sigurth mounted on his back." } ], "sigrdrifumal": [ { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol, opening prose", "orig": "Sigvrþr reiþ vp a Hindarfiall oc stefndi svþr til Fraclandz; a fiallino sa hann lios mikit, sva sem eldr brynni, oc liomaþi af til himins. Enn er hann com at, þa stoþ þar scialdborg oc vp or merki. Sigvrþr gecc i scialdborgina oc sa, at þar la maþr oc svaf meþ ollom hervapnom; hann toc fyrst hialminn af hofþi hanom, þa sa hann, at þat var kona. Brynian var fꜹst, sem hon vęri holdgróin; þa reist hann meþ Gram fra hꜹfvþsmát bryniona igognom niþr oc sva v́t igognom badar ermar. Þa toc hann brynio af henne, enn hon vacnadi oc settiz hon vp oc sa Sigvrþ oc męlti:", "en": "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 it was a banner. Sigurth went into the shield-tower, and saw that a man lay there sleeping with all his war-weapons. First he took the helm from his head, and then he saw that it was a woman. The mail-coat was as fast as if it had grown to the flesh. Then he cut the mail-coat from the head-opening downward, and out to both the arm-holes. Then he took the mail-coat from her, and she awoke, and sat up and saw Sigurth, and said:" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 1", "orig": "„Hvat beit brynio?\nhvi brá ec svefni?\nhverr feldi af mer\nfꜹlvar nꜹþir?“\nHann svaraði:\n„Sigmvndar bvrr,\nsleit fyr scommo\nhrafns hręlvndir\nhiorr Sigvrþar.“", "en": "“What bit through the byrnie? how was broken my sleep?\nWho made me free of the fetters pale?”\nHe answered:\n“Sigmund’s son, with Sigurth’s sword,\nThat late with flesh hath fed the ravens.”" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol, prose after 1", "orig": "Sigvrþr settiz niþr oc spvrþi hana nafns. Hon toc þa horn fvlt miaþar oc gaf hanom minnisveig:", "en": "Sigurth sat beside her and asked her name. She took a horn full of mead and gave him a memory-draught." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 2", "orig": "„Heill dagr,\nheilir dags synir,\nheil nott oc nipt!\noreiþom ꜹgom\nlitiþ ocr þinig\noc gefit sitiondom sigr!", "en": "“Hail, day! Hail, sons of day!\nAnd night and her daughter now!\nLook on us here with loving eyes,\nThat waiting we victory win." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 3", "orig": "Heilir ęsir,\nheilar asynior,\nheil sia in fiolnyta fold!\nmal oc manvit\ngefit ocr męrom tveim\noc lęcnishendr, meþan lifom!“", "en": "“Hail to the gods! Ye goddesses, hail,\nAnd all the generous earth!\nGive to us wisdom and goodly speech,\nAnd healing hands, life-long." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 4", "orig": "Hon qvaþ:\n„Lengi ec svaf,\nlengi ec sofnoþ var,\nlong ero lyða lę;\nOþinn þvi veldr,\ner ec eigi mattac\nbregða blvnnstꜹfom.“", "en": "“Long did I sleep, my slumber was long,\nAnd long are the griefs of life;\nOthin decreed that I could not break\nThe heavy spells of sleep.”" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol, prose after 4", "orig": "Hon nefndiz Sigrdrifa oc var valkyria. Hon sagði, at tveir konvngar bǫrðvz: het annarr Hialmgvnnarr, hann var þa gamall oc inn mesti hermaþr, oc hafði Oþinn hanom sigri heitiþ; enn\nSigrdrifa feldi Hialmgvnnar i orrostonni; enn Oþinn stac hana svefnþorni i hefnd þess oc qvaþ hana aldri scyldo siþan sigr vega i orrosto oc qvaþ hana giptaz scyldo. „Enn ec sagðac hanom, at ec strengdac heit þar i mot at giptaz ongom þeim manne er hrǫþaz kynni.“ Hann svarar oc biþr hana kenna ser speki, ef hon vissi tiþindi or ollom heimom. Sigrdrifa qvaþ:", "en": "Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings fought in battle; one was called Hjalmgunnar, an old man but a mighty warrior, and Othin had promised him the victory, and\nThe other was Agnar, brother of Autha,\nNone he found who fain would shield him.\nSigrdrifa slew Hjalmgunnar in the battle, and Othin pricked her with the sleep-thorn in punishment for this, and said that she should never thereafter win victory in battle, but that she should be wedded. “And I said to him that I had made a vow in my turn, that I would never marry a man who knew the meaning of fear.” Sigurth answered and asked her to teach him wisdom, if she knew of what took place in all the worlds. Sigrdrifa said:" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 5", "orig": "„Biór fǫri ec þer,\nbrynþings apaldr!\nmagni blandinn\noc megintíri;\nfvllr er hann lioþa\noc licnstafa,\ngodra galdra\noc gamanrvna.", "en": "“Beer I bring thee, tree of battle,\nMingled of strength and mighty fame;\nCharms it holds and healing signs,\nSpells full good, and gladness-runes.”" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 6", "orig": "Sigrvnar scaltv kvnna,\nef þv vilt sigr hafa,\noc rista a hialti hiors,\nsvmar a vetrimom,\nsvmar a valbꜹstom,\noc nefna tysvar Ty.", "en": "Winning-runes learn, if thou longest to win,\nAnd the runes on thy sword-hilt write;\nSome on the furrow, and some on the flat,\nAnd twice shalt thou call on Tyr." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 7", "orig": "Ølrvnar scaltv kvnna,\nef þv vill annars qvęn\nvęlit þic i trygd, ef þv trvir;\na horni scal þęr rista\noc a handar baki\noc merkia a nagli Nꜹþ.\nFvll scal signa\noc við fari sia\noc verpa lꜹki i lꜹg;\nþa ec þat veit,\nat þer verþr aldri\nmeinblandinn mioþr.", "en": "Ale-runes learn, that with lies the wife\nOf another betray not thy trust;\nOn the horn thou shalt write, and the backs of thy hands,\nAnd Need shalt mark on thy nails.\nThou shalt bless the draught, and danger escape,\nAnd cast a leek in the cup;\nFor so I know thou never shalt see\nThy mead with evil mixed." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 8", "orig": "Biargrvnar scaltv kvnna,\nef þv biarga vilt\noc leysa kind fra konom:\na lofa scal þęr rista\noc of liþo spenna\noc biþia þa disir dvga.", "en": "Birth-runes learn, if help thou wilt lend,\nThe babe from the mother to bring;\nOn thy palms shalt write them, and round thy joints,\nAnd ask the fates to aid." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 9", "orig": "Brimrvnar scaltv rista,\nef þv vilt borgit hafa\na svndi seglmꜹrom;\na stafni scal þęr rista\noc a stiornarblaþi\noc leggia eld i ár;\nera sva brattr breki\nne sva blár vnnir,\nþo kǫmztv heill af hafi.", "en": "Wave-runes learn, if well thou wouldst shelter\nThe sail-steeds out on the sea;\nOn the stem shalt thou write, and the steering-blade,\nAnd burn them into the oars;\nThough high be the breakers, and black the waves,\nThou shalt safe the harbor seek." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 10", "orig": "Limrvnar scaltv kvnna,\nef þv vilt lǫcnir vera\noc kvnna sár at sia;\na berki scal þęr rista\noc a badmi viðar,\nþeim er lvta ꜹstr limar.", "en": "Branch-runes learn, if a healer wouldst be,\nAnd cure for wounds wouldst work;\nOn the bark shalt thou write, and on trees that be\nWith boughs to the eastward bent." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 11", "orig": "Malrvnar scaltv kvnna,\nef þv vilt, at mangi þer\nheiptom gialdi harm;\nþęr vm vindr,\nþęr vm vefr,\nþęr vm setr allar saman\na þvi þingi,\ner þioþir scolo\ni fvlla doma fara.", "en": "Speech-runes learn, that none may seek\nTo answer harm with hate;\nWell he winds and weaves them all,\nAnd sets them side by side,\nAt the judgment-place, when justice there\nThe folk shall fairly win." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 12–13", "orig": "Hvgrvnar scaltv kvnna,\nef þv vilt hveriom vera\ngeðsvinnari gvma;\nþęr of réð,\nþęr of reist,\nþęr vm hvgði Hroptr\naf þeim legi,\ner leciþ hafdi\nor hꜹsi Heiddrꜹpniss\noc or horni Hoddrofnis.", "en": "Thought-runes learn, if all shall think\nThou art keenest minded of men.\nThem Hropt arranged, and them he wrote,\nAnd them in thought he made,\nOut of the draught that down had dropped\nFrom the head of Heithdraupnir,\nAnd the horn of Hoddrofnir." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 14", "orig": "A biargi stoþ\nmeþ Brimis eggiar,\nhafdi ser a hofði hialm;\nþa męlti Mims hꜹfvþ\nfroþlict iþ fyrsta orð\noc sagdi sanna stafi.", "en": "On the mountain he stood with Brimir’s sword,\nOn his head the helm he bore;\nThen first the head of Mim spoke forth,\nAnd words of truth it told." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 15", "orig": "A scildi qvaþ ristnar\nþeim er stendr fyr scinanda goði,\na eyra Árvacrs\noc á Alsvinnz hófi,\na þvi hveli er snyz\nvndir reiþ Hrvngnis,\na Sleipnis tonnom\noc a sleþa fiotrom,", "en": "He bade write on the shield before the shining goddess,\nOn Arvak’s ear, and on Alsvith’s hoof,\nOn the wheel of the car of Hrungnir’s killer,\nOn Sleipnir’s teeth, and the straps of the sledge." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 16", "orig": "A biarnar hrammi\noc a Braga tvngo,\na vlfs klóm\noc a arnar nefi,\na bloþgom vengiom\noc a brvar spordi,\na lꜹsnar lófa\noc a licnar spori,", "en": "On the paws of the bear, and on Bragi’s tongue,\nOn the wolf’s claws bared, and the eagle’s beak,\nOn bloody wings, and bridge’s end,\nOn freeing hands and helping foot-prints." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 17", "orig": "A gleri oc a gvlli\noc a gvmna heillom,\ni víni oc virtri\noc vilisessi,\na Gvngnis oddi\noc a Grana briosti,\na nornar nagli\noc a nefi vglo.", "en": "On glass and on gold, and on goodly charms,\nIn wine and in beer, and on well-loved seats,\nOn Gungnir’s point, and on Grani’s breast,\nOn the nails of Norns, and the night-owl’s beak." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 18", "orig": "Allar váro af scafnar,\nþęr er váro a ristnar,\noc hverfðar viþ inn helga mioþ\noc sendar a viþa vega;\nþęr ’ro meþ asom,\nþęr ’ro meþ alfom,\nsvmar meþ visom vꜹnom,\nsvmar hafa mennzkir menn.", "en": "Shaved off were the runes that of old were written,\nAnd mixed with the holy mead,\nAnd sent on ways so wide;\nSo the gods had them, so the elves got them,\nAnd some for the Wanes so wise,\nAnd some for mortal men." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 19", "orig": "Þat ero bocrvnar,\nþat ero biargrvnar\noc allar ꜹlrvnar\noc mętar meginrvnar\nhveim er þęr kná oviltar\noc ospilltar\nser at heillom hafa;\nniottv, ef þv namt,\nvnz rivfaz regin.", "en": "Beech-runes are there, birth-runes are there,\nAnd all the runes of ale,\nAnd the magic runes of might;\nWho knows them rightly and reads them true,\nHas them himself to help;\nEver they aid,\nTill the gods are gone." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 20", "orig": "Nv scaltv kiosa,\nalls þer er costr vm boþinn,\nhvassa vapna hlynr!\nsꜹgn eþa þꜹgn\nhafdv þer sialfr i hvg;\nꜹll ero mein of metin.“", "en": "Brynhild spake:\n“Now shalt thou choose, for the choice is given,\nThou tree of the biting blade;\nSpeech or silence, ’tis thine to say,\nOur evil is destined all.”" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 21", "orig": "Sigvrþr qvaþ:\n„Munca ec flǫia,\nþott mic feigan vitir,\nemca ec meþ bleyþi borinn;\nástráþ þin\nek vil oll hafa\nsva lengi, sem ec lifi.“", "en": "Sigurth spake:\n“I shall not flee, though my fate be near,\nI was born not a coward to be;\nThy loving word for mine will I win,\nAs long as I shall live.”" }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 22", "orig": "Sigrdrifa qvaþ:\n„Þat ręþ ec þer iþ fyrsta,\nat þv viþ frǫndr þina\nvammalꜹst verir;\nsiþr þv hefnir,\nþott þeir sacar gori,\nþat qveþa dꜹþom dvga.", "en": "Then first I rede thee, that free of guilt\nToward kinsmen ever thou art;\nNo vengeance have, though they work thee harm,\nReward after death thou shalt win." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 23", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer annat,\nat þv eiþ ne svęrir\nnema þann er saþr se;\ngrimmar limar\nganga at trygðrofi,\narmr er vára vargr.", "en": "Then second I rede thee, to swear no oath\nIf true thou knowest it not;\nBitter the fate of the breaker of troth,\nAnd poor is the wolf of his word." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 24", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer þriþia,\nat þv þingi a\ndeilit viþ heimsca hali;\nþviat osviþr maþr\nlętr opt qveþin\nverri orþ, enn viti.", "en": "Then third I rede thee, that thou at the Thing\nShalt fight not in words with fools;\nFor the man unwise a worser word\nThan he thinks doth utter oft." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 25", "orig": "Alt er vant,\nef þv viþ þegir,\nþa þiccir þv meþ bleyþi borinn\neþa sonno sagþr;\nhęttr er heimis qviþr,\nnema ser goðan geti;\nannars dags\nlattv hans ꜹndo farit,\noc lꜹna sva lydom lygi.", "en": "Ill it is if silent thou art,\nA coward born men call thee,\nAnd truth mayhap they tell;\nSeldom safe is fame,\nUnless wide renown be won;\nOn the day thereafter send him to death,\nLet him pay the price of his lies." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 26", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it fiorþa,\nef byr fordǫþa\nvammafvll a vegi,\nganga er betra,\nenn gista se,\nþott þic nott vm nemi.", "en": "Then fourth I rede thee, if thou shalt find\nA wily witch on thy road,\nIt is better to go than her guest to be,\nThough night enfold thee fast." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 27", "orig": "Forniosnar ꜹgo\nþvrfo fira synir,\nhvars scolo reiþir vega;\nopt bꜹlvísar konor\nsitia brꜹto nęr,\nþęr er deyfa sverþ oc sefa.", "en": "Eyes that see need the sons of men\nWho fight in battle fierce;\nOft witches evil sit by the way,\nWho blade and courage blunt." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 28", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it fimta,\nþottv fagrar ser\nbrvdir beckiom a,\nsifia silfr lataþv\nþinom svefni raþa,\nteygiattv þęr at cossi konor.", "en": "Then fifth I rede thee, though maidens fair\nThou seest on benches sitting,\nLet the silver of kinship not rob thee of sleep,\nAnd the kissing of women beware." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 29", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it setta,\nþott meþ seggiom fari\nꜹlþrmál til ꜹfvg,\ndrvckna deila\nscalattv viþ dolgviþo;\nmargan stelr viti vín.", "en": "Then sixth I rede thee, if men shall wrangle,\nAnd ale-talk rise to wrath,\nNo words with a drunken warrior have,\nFor wine steals many men’s wits." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 30", "orig": "Sennor oc ꜹl\nhefir seggiom verit\nmorgom at móþtrega,\nsvmom at bana,\nsvmom at bꜹlstofom;\nfiolþ er þat er fira tregr.", "en": "Brawls and ale full oft have been\nAn ill to many a man,\nDeath for some, and sorrow for some;\nFull many the woes of men." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 31", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it siꜹnda,\nef þv sacar deilir\nviþ hvgfvlla hali,\nberiaz er betra\nenn brenna se\ninni ꜹþstofom.", "en": "Then seventh I rede thee, if battle thou seekest\nWith a foe that is full of might;\nIt is better to fight than to burn alive\nIn the hall of the hero rich." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 32", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it átta,\nat þv scalt viþ illo siá\noc firraz flęrþarstafi;\nmey þv teygiat\nne mannz cono,\nne eggia ofgamans.", "en": "Then eighth I rede thee, that evil thou shun,\nAnd beware of lying words;\nTake not a maid, nor the wife of a man,\nNor lure them on to lust." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 33", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it nivnda,\nat þv nám biargir,\nhvars þv a foldv finnr,\nhvarz ero sottdꜹþir\neþa ero sędꜹþir\neþa ero vápndꜹþir verar.", "en": "Then ninth I rede thee: burial render\nIf thou findest a fallen corpse,\nOf sickness dead, or dead in the sea,\nOr dead of weapons’ wounds." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 34", "orig": "Lꜹg scal gora\nþeim er liþnir ero,\nhendr þvá oc hꜹfvþ,\nkemba oc þerra,\náþr í kisto fari,\noc biþia sęlan sofa.", "en": "A bath shalt thou give them who corpses be,\nAnd hands and head shalt wash;\nWipe them and comb, ere they go in the coffin,\nAnd pray that they sleep in peace." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 35", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it tivnda,\nat þv trv́ir aldregi\nvárom vargdropa,\nhverstv ert bróþvrbani\neþa hafir þv feldan fꜹþvr:\nvlfr er í vngom syni,\nþo se hann gvlli gladdr.", "en": "Then tenth I rede thee, that never thou trust\nThe word of the race of wolves,\nIf his brother thou broughtest to death,\nOr his father thou didst fell;\nOften a wolf in a son there is,\nThough gold he gladly takes." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 36", "orig": "Sacar oc heiptir\nhyggiat svefngar vera\nne harm in heldr;\nvitz oc vápna\nvant er iofri at fá\nþeim er scal fremstr meþ firom.", "en": "Battle and hate and harm, methinks,\nFull seldom fall asleep;\nWits and weapons the warrior needs\nIf boldest of men he would be." }, { "ref": "Sigrdrifumol 37", "orig": "Þat ręþ ec þer it ellipta,\nat þv viþ illo siáir\nhvern veg at vini;\nlangt lif þicciomcac\nlofþvngs vita,\nrꜹmm ero róg of risin.“", "en": "Then eleventh I rede thee, that wrath thou shun,\nAnd treachery false with thy friends;\nNot long the leader’s life shall be,\nFor great are the foes he faces." } ], "brot": [ { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 1", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvaþ:\n„ . . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nhvat hefir Sigvrþr\ntil saka vnnit,\ner þv frǫcnan uill\nfiorvi nęma?“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“What evil deed has Sigurth done,\nThat the hero’s life thou fain wouldst have?”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 2", "orig": "Gvnnar qvaþ:\n„Mer hefir Sigvrþr\nselda eiþa,\neiþa selda,\nalla logna;\nþa vęlti hann mic,\ner hann vera scyldi\nallra eiþa\neinn fvlltrvi.“", "en": "Gunnar spake:\n“Sigurth oaths to me hath sworn,\nOaths hath sworn, and all hath broken;\nHe betrayed me there where truest all\nHis oaths, methinks, he ought to have kept.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 3", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvaþ:\n„Þic hefir Brynhildr\nbꜹl at gerva\nheiptar hvattan\nharm at vinna;\nfyrman hon Gvðrv́no\ngoðra raþa,\nenn siþan þer\nsin at nióta.“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“Thy heart hath Brynhild whetted to hate,\nEvil to work and harm to win;\nShe grudges the honor that Guthrun has,\nAnd that joy of herself thou still dost have.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 4", "orig": "Svmir vlf sviþo,\nsvmir orm sniþo,\nsvmir Gothormi\naf gæra deildo;\naþr þeir mętti\nmeins vm lystir\na horscom hal\nhendr vm leggia.", "en": "They cooked a wolf, they cut up a snake,\nThey gave to Gotthorm the greedy one’s flesh,\nBefore the men, to murder minded,\nLaid their hands on the hero bold." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 5", "orig": "Soltinn varþ Sigvrþr\nsvnnan Rinar,\nhrafn af meiþi\nhát callaði:\n„Ycr mvn Atli\neggiar rioþa,\nmvno vígscá\nof viþa eiþar.“", "en": "Slain was Sigurth south of the Rhine;\nFrom a limb a raven called full loud:\n“Your blood shall redden Atli’s blade,\nAnd your oaths shall bind you both in chains.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 6", "orig": "Vti stoþ Gvðrun\nGivca dottir\noc hon þat orða\nallz fyrst vm qvað:\n„Hvar er nv Sigvrþr\nseggia drottinn,\ner frǫndr minir\nfyrri ríþa?“", "en": "Without stood Guthrun, Gjuki’s daughter,\nHear now the speech that first she spake:\n“Where is Sigurth now, the noble king,\nThat my kinsmen riding before him come?”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 7", "orig": "Einn þvi Hꜹgni\nandsvor vęitti:\n„Svndr hꜹfom Sigvrþ\nsverþi hꜹgginn,\ngnapir ę grár iór\nyfir gram dꜹþom.“", "en": "Only this did Hogni answer:\n“Sigurth we with our swords have slain;\nThe gray horse mourns by his master dead.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 8", "orig": "Þa qvað þat Brynhildr\nBvdla dottir:\n„Vel scolot niota\nvapna oc landa;\neinn mvndi Sigvrþr\nꜹllo raþa,\nef hann lengr litlo\nlifi heldi.", "en": "Then Brynhild spake, the daughter of Buthli:\n“Well shall ye joy in weapons and lands;\nSigurth alone of all had been lord,\nIf a little longer his life had been." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 9", "orig": "Vęria þat sęmt,\nat hann sva reþi\nGivca arfi\noc Gota mengi,\ner hann fimm sono\nat folcroþi\ngvnnarfvsa\ngetna hafþi.“", "en": "“Right were it not that so he should rule\nO’er Gjuki’s wealth and the race of the Goths;\nFive are the sons for ruling the folk,\nAnd greedy of fight, that he hath fathered.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 10", "orig": "Hló þa Brynhildr\nbǫr allr dvnþi,\neino sinni\naf ꜹllom hvg:\n„Lengi scoloþ niota\nlanda oc þegna,\ner þer frǫcnan gram\nfalla letoþ.“", "en": "Then Brynhild laughed, and the building echoed.\nOnly once, with all her heart;\n“Long shall ye joy in lands and men,\nNow ye have slain the hero noble.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 11", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Gvþrvn\nGivca dottir:\n„Mioc melir þv\nmiclar firnar;\ngramir hafi Gvnnar\ngꜹtvaþ Sigvrþar!\nheiptgiarns hvgar\nhefnt scal verþa.“", "en": "Then Guthrun spake, the daughter of Gjuki:\n“Much thou speakest in evil speech;\nAccursed be Gunnar, Sigurth’s killer,\nVengeance shall come for his cruel heart.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 12", "orig": "Fram var qvelda,\nfiolþ var drvccit,\nþa var hvivetna\nvilmal taliþ;\nsofnoþo allir,\ner i sęing qvomo,\neinn vacþi Gvnnarr\nꜹllom lengr.", "en": "Early came evening, and ale was drunk,\nAnd among them long and loud they talked;\nThey slumbered all when their beds they sought,\nBut Gunnar alone was long awake." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 13", "orig": "Fót nam at hrǫra,\nfiolþ nam at spialla,\nhitt herglꜹtvþr\nhyggia tęþi,\nhvat þeir a baþmi\nbaþir sꜹgðo\nhrafn ey oc orn,\ner þeir heim riþo.", "en": "His feet were tossing, he talked to himself,\nAnd the slayer of hosts began to heed\nWhat the twain from the tree had told him then,\nThe raven and eagle, as home they rode." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 14", "orig": "Vacnaþi Brynhildr\nBvðla dottir\ndis scioldvnga\nfyr dag litlo:\n„Hvetiþ mic eþa letiþ mic\nharmr er vnninn,\nsorg at segia\neþa sva lata!“", "en": "Brynhild awoke, the daughter of Buthli,\nThe warrior’s daughter, ere dawn of day:\n“Love me or hate me, the harm is done,\nAnd my grief cries out, or else I die.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 15", "orig": "Þꜹgdo allir\nviþ þvi orði,\nfár kvnni þeim\nflioþa-latom,\ner hon gratandi\ngorðiz at segia\nþat er hlǫiandi\nhꜹlþa beiddi.", "en": "Silent were all who heard her speak,\nAnd nought of the heart of the queen they knew,\nWho wept such tears the thing to tell\nThat laughing once of the men she had won." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 16", "orig": "Brynhildr qvaþ:\n„Hvgða ec mer, Gvnnarr!\ngrimt i svefni,\nsvalt alt i sal,\nętta sęing kalda;\nenn þv, gramr! riþir\nglꜹms andvani,\nfiotri fatlaþr,\ni fianda liþ;", "en": "Brynhild spake:\n“Gunnar, I dreamed a dream full grim:\nIn the hall were corpses; cold was my bed;\nAnd, ruler, thou didst joyless ride,\nWith fetters bound in the foemen’s throng." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 17", "orig": "sva mvn ꜹll yðor\nętt Niflvnga\nafli gengin,\neroþ eiþrofa.", "en": "“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . .\nUtterly now your Niflung race\nAll shall die; your oaths ye have broken." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 18", "orig": "Mantattv, Gvnnarr!\ntil gorva þat,\ner þit bloþi i spor\nbaðir rendvt;\nnv hefir þv hanom þat alt\nillo lꜹnat,\ner hann fremstan sic\nfinna vildi.", "en": "“Thou hast, Gunnar, the deed forgot,\nWhen blood in your footprints both ye mingled;\nAll to him hast repaid with ill\nWho fain had made thee the foremost of kings." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 19", "orig": "Þa reyndi þat,\ner riþit hafði\nmoþigr a vit\nmín at biþia,\nhve herglꜹtvþr\nhafði fyrri\neiþom haldit\nviþ inn vnga gram.", "en": "“Well did he prove, when proud he rode\nTo win me then thy wife to be,\nHow true the host-slayer ever had held\nThe oaths he had made with the monarch young." }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu 20", "orig": "Benvond of let\nbrvgdinn gvlli\nmargdyrr konvngr\na meþal occar;\neldi váro eggiar\nvtan gorvar,\nenn eitrdropom\ninnan fádar.“", "en": "“The wound-staff then, all wound with gold,\nThe hero let between us lie;\nWith fire the edge was forged full keen,\nAnd with drops of venom the blade was damp.”" }, { "ref": "Brot af Sigurtharkvithu, closing prose", "orig": "Fra dꜹþa Sigvrdar\nHer er sagt i þessi qviþo fra dꜹþa Sigvrdar, oc vikr her sva til, sem þeir drępi hann vti; enn svmir segia sva, at þeir drępi hann inni i reckio sinni sofanda. Enn þyþverscir menn segia sva, at þeir drępi hann vti i scogi, oc sva segir i Gvðrvnarqviþo inni forno, at Sigvrþr oc Givca synir hefði til þings riþit, þa er hann var drepinn; enn þat segia allir einnig, at þeir svico hann i trygð oc vógo at hanom liggianda oc obvnom.", "en": "Here it is told in this poem about the death of Sigurth, and the story goes here that they slew him out of doors, but some say that they slew him in the house, on his bed while he was sleeping. But German men say that they killed him out of doors in the forest; and so it is told in the old Guthrun lay, that Sigurth and Gjuki’s sons had ridden to the council-place, and that he was slain there. But in this they are all agreed, that they deceived him in his trust of them, and fell upon him when he was lying down and unprepared." } ], "gudrunarkvida-1": [ { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I, opening prose", "orig": "Gvdrvn sat yfir Sigvrði dꜹþom; hon grét eigi sem adrar konor, en hon var bvin til at springa af harmi. Til gengo bǫþi konor oc karlar at hvgga hana, enn þat var eigi ꜹ́ðuelt. Þat er sꜹgn manna, at Gvdrvn hefði etiþ af Fafnis hiarta, oc hon scilþi þvi fvgls rꜹdd. Þetta er enn qveþit vm Gvdrvno:", "en": "Guthrun sat by the dead Sigurth; she did not weep as other women, but her heart was near to bursting with grief. The men and women came to her to console her, but that was not easy to do. It is told of men that Guthrun had eaten of Fafnir’s heart, and that she understood the speech of birds. This is a poem about Guthrun." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 1", "orig": "Ár var þatz Gvðrv́n\ngordiz at deyia,\ner hon sat sorgfvll\nyfir Sigvrþi;\ngerþit hon hiv́fra\nne hondom slá\nne qveina vm\nsem konor adrar.", "en": "Then did Guthrun think to die,\nWhen she by Sigurth sorrowing sat;\nTears she had not, nor wrung her hands,\nNor ever wailed, as other women." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 2", "orig": "Gengo iarlar\nalsnotrir fram,\nþeir er hardz hvgar\nhana lꜹtto;\nþeygi Gvdrvn\ngrata matti,\nsva var hon moþvg,\nmvndi hon springa.", "en": "To her the warriors wise there came,\nLonging her heavy woe to lighten;\nGrieving could not Guthrun weep,\nSo sad her heart, it seemed, would break." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 3", "orig": "Sato itrar\niarla brvþir\ngvlli bvnar\nfyr Gvdrvno;\nhver sagdi þeirra\nsinn of trega,\nþann er bitrastan\nvm beþit hafði.", "en": "Then the wives of the warriors came,\nGold-adorned, and Guthrun sought;\nEach one then of her own grief spoke,\nThe bitterest pain she had ever borne." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 4", "orig": "Þa qvaþ Giaflꜹg\nGivca systir:\n„Mic veit ec a moldo\nmvnarlꜹsasta:\nhefi ec fimm vera\nforspell beþit,\ntveggia dǫtra,\nþriggia systra,\nátta brǫþra,\nþo ec eín lifi.“", "en": "Then spake Gjaflaug, Gjuki’s sister:\n“Most joyless of all on earth am I;\nHusbands five were from me taken,\nTwo daughters then, and sisters three,\nBrothers eight, yet I have lived.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 5", "orig": "Þeygi Gvðrvn\ngrata matti,\nsva var hon moþvg\nat mꜹg dꜹðan\noc harþhvgvþ\nvm hręr fylcis.", "en": "Grieving could not Guthrun weep,\nSuch grief she had for her husband dead,\nAnd so grim her heart by the hero’s body." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 6", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Herborg\nHvnalanz drotning:\n„Hefi ec harþara\nharm at segia:\nminir siꜹ synir\nsvnnanlanz,\nverr inn átti,\ni val fello.\nFaþir oc moþir,\nfiorir brǫþr,\nþꜹ a vagi\nvindr of léc,\nbarþi bara\nviþ borþþili.", "en": "Then Herborg spake, the queen of the Huns:\n“I have a greater grief to tell;\nMy seven sons in the southern land,\nAnd my husband, fell in fight all eight.\nFather and mother and brothers four\nAmid the waves the wind once smote,\nAnd the seas crashed through the sides of the ship." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 7", "orig": "Sialf scylda ec gꜹfga,\nsialf scylda ec gꜹtva,\nsialf scylda ec hꜹndla\nhrǫr þeirra;\nþat ec alt vm beiþ\nein missere,\nsva at mer mangi\nmvnar leitaþi.", "en": "“The bodies all with my own hands then\nI decked for the grave, and the dead I buried;\nA half-year brought me this to bear;\nAnd no one came to comfort me." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 8", "orig": "Þa varþ ec hapta\noc hernvma\nsams misseris\nsiþan verþa;\nscylda ec screyta\noc scva binda\nhersiss qvan\nhverian morgin.", "en": "“Then bound I was, and taken in war,\nA sorrow yet in the same half-year;\nThey bade me deck and bind the shoes\nOf the wife of the monarch every morn." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 9", "orig": "Hon ęgdi mer\naf afbryþi\noc horþom mic\nhꜹggom keyrþi;\nfann ec hv́sgvma\nhvergi in betra,\nenn hvsfreýio\nhvergi verri.", "en": "“In jealous rage her wrath she spake,\nAnd beat me oft with heavy blows;\nNever a better lord I knew,\nAnd never a woman worse I found.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 10", "orig": "Þeygi Gvðrvn\ngrata matti,\nsva var hon moþvg\nat mꜹg dꜹðan\noc harþhvgvþ\nvm hręr fylcis.", "en": "Grieving could not Guthrun weep,\nSuch grief she had for her husband dead,\nAnd so grim her heart by the hero’s body." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 11", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Gvllrꜹnd\nGivca dottir:\n„Fá kantv, fostra!\nþott þv froþ sér,\nvngo vifi\nannspioll bera.“\nVaraþi hon at hylia\nvm hrǫr fylcis.", "en": "Then spake Gollrond, Gjuki’s daughter:\n“Thy wisdom finds not, my foster-mother,\nThe way to comfort the wife so young.”\nShe bade them uncover the warrior’s corpse." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 12", "orig": "Svipti hon blø̨io\naf Sigvrþi\noc vatt vengi\nfyr vifs kniám:\n„Littv a livfan,\nlegþv mvnn viþ gron,\nsem þv halsaþir\nheilan stilli!“", "en": "The shroud she lifted from Sigurth, laying\nHis well-loved head on the knees of his wife:\n“Look on thy loved one, and lay thy lips\nTo his as if yet the hero lived.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 13", "orig": "A leít Gvdrvn\neino sinni,\nsa hon dꜹglings scꜹr\ndreyra rvnna,\nfranar sionir\nfylcis liþnar,\nhvgborg iofvrs\nhiorvi scorna.", "en": "Once alone did Guthrun look;\nHis hair all clotted with blood beheld,\nThe blinded eyes that once shone bright,\nThe hero’s breast that the blade had pierced." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 14", "orig": "Þa hné Gvdrvn\nhꜹll viþ bólstri,\nhaddr losnaþi,\nhlyr roþnaþi,\nenn regns dropi\nrann niþr vm knę.", "en": "Then Guthrun bent, on her pillow bowed,\nHer hair was loosened, her cheek was hot,\nAnd the tears like raindrops downward ran." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 15", "orig": "Þa grét Gvdrvn\nGivca dottir,\nsva at tár flvgo\ntresc i gognom,\noc gvllo viþ\ngęss i tv́ni,\nmǫrir fvglar,\ner męr átti.", "en": "Then Guthrun, daughter of Gjuki, wept,\nAnd through her tresses flowed the tears;\nAnd from the court came the cry of geese,\nThe birds so fair of the hero’s bride." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 16", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Gvllrꜹnd\nGivca dottir:\n„Yccrar vissa ec\nastir mestar\nmanna allra\nfyr mold ofan;\nvnþir þv hvarki\nv́ti ne inni,\nsystir mín!\nnema hia Sigvrþi.“", "en": "Then Gollrond spake, the daughter of Gjuki:\n“Never a greater love I knew\nThan yours among all men on earth;\nNowhere wast happy, at home or abroad,\nSister mine, with Sigurth away.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 17", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Gvdrvn\nGivca dottir:\n„Sva var minn Sigvrþr\nhia sonom Givca,\nsęm vęri geirlꜹ́cr\nor grasi vaxinn,\neþa vęri biartr steinn\na band dreginn,\niarknasteinn,\nyfir ꜹdlingom.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“So was my Sigurth o’er Gjuki’s sons\nAs the spear-leek grown above the grass,\nOr the jewel bright borne on the band,\nThe precious stone that princes wear." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 18", "orig": "Ec þotta oc\nþioþans reccom\nhverri hǫri\nHerians disi;\nnv em ec sva litil,\nsem lꜹf sę\nopt i ꜹlstrom,\nat iofvr dꜹþan.", "en": "“To the leader of men I loftier seemed\nAnd higher than all of Herjan’s maids;\nAs little now as the leaf I am\nOn the willow hanging; my hero is dead." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 19", "orig": "Sacna ec i sessi\noc i sęingo\nmíns málvinar,\nvalda megir Givca,\nvalda megir Givca\nmino bolvi\noc systvr sinnar\nsárom grati.", "en": "“In his seat, in his bed, I see no more\nMy heart’s true friend; the fault is theirs,\nThe sons of Gjuki, for all my grief,\nThat so their sister sorely weeps." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 20", "orig": "Sva er vm lyþa\nlandi eyþit,\nsem er vm vnnoþ\neiþa svarþa;\nmana þv, Gvnnarr!\ngvllz vm niota,\nþeir mvno þer bꜹgar\nat bana verþa,\ner þv Sigvrþi\nsvarþir eiþa.", "en": "“So shall your land its people lose\nAs ye have kept your oaths of yore;\nGunnar, no joy the gold shall give thee,\nThe rings shall soon thy slayers be,\nWho swarest oaths with Sigurth once." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 21", "orig": "Opt var i tv́ni\nteiti meiri,\nþa er minn Sigvrþr\nsꜹþladi Grana\noc þeir Brynhildar\nbiþia foro,\narmrar vettar,\nillo heilli.“", "en": "“In the court was greater gladness then\nThe day my Sigurth Grani saddled,\nAnd went forth Brynhild’s hand to win,\nThat woman ill, in an evil hour.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 22", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Brynhildr\nBvþla dottir:\n„Vꜹn sę sv vęttr\nvers oc barna,\nęr þic, Gvdrvn!\ngraz vm beiddi\noc þer i morgon\nmálrv́nar gaf.“", "en": "Then Brynhild spake, the daughter of Buthli:\n“May the witch now husband and children want\nWho, Guthrun, loosed thy tears at last,\nAnd with magic today hath made thee speak.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 23", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Gvllrond\nGivca dottir:\n„Þegi þv, þioþleiþ!\nþeirra orða!\nvrdr ꜹdlinga\nhefir þv ę veriþ,\nrecr þic alda hverr\nillrar scepno,\nsorg sara\nsiꜹ konvnga\noc vinspell\nvifa mest.“", "en": "Then Gollrond, daughter of Gjuki, spake:\n“Speak not such words, thou hated woman;\nBane of the noble thou e’er hast been,\nBorne thou art on an evil wave,\nSorrow hast brought to seven kings,\nAnd many a woman hast loveless made.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 24", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Brynhildr\nBvþla dottir:\n„Veldr einn Atli\nollo bolvi\nof borinn Bvþla,\nbroþir minn.\nÞa ęr viþ i hꜹll\nhvnscrar þioþar\neld a iofri\normbeþs litom,\nþess hefi ec gangs\ngoldit siþan,\nþeirrar synar,\nsamc ey.“", "en": "Then Brynhild, daughter of Buthli, spake:\n“Atli is guilty of all the sorrow,\nSon of Buthli and brother of mine,\nWhen we saw in the hall of the Hunnish race\nThe flame of the snake’s bed flash round the hero;\nFor the journey since full sore have I paid,\nAnd ever I seek the sight to forget.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I 25", "orig": "Stoþ hon vnd stoþ,\nstrengþi hon elri,\nbrann Brynhildi\nBvþla dottvr\neldr or ꜹgom,\neitri fnęsti,\ner hon sár vm leit\na Sigvrþi.", "en": "By the pillars she stood, and gathered her strength,\nFrom the eyes of Brynhild, Buthli’s daughter,\nFire there burned, and venom she breathed,\nWhen the wounds she saw on Sigurth then." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha I, closing prose", "orig": "Gvdrvn gecc þaþan brꜹ́t til scogar a eyþimercr oc for alt til Danmarcar oc var þar meþ Þoro Haconar dottvr siꜹ misseri. Brynhildr vildi ęigi lifa ęptir Sigvrþ; hon let drepa þręla sina átta oc fimm ambottir; þa lagði hon sic sverþi til bana, sva sem sęgir i Sigurdar qviþo inni scommo.", "en": "Guthrun went thence away to a forest in the waste, and journeyed all the way to Denmark, and was there seven half-years with Thora, daughter of Hokon. Brynhild would not live after Sigurth. She had eight of her thralls slain and five serving-women. Then she killed herself with a sword, as is told in the Short Lay of Sigurth." } ], "sigurdarkvida-skamma": [ { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 1", "orig": "Ar var þatz Sigvrþr\nsotti Givca\nVolsvngr vngi,\ner vegit hafði;\ntoc viþ trygðom\ntveggia brǫþra,\nseldvz eiþa\nelivnfrǫcnir.", "en": "Of old did Sigurth Gjuki seek,\nThe Volsung young, in battles victor;\nWell he trusted the brothers twain,\nWith mighty oaths among them sworn." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 2", "orig": "Mey bvdo hánom\noc meiþma fiolþ,\nGvðrvno vngo\nGivca dottvr;\ndrvcco oc dǫmþo\ndǫgr mart saman\nSigvrþr vngi\noc synir Givca.", "en": "A maid they gave him, and jewels many,\nGuthrun the young, the daughter of Gjuki;\nThey drank and spake full many a day,\nSigurth the young and Gjuki’s sons." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 3", "orig": "Vnnz þeir Brynhildar\nbiþia foro,\nsva at þeim Sigvrþr\nreíþ i sinni\nVolsvngr vngi,\noc vega kvnni;\nhann vm ętti,\nef hann eiga knętti.", "en": "Thereafter went they Brynhild to woo,\nAnd so with them did Sigurth ride,\nThe Volsung young, in battle valiant,\nHimself would have had her if all he had seen." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 4", "orig": "Sigvrþr inn svðrǫni\nlagdi sverþ necqviþ,\nmø̨ki málfán\na meþal þeirra,\nne hann kono\nkyssa gerþi,\nne hv́nscr konvngr\nhefia ser at armi,\nmey frvmvnga\nfal hann megi Givca.", "en": "The southern hero his naked sword,\nFair-flashing, let between them lie;\nNor would he come the maid to kiss;\nThe Hunnish king in his arms ne’er held\nThe maiden he gave to Gjuki’s sons." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 5", "orig": "Hon ser at lifi\nlꜹst ne vissi\noc at aldrlagi\necki grand,\nvamm þat er vęri\neþa vera hygði;\ngengo þess a milli\ngrimmar vrþir.", "en": "Ill she had known not in all her life,\nAnd nought of the sorrows of men she knew;\nBlame she had not, nor dreamed she should bear it,\nBut cruel the fates that among them came." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 6", "orig": "Ein sat hon vti\naptan dags,\nnam hon sva mart\nvm at melaz:\n„Hafa scal ęc Sigvrþ,\neþa þo svelta,\nmꜹg frvmvngan\nmer a armi.", "en": "By herself at the end of day she sat,\nAnd in open words her heart she uttered:\n“I shall Sigurth have, the hero young,\nE’en though within my arms he die." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 7", "orig": "Orþ męltac nv,\niþromc eptir þess:\nqvan er hans Gvðrvn,\nenn ęc Gvnnars;\nliotar nornir\nscópo oss langa þrá.“", "en": "“The word I have spoken; soon shall I rue it,\nHis wife is Guthrun, and Gunnar’s am I;\nIll Norns set for me long desire.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 8–9", "orig": "Opt gengr hon innan\nillz vm fylld,\nísa oc iocla,\naptan hvern,\ner þꜹ Gvdrvn\nganga a beþ\noc hana Sigvrþr\nsveipr i ripti,\nkonvngr inn hv́nsci\nkván friá sina.\n„Von geng ec vilia\nvers oc beggia,\nverþ ec mic gǫla\naf grimmom hvg.“", "en": "Oft did she go with grieving heart\nOn the glacier’s ice at even-tide,\nWhen Guthrun then to her bed was gone,\nAnd the bedclothes Sigurth about her laid.\n“Now Gjuki’s child to her lover goes,\nAnd the Hunnish king with his wife is happy;\nJoyless I am and mateless ever,\nTill cries from my heavy heart burst forth.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 10", "orig": "Nam af þeim heiptom\nhvetiaz at vígi:\n„Þv scalt, Gvnnarr!\ngerst vm lata\nmino landi\noc mer sialfri;\nmvn ec vna aldri\nmeþ ꜹþlingi.", "en": "In her wrath to battle she roused herself:\n“Gunnar, now thou needs must lose\nLands of mine and me myself,\nNo joy shall I have with the hero ever." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 11", "orig": "Mvn ec aptr fara,\nþars ec aþan varc\nmeþ nabornom\nniþiom minom;\nþar mvn ec sitia\noc sofa lifi,\nnema þv Sigvrþ\nsvelta látir\noc iofvrr ꜹþrom\nǫþri verþir.", "en": "“Back shall I fare where first I dwelt,\nAmong the kin that come of my race,\nTo wait there, sleeping my life away,\nIf Sigurth’s death thou shalt not dare,\nAnd best of heroes thou shalt not be." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 12", "orig": "Latom son fara\nfeðr i sinni,\nscalat vlf ala\nvngan lengi;\nhveim verþr hꜹlþa\nhefnd lettari\nsiþan til sátta,\nat sonr lifi?“", "en": "“The son shall fare with his father hence,\nAnd let not long the wolf-cub live;\nLighter to pay is the vengeance-price\nAfter the deed if the son is dead.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 13", "orig": "Reiþr varþ Gvnnarr\noc hnipnaþi,\nsveip sinom hvg,\nsat vm allan dag;\nhann vissi þat\nvilgi gorla,\nhvat hanom vęri\nvinna sǫmst\nęþa hanom vęri\nvinna bezt,\nallz sic Volsvng\nvissi firþan\noc at Sigvrþ\nsocnoþ mikinn.", "en": "Sad was Gunnar, and bowed with grief,\nDeep in thought the whole day through;\nYet from his heart it was ever hid\nWhat deed most fitting he should find,\nOr what thing best for him should be,\nOr if he should seek the Volsung to slay,\nFor with mighty longing Sigurth he loved." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 14", "orig": "Ymist hann hvgði\niafnlanga stvnd:\nþat var eigi\navar títt,\nat fra konvngdom\nqvanir gengi;\nnam hann ser Hꜹgna\nheita at rv́nom,\nþar atti hann\nallz fvlltrva.", "en": "Much he pondered for many an hour;\nNever before was the wonder known\nThat a queen should thus her kingdom leave;\nIn counsel then did he Hogni call,\nFor him in truest trust he held." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 15", "orig": "„Eín er mer Brynhildr\nꜹllom betri\nvm borin Bvdla,\nhon er bragr qvenna;\nfyrr scal ec mino\nfiorvi láta\nenn þeirrar meyiar\nmeiþmom tyna.", "en": "“More than all to me is Brynhild,\nButhli’s child, the best of women;\nMy very life would I sooner lose\nThan yield the love of yonder maid." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 16", "orig": "Villdv ocr fylci\ntil fiar vela?\ngott ęr at raþa\nRínar malmi\noc vnandi\nꜹþi styra\noc sitiandi\nsęlo nióta.“", "en": "“Wilt thou the hero for wealth betray?\n’Twere good to have the gold of the Rhine,\nAnd all the hoard in peace to hold,\nAnd waiting fortune thus to win.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 17", "orig": "Eino þvi Hꜹgni\nannsvor veítti:\n„Samir eigi ocr\nslict at vinna,\nsverþi rofna\nsvarna eiða,\neiða svarna,\nvnnar trygdir.", "en": "Few the words of Hogni were:\n“Us it beseems not so to do,\nTo cleave with swords the oaths we swore,\nThe oaths we swore and all our vows." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 18–19", "orig": "Vitoma vid a moldo\nmenn in sęlli,\nmedan fiórir ver\nfolci raþom\noc sa inn húnsci\nherbaldr lifir,\nne in mǫtri\nmǫgð a moldo;\nef ver fimm sono\nfǫþom lengi,\náttomgóþa\nęxla knęttim.\nEc væit gorla,\nhvadan uegir standa:\nero Brynhildar\nbrek ofmicil.“", "en": "“We know no mightier men on earth\nThe while we four o’er the folk hold sway,\nAnd while the Hunnish hero lives,\nNor higher kinship the world doth hold.\n“If sons we five shall soon beget,\nGreat, methinks, our race shall grow;\nWell I see whence lead the ways;\nToo bitter far is Brynhild’s hate.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 20", "orig": "Gvnnarr qvaþ:\n„Við scolom Gvðthorm\ngorva at vigi,\nyngra brodor\nofroþara;\nhann var fyr vtan\neiþa svarna,\neiða svarna,\nvnnar trygdir.“", "en": "Gunnar spake:\n“Gotthorm to wrath we needs must rouse,\nOur younger brother, in rashness blind;\nHe entered not in the oaths we swore,\nThe oaths we swore and all our vows.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 21", "orig": "Dǫlt var at eggia\nobilgiarnan,\nstoþ til hiarta\nhiorr Sigvrþi.", "en": "It was easy to rouse the reckless one.\n. . . . .\nThe sword in the heart of Sigurth stood." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 22", "orig": "Reþ til hefnda\nhergiarn i sal\noc eptir varp\nobilgiornom;\nflo til Gvdthorms\nGrams ramliga\nkynbirt iarn\nor konvngs hendi.", "en": "In vengeance the hero rose in the hall,\nAnd hurled his sword at the slayer bold;\nAt Gotthorm flew the glittering steel\nOf Gram full hard from the hand of the king." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 23", "orig": "Hne hans vm dolgr\ntil hlvta tveggia,\nhendr oc hꜹfvþ\nhne a annan veg,\nenn fotalvtr\nfell aptr i stað.", "en": "The foeman cleft asunder fell,\nForward hands and head did sink,\nAnd legs and feet did backward fall." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 24", "orig": "Sofnoþ var Gvdrvn\ni sęingo\nsorgalꜹs\nhia Sigvrþi;\nenn hon vacnadi\nuilia firþ,\ner hon Freýss vinar\nflꜹ́t i dreyra.", "en": "Guthrun soft in her bed had slept,\nSafe from care at Sigurth’s side;\nShe woke to find her joy had fled,\nIn the blood of the friend of Freyr she lay." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 25", "orig": "Sva slo hon svarar\nsinar hendr,\nat rammhvgaþr\nreis vp viþ beþ:\n„Grataþv, Gvdrvn!\nsva grimliga,\nbrvþr frvmvnga!\nþer brǫþr lifa.", "en": "So hard she smote her hands together\nThat the hero rose up, iron-hearted:\n“Weep not, Guthrun, grievous tears,\nBride so young, for thy brothers live." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 26", "orig": "A ec til vngan\nerfinytia,\nkannat hann firraz\nor fiandgarþi;\nþeir sér hafa\nsvárt oc dátt\nenn nęr nvmit\nnylig ráþ.", "en": "“Too young, methinks, is my son as yet,\nHe cannot flee from the home of his foes;\nFearful and deadly the plan they found,\nThe counsel new that now they have heeded." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 27", "orig": "Riþra þeim siþan,\nþott siꜹ alir,\nsystorsonr\nslicr at þingi;\nec veit gorla,\nhvi gegnir nv:\nein veldr Brynhildr\nollo bolvi.", "en": "“No son will ride, though seven thou hast,\nTo the Thing as the son of their sister rides;\nWell I see who the ill has worked,\nOn Brynhild alone lies the blame for all." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 28", "orig": "Mer vnni męr\nfyr mann hvern,\nenn viþ Gvnnar\ngrand ecci vanc;\nþyrmþa ec sifiom,\nsvornom eiþom,\nsiþr vęrac heitinn\nhans qvanar vinr.“", "en": "“Above all men the maiden loved me,\nYet false to Gunnar I ne’er was found;\nI kept the oaths and the kinship I swore;\nOf his queen the lover none may call me.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 29", "orig": "Kona varp ꜹndo,\nen konvngr fiorvi,\nsva slo hon svárar\nsinar hendr,\nat qvaþo viþ\ncalcar i rá\noc gvllo viþ\ngǫss i tv́ni.", "en": "In a swoon she sank when Sigurth died;\nSo hard she smote her hands together\nThat all the cups in the cupboard rang,\nAnd loud in the courtyard cried the geese." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 30", "orig": "Hlo þa Brynhildr\nBvðla dottir\neino sinni\naf ꜹllom hvg,\ner hon til hvilo\nheyra knátti\ngiallan grat\nGiv́ca dottvr.", "en": "Then Brynhild, daughter of Buthli, laughed,\nOnly once, with all her heart,\nWhen as she lay full loud she heard\nThe grievous wail of Gjuki’s daughter." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 31", "orig": "Hitt qvaþ þa Gvnnarr\ngramr hꜹcstalda:\n„Hlęra þv af þvi,\nheiptgiorn kona!\nglꜹþ a gólfi,\nat þer góds viti.\nHvi hafnar þv\ninom hvita lit,\nfeicna feþir?\nhygg ec, at feíg ser.", "en": "Then Gunnar, monarch of men, spake forth:\n“Thou dost not laugh, thou lover of hate,\nIn gladness there, or for aught of good;\nWhy has thy face so white a hue,\nMother of ill? Foredoomed thou art." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 32", "orig": "Þv vǫrir þess\nverþvst qvenna,\nat fyr ꜹgom þer\nAtla hioggim,\nsęir brǫþr þinom\nbloþvct sár,\nvndir dreyrgar\nknęttir yfir binda.“", "en": "“A worthier woman wouldst thou have been\nIf before thine eyes we had Atli slain;\nIf thy brother’s bleeding body hadst seen\nAnd the bloody wounds that thou shouldst bind.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 33", "orig": "Brynhildr qvaþ:\n„Fryra maþr þer, Gvnnarr!\nhefir þv fvllvegit;\nlítt sézc Atli\nóvo þina;\nhann mvn yccar\nond siþari\noc ę bera\nafl it meíra.", "en": "Brynhild spake:\n“None mock thee, Gunnar! thou hast mightily fought,\nBut thy hatred little doth Atli heed;\nLonger than thou, methinks, shall he live,\nAnd greater in might shall he ever remain." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 34", "orig": "Segia mvn ec þer, Gvnnarr!\nsialfr veiztv gorla,\nhvé er yþr snemma\ntil saka reþot;\nvarþ ec til vng\nne ofþrvngin\nfvllgǫdd fe\na fleti broþor.", "en": "“To thee I say, and thyself thou knowest,\nThat all these ills thou didst early shape;\nNo bonds I knew, nor sorrow bore,\nAnd wealth I had in my brother’s home." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 35", "orig": "Ne ec vilda þat,\nat mic verr ętti,\naþr þer Givkvngar\nriþot at garði\nþrír a hestom\nþioþkonvngar;\nenn þeirra for\nþꜹrfgi vęri.", "en": "“Never a husband sought I to have,\nBefore the Gjukungs fared to our land;\nThree were the kings on steeds that came,\nNeed of their journey never there was." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 36", "orig": "Þeim hetomc þa\nþioþkonvngi,\ner meþ gvlli sat\na Grana bogom;\nvarat hann i ꜹgo\nyþr vm licr,\nne a engi lvt\nat alitom,\nþo þicciz er\nþioþkonvngar.", "en": "“To the hero great my troth I gave\nWho gold-decked sat on Grani’s back;\nNot like to thine was the light of his eyes,\nNor like in form and face are ye,\nThough kingly both ye seemed to be." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 37", "orig": "Oc mer Atli þat\neinni sagði,\nat hvarki lez\nhꜹfnom deila,\ngvll ne iarþir,\nnema ec gefaz letac,\noc engi lvt\nꜹþins fiár,\nþa er mer ioþvngri\neiga selldi\noc mer ioþvngri\nꜹra talþi.", "en": "“And so to me did Atli say\nThat share in our wealth I should not have,\nOf gold or lands, if my hand I gave not;\nMore evil yet, the wealth I should yield,\nThe gold that he in my childhood gave me,\nThe wealth from him in my youth I had." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 38", "orig": "Þa var a hvorfon\nhvgr minn vm þat,\nhvart ec scylda uega\neþa val fęlla\nbꜹll i brynio\nvm broþvr sꜹc;\nþat mvndi þa\nþioþkvnt vera\nmorgom manne\nat mvnar striþi.", "en": "“Oft in my mind I pondered much\nIf still I should fight, and warriors fell,\nBrave in my byrnie, my brother defying;\nThat would wide in the world be known,\nAnd sorrow for many a man would make." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 39", "orig": "Letom siga\nsátmal occor,\nlęc mer meirr i mvn\nmeiþmar þiggia,\nbꜹga rꜹþa\nbvrar Sigmundar,\nne ec annars mannz\navra villdac.", "en": "“But the bond at last I let be made,\nFor more the hoard I longed to have,\nThe rings that the son of Sigmund won;\nNo other’s treasure e’er I sought." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 40", "orig": "Vnna einom\nne ymisom,\nbioat vm hverfan\nhvg menscꜹgvl;\nallt mvn þat Atli\neptir finna,\ner hann mina spyrr\nmorþfor gorva.", "en": "“One alone of all I loved,\nNor changing heart I ever had;\nAll in the end shall Atli know,\nWhen he hears I have gone on the death-road hence.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 41", "orig": "Þeygi scal\nþvnngeð kona\nannarrar ver\naldri leiþa;\nþa mvn a hefndom\nharma minna.“", "en": "“Never a wife of fickle will\nYet to another man should yield.\n. . . . .\nSo vengeance for all my ills shall come.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 42", "orig": "Vp reis Gvnnarr\ngramr verþvngar\noc vm hals kono\nhendr vm lagði;\ngengo allir\noc þo ymsir\naf heilom hvg\nhana at letia.", "en": "Up rose Gunnar, the people’s ruler,\nAnd flung his arms round her neck so fair;\nAnd all who came, of every kind,\nSought to hold her with all their hearts." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 43–44", "orig": "Hratt af halsi\nhveim þar ser,\nleta mann sic letia\nlangrar gongo.\nNam hann ser Hꜹgna\nheita at rvnom:\n„Seggi vil ec alla\ni sal ganga\nþina meþ minom\nnv er þꜹrf micil,\nvita, ef meini\nmorþfor kono,\nvnz af męli\nenn mein komi;\nþa latom þvi\nþarfar raþa.“", "en": "But back she cast all those who came,\nNor from the long road let them hold her;\nIn counsel then did he Hogni call:\n“Of wisdom now full great is our need.\n“Let the warriors here in the hall come forth,\nThine and mine, for the need is mighty,\nIf haply the queen from death they may hold,\nTill her fearful thoughts with time shall fade.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 45", "orig": "Eino þvi Hꜹgni\nandsvor veitti:\n„Letia maþr hana\nlangrar gongo,\nþars hon aptrborin\naldri verþi!\nhon krꜹng of komz\nfyr knę moþvr,\nhon ę borin\novilia til,\nmorgom manni\nat moþtrega.“", "en": "Few the words of Hogni were:\n“From the long road now shall ye hold her not,\nThat born again she may never be!\nFoul she came from her mother forth,\nAnd born she was for wicked deeds,\nSorrow to many a man to bring.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 46", "orig": "Hvarf ser ohroðvgr\nandspilli fra,\nþar er morc menia\nmeiþmom deildi.\nLęít hon vm alla\neigo sina,\nsoltnar þyiar\noc salkonor;", "en": "From the speaker gloomily Gunnar turned,\nFor the jewel-bearer her gems was dividing;\nOn all her wealth her eyes were gazing,\nOn the bond-women slain and the slaughtered slaves." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 47", "orig": "gvllbrynio smó,\nvara gott i hvg,\naþr sic miþlaði\nmękis eggiom.\nHné við bollstri\nhon a annan veg\noc hiorvndoþ\nhvgði at raþom:", "en": "Her byrnie of gold she donned, and grim\nWas her heart ere the point of her sword had pierced it;\nOn the pillow at last her head she laid,\nAnd, wounded, her plan she pondered o’er." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 48", "orig": "„Nv scolo ganga\nþeir er gvll vili\noc minna þvi\nat mer þiggia;\nec gef hverri\nvm hroþit sigli,\nbók oc blęio,\nbiartar vaþir.“", "en": "“Hither I will that my women come\nWho gold are fain from me to get;\nNecklaces fashioned fair to each\nShall I give, and cloth, and garments bright.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 49", "orig": "Þꜹgðo allir,\nhvgðo at raðom,\noc allir senn\nannsvor veitto:\nĘrnar soltnar,\nmvnom enn lifa,\nverþa salkonor\nsǫmð at vinna.“", "en": "Silent were all as so she spake,\nAnd all together answer made:\n“Slain are enough; we seek to live,\nNot thus thy women shall honor win.”" }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 50", "orig": "Vnnz af hyggiandi\nhꜹrscrydd kona\nvng at aldri\norþ viþr vm qvað:\n„Vilcat ec mann trꜹþan\nne torbǫnan\nvm óra sꜹc\naldri tyna.", "en": "Long the woman, linen-decked, pondered, Young she was, and weighed her words:\n“For my sake now shall none unwilling\nOr loath to die her life lay down." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 51", "orig": "Þo mvn a beinom\nbrenna ydrom\nfǫri eyrir,\nþa er ér fram comiþ,\nnęit Menio god,\nmin at vitia.", "en": "“But little of gems to gleam on your limbs\nYe then shall find when forth ye fare\nTo follow me, or of Menja’s wealth.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 52", "orig": "Seztv niþr, Gvnnarr!\nmvn ec segia þer\nlifs orvena\nliosa brvþi;\nmvna ydvart far\nalt i svndæ,\nþott ec hafa\nǫndo latiþ.", "en": "“Sit now, Gunnar! for I shall speak\nOf thy bride so fair and so fain to die;\nThy ship in harbor home thou hast not,\nAlthough my life I now have lost." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 53", "orig": "Sátt mvnoþ iþ Gvdrvn\nsnemr, en þv hyggir,\nhefir kvnn kona\nvid konvng\ndaprar miniar\nat dꜹþan ver.", "en": "“Thou shalt Guthrun requite more quick than thou thinkest,\n. . . . .\nThough sadly mourns the maiden wise\nWho dwells with the king, o’er her husband dead." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 54", "orig": "Þar er męr borin,\nmoþir fǫðir,\nsv mvn hvitari\nenn inn heiði dagr\nSvanhildr vera,\nsolar geisla.", "en": "“A maid shall then the mother bear;\nBrighter far than the fairest day\nSvanhild shall be, or the beams of the sun." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 55", "orig": "Gefa mvndv Gvðrvno\ngodra noccorom\nsceyti sceþa\nscatna mengi;\nmvnaþ at vilia\nversęl gefin,\nhana mvn Atli\neiga ganga\nof borinn Bvdla,\nbroþir minn.", "en": "“Guthrun a noble husband thou givest,\nYet to many a warrior woe will she bring,\nNot happily wedded she holds herself;\nHer shall Atli hither seek,\nButhli’s son, and brother of mine." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 56", "orig": "Margs a ec minnaz,\nhve viþ mic foro,\nþa er mic sára\nsvicna hꜹfdot,\nvadin at vilia\nvarc, meþan ec lifdac.", "en": "“Well I remember how me ye treated\nWhen ye betrayed me with treacherous wiles;\n. . . . .\nLost was my joy as long as I lived." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 57", "orig": "Mvntv Oddrv́no\neiga vilia,\nenn þic Atli\nmvn eigi lata;\niþ mvnoþ lv́ta\na lꜹ́n saman,\nhon mvn þer vnna,\nsem ec scyldac,\nef ocr goþ vm scꜹp\ngerþi verþa.", "en": "“Oddrun as wife thou fain wouldst win,\nBut Atli this from thee withholds;\nYet in secret tryst ye twain shall love;\nShe shall hold thee dear, as I had done\nIf kindly fate to us had fallen." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 58", "orig": "Þic mvn Atli\nillo beita,\nmvndv i ǫngan\normgarþ lagiþr.", "en": "“Ill to thee shall Atli bring,\nWhen he casts thee down in the den of snakes." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 59", "orig": "Þat mvn oc verþa\nþvigit lengra,\nat Atli mvn\nondo tyna,\nsęlo sinni\noc sona lifi,\nþviat hanom Gvðrvn\ngrimm er a beð\nsnorpom eggiom\naf sarom hvg.", "en": "“But soon thereafter Atli too\nHis life, methinks, as thou shalt lose,\nHis fortune lose and the lives of his sons;\nHim shall Guthrun, grim of heart,\nWith the biting blade in his bed destroy." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 60", "orig": "Sęmri vęri Gvðrvn\nsystir occor\nfrvmver sinom\nat fylgia dꜹþom,\nef henni gęfi\ngodra raþ,\neþa ętti hon hvg\nossvm likan.", "en": "“It would better beseem thy sister fair\nTo follow her husband first in death,\nIf counsel good to her were given,\nOr a heart akin to mine she had." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 61", "orig": "Oꜹrt męli ec nv,\nenn hon eigi mvn\nof ora sꜹc\naldri tyna;\nhana mvno hefia\nhavar baror\ntil Ionacrs\noþaltorfo.", "en": "“Slowly I speak, but for my sake\nHer life, methinks, she shall not lose;\nShe shall wander over the tossing waves,\nTo where Jonak rules his father’s realm." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 62", "orig": "Ala mvn hon ser ioþ,\nerfivꜹrþo,\nerfivꜹrþo\nIonacrs sonom;\nmvn hon Svanhildi\nsenda af landi,\nsina mey\noc Sigvrþar.", "en": "“Sons to him she soon shall bear,\nHeirs therewith of Jonak’s wealth;\nBut Svanhild far away is sent,\nThe child she bore to Sigurth brave." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 63", "orig": "Hana mvno bita\nBicca ráþ,\nþviat Iormvnreccr\noþarft lifir;\nþa er ꜹll farin\nętt Sigvrþar,\nero Gvdrvnar\ngręti at fleiri.", "en": "“Bikki’s word her death shall be,\nFor dreadful the wrath of Jormunrek;\nSo slain is all of Sigurth’s race,\nAnd greater the woe of Guthrun grows." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 64", "orig": "Biþia mvn ec þic\nbǫnar einnar,\nsv mvn i heimi\nhinzt bǫn vera:\nlattv sva breiþa\nborg a uelli,\nat vndir oss ollom\niafnrv́mt se,\nþeim er svlto\nmeþ Sigvrði.", "en": "“Yet one boon I beg of thee,\nThe last of boons in my life it is:\nLet the pyre be built so broad in the field\nThat room for us all will ample be,\nFor us who slain with Sigurth are." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 65", "orig": "Tialdi þar vm þa borg\ntioldom oc scioldom,\nvalarift vel fáþ\noc Vala mengi;\nbrenni mer inn hvnsca\na hliþ aðra.", "en": "“With shields and carpets cover the pyre,\n. . . . .\nShrouds full fair, and fallen slaves,\nAnd besides the Hunnish hero burn me." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 66", "orig": "Brenni enom hvnsca\na hliþ adra\nmina þiona\nmeniom gꜹfga,\ntveir at hꜹfðom\noc tveir hꜹ́car;\nþa er ꜹllo scipt\ntil iafnaðar.", "en": "“Besides the Hunnish hero there\nSlaves shall burn, full bravely decked,\nTwo at his head and two at his feet,\nA brace of hounds and a pair of hawks,\nFor so shall all be seemly done." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 67", "orig": "Liggi occar enn i milli\nmalmr hringvariþr,\negghvast iárn,\nsva endr lagið,\nþa er viþ bǫði\nbeð einn stigom\noc hętom þa\nhiona nafni.", "en": "“Let between us lie once more\nThe steel so keen, as so it lay\nWhen both within one bed we were,\nAnd wedded mates by men were called." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 68", "orig": "Hrynia hanom þa\na hęl þeygi\nhlvnnblic hallar\nhringi litcoþ,\nef hanom fylgir\nferð min heþan;\nþeygi mvn ór for\nꜹmlig vera.", "en": "“The door of the hall shall strike not the heel\nOf the hero fair with flashing rings,\nIf hence my following goes with him;\nNot mean our faring forth shall be." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 69", "orig": "Þviat hanom fylgia\nfimm ambóttir,\nátta þionar\neþlvm goðir,\nfostrman mitt\noc faðerni,\nþat er Bvdli gaf\nbarni síno.", "en": "“Bond-women five shall follow him,\nAnd eight of my thralls, well-born are they,\nChildren with me, and mine they were\nAs gifts that Buthli his daughter gave." }, { "ref": "Sigurtharkvitha en Skamma 70", "orig": "Mart sagða ec,\nmvnda ec fleira,\ner mer meirr miotvþr\nmalrv́m gęfi;\nomvn þverr,\nvndir svella,\nsatt eitt sagðac,\nsva mvn ec lata.“", "en": "“Much have I told thee, and more would say\nIf fate more space for speech had given;\nMy voice grows weak, my wounds are swelling;\nTruth I have said, and so I die.”" } ], "helreid-brynhildar": [ { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar, opening prose", "orig": "Eptir dꜹþa Brynhildar váro gor bál tvꜹ, annat Sigvrþi, oc brann þat fyrr, enn Brynhildr var a oþro brend, oc var hon i reiþ þeirri, er gvðvefiom var tioldoþ. Sva er sagt, at Brynhildr ok meþ reiðinni a helveg oc for vm tv́n, þar er gygr noccor bio. Gygrin qvaþ:", "en": "After the death of Brynhild there were made two bale-fires, the one for Sigurth, and that burned first, and on the other was Brynhild burned, and she was on a wagon which was covered with a rich cloth. Thus it is told, that Brynhild went in the wagon on Hel-way, and passed by a house where dwelt a certain giantess. The giantess spake:" }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 1", "orig": "„Scaltv i gognom\nganga eigi\ngrioti stvdda\ngarða mina;\nbetr semþi þer\nborða at rekia ę,\nheldr enn vitia\nvers annarrar.", "en": "“Thou shalt not further forward fare,\nMy dwelling ribbed with rocks across;\nMore seemly it were at thy weaving to stay,\nThan another’s husband here to follow." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 2", "orig": "Hvat scaltv vitia\naf Vallandi,\nhvarfúst hꜹfvþ!\nhvsa minna?\nþv hefir, vár gvllz!\nef þic uita lystir,\nmild af hondom\nmannz bloþ þuegit.“", "en": "“What wouldst thou have from Valland here,\nFickle of heart, in this my house?\nGold-goddess, now, if thou wouldst know,\nHeroes’ blood from thy hands hast washed.”" }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 3", "orig": "Brynhildr qvaþ:\n„Bregþv eigi mer,\nbrvþr or steini!\nþott ec uęrac\ni uikingo;\nec mvn occor\nǫþri þiccia,\nhvars menn ęþli\noccart kvnna.“", "en": "Brynhild spake:\n“Chide me not, woman from rocky walls,\nThough to battle once I was wont to go;\nBetter than thou I shall seem to be,\nWhen men us two shall truly know.”" }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 4", "orig": "Gygrin qvaþ:\n„Þv vart, Brynhildr\nBvdla dottir!\nheilli versto\ni heim borin;\nþv hefir Givca\nvm glatat bornom\noc bvi þeirra\nbrvgðit goðo.“", "en": "The giantess spake:\n“Thou wast, Brynhild, Buthli’s daughter,\nFor the worst of evils born in the world;\nTo death thou hast given Gjuki’s children,\nAnd laid their lofty house full low.”" }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 5", "orig": "Brynhildr qvaþ:\n„Ec mvn segia þer\nsvinn or reiþo\nvitlꜹssi mioc,\nef þic vita lystir,\nhve gorðo mic\nGivca arfar\nastalꜹsa\noc eiþrofa.", "en": "Brynhild spake:\n“Truth from the wagon here I tell thee,\nWitless one, if know thou wilt\nHow the heirs of Gjuki gave me to be\nJoyless ever, a breaker of oaths." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 6", "orig": "Heto mic allir\ni Hlymdꜹlom\nHildi vndir hialmi\nhverr er kvnni.", "en": "“Hild the helmed in Hlymdalir\nThey named me of old, all they who knew me.\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 7", "orig": "Let hami vára\nhvgfvllr konvngr\nátta systra\nvndir eic borit;\nvar ec vetra tolf,\nef þic vita lystir,\ner ec vngom gram\neiþa seldac.", "en": "“The monarch bold the swan-robes bore\nOf the sisters eight beneath an oak;\nTwelve winters I was, if know thou wilt,\nWhen oaths I yielded the king so young." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 8", "orig": "Þa let ec gamlan\na Godþioþo\nHialmgvnnar nęst\nheliar ganga;\ngaf ec vngom sigr\nAvþo broþor,\nþar varþ mer Oþinn\nofreiþr vm þat.", "en": "“Next I let the leader of Goths,\nHjalmgunnar the old, go down to hell,\nAnd victory brought to Autha’s brother;\nFor this was Othin’s anger mighty." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 9", "orig": "Lꜹc hann mic scioldom\ni Scatalvndi\nrꜹþom oc hvitom,\nrandir snvrto;\nþann bað hann slita\nsvefni minom,\ner hvergi landz\nhrǫþaz kynni.", "en": "“He beset me with shields in Skatalund,\nRed and white, their rims o’erlapped;\nHe bade that my sleep should broken be\nBy him who fear had nowhere found." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 10", "orig": "Let hann vm sal minn\nsvnnanverþan\nhavan brenna\nher allz viþar;\nþar baþ hann einn þegn\nyfir at riþa,\nþannz mer fǫrði gvll,\nþatz vnd Fafni la.", "en": "“He let round my hall, that southward looked,\nThe branches’ foe high-leaping burn;\nAcross it he bade the hero come\nWho brought me the gold that Fafnir guarded." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 11", "orig": "Reiþ goþr Grana\ngvllmiþlandi,\nþars fostri minn\nfletiom styrþi;\neinn þotti hann þar\nollom betri\nvikingr Dana\ní verþvngo.", "en": "“On Grani rode the giver of gold,\nWhere my foster-father ruled his folk;\nBest of all he seemed to be,\nThe prince of the Danes, when the people met." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 12", "orig": "Svafo viþ oc vnþom\ni sęing einni,\nsem hann minn broþir\nvm borinn vęri;\nhvartki knatti\nhond yfir annat\nátta nottom\noccart leggia.", "en": "“Happy we slept, one bed we had,\nAs he my brother born had been;\nEight were the nights when neither there\nLoving hand on the other laid." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 13", "orig": "Þvi brá mer Gvdrvn\nGiv́ca dottir,\nat ec Sigvrþi\nsvefac a armi;\nþar varþ ec þess vís,\ner ec vildigac,\nat þꜹ velto mic\ni verfangi.", "en": "“Yet Guthrun reproached me, Gjuki’s daughter,\nThat I in Sigurth’s arms had slept;\nThen did I hear what I would were hid,\nThat they had betrayed me in taking a mate." }, { "ref": "Helreith Brynhildar 14", "orig": "Mvno viþ ofstríþ\nallz til lengi\nkonor oc karlar\nqvicqvir fǫdaz;\nvið scolom ocrom\naldri slíta\nSigvrþr saman.\nSeycstv, gygiarkyn!“", "en": "“Ever with grief and all too long\nAre men and women born in the world;\nBut yet we shall live our lives together,\nSigurth and I. Sink down, Giantess!”" } ], "drap-niflunga": [ { "ref": "Drap Niflunga", "orig": "Gvnnarr oc Hꜹgni toco þa gvllit alt, Fafniss arf. Ofriþr var þa i milli Givcunga oc Atla; kendi hann Givkvngom vold vm andlat Brynhildar. Þat var til setta, at þeir scyldo gipta hanom Gvðrvno, oc gafo henne ominnisveíg at drecca, aþr hon iatti at giptaz Atla. Synir Atla voro þeir Erpr oc Eitill; enn Svanhildr var Sigvrþar dottir oc Gvðrvnar. Atli konvngr bꜹþ heim Gvnnari oc Hꜹgna oc sendi Vinga eþa Knefrꜹþ. Gvðrvn vissi velar oc sendi meþ rv́nom orð, at þeir scyldo eigi koma, oc til iartegna sendi hon Hꜹgna hringinn Andvaranꜹ́t oc knytti i vargshár. Gvnnarr hafþi bedit Oddrvnar systvr Atla oc gat eigi; þa fecc hann Glꜹmvarar, enn Hꜹgni atti Kostbero; þeirra synir váro þeir Solarr oc Snęvarr oc Giv́ki. Enn er Givkvngar komo til Atla, þa baþ Gvðrvn sono sina, at þeir bǫði Givkvngom lifs; enn þeir vildo eigi. Hiarta var scorit or Hꜹgna, enn Gvnnarr settr i ormgarð. Hann slo horpo oc svęfþi ormana, en nadra stacc hann til lifrar.", "en": "Gunnar and Hogni then took all the gold that Fafnir had had. There was strife between the Gjukungs and Atli, for he held the Gjukungs guilty of Brynhild’s death. It was agreed that they should give him Guthrun as wife, and they gave her a draught of forgetfulness to drink before she would consent to be wedded to Atli. The sons of Atli were Erp and Eitil, and Svanhild was the daughter of Sigurth and Guthrun. King Atli invited Gunnar and Hogni to come to him, and sent as messenger Vingi or Knefröth. Guthrun was aware of treachery, and sent with him a message in runes that they should not come, and as a token she sent to Hogni the ring Andvaranaut and tied a wolf’s hair in it. Gunnar had sought Oddrun, Atli’s sister, for his wife, but had her not; then he married Glaumvor, and Hogni’s wife was Kostbera; their sons were Solar and Snævar and Gjuki. And when the Gjukungs came to Atli, then Guthrun besought her sons to plead for the lives of both the Gjukungs, but they would not do it. Hogni’s heart was cut out, and Gunnar was cast into the serpent’s den. He smote on the harp and put the serpents to sleep, but an adder stung him in the liver." } ], "gudrunarkvida-2": [ { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II, opening prose", "orig": "Þioþrecr konungr var meþ Atla oc hafði þar latiþ flesta alla menn sina. Þioþrecr oc Gvdrvn kǫrþo harma sin a milli; hon sagði hanom oc qvad:", "en": "King Thjothrek was with Atli, and had lost most of his men. Thjothrek and Guthrun lamented their griefs together. She spoke to him, saying:" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 1", "orig": "Mer var ec meyia,\nmoþir mic fǫddi,\nbiort i bv́ri,\nvnna ec vel brǫþrom:\nvnz mic Givci\ngvlli reifþi,\ngvlli reifþi,\ngaf Sigvrþi.", "en": "A maid of maids my mother bore me,\nBright in my bower, my brothers I loved,\nTill Gjuki dowered me with gold,\nDowered with gold, and to Sigurth gave me." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 2", "orig": "Sva var Sigvrþr\nvf sonom Givca,\nsem vęri grǫnn lꜹcr\nor grasi vaxinn\neþa hiortr habeinn\nvm hvossom dýrom\neþa gvll gloðrꜹ́t\naf gra silfri.", "en": "So Sigurth rose o’er Gjuki’s sons\nAs the leek grows green above the grass,\nOr the stag o’er all the beasts doth stand,\nOr as glow-red gold above silver gray." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 3", "orig": "Vnnz mer fyrmvnþo\nminir brǫþr,\nat ec ętta ver\nꜹllom fremra;\nsofa þeir ne mattvþ\nne of sakar dǫma,\naþr þeir Sigvrþ\nsvelta leto.", "en": "Till my brothers let me no longer have\nThe best of heroes my husband to be;\nSleep they could not, or quarrels settle,\nTill Sigurth they at last had slain." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 4", "orig": "Grani rann at þingi,\ngnyr var at heyra,\nenn þa Sigvrþr\nsialfr eigi com;\nꜹll váro sꜹþvldyr\nsveita stockin\noc of vaniþ vási\nvnd vegondom.", "en": "From the Thing ran Grani with thundering feet,\nBut thence did Sigurth himself come never;\nCovered with sweat was the saddle-bearer,\nWont the warrior’s weight to bear." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 5", "orig": "Gecc ec gratandi\nviþ Grana rǫþa,\nurvghlyra\nió fra ec spialla;\nhnipnaþi Grani þa,\ndrap i gras hꜹfþi:\nior þat vissi,\neigendr ne lifþvt.", "en": "Weeping I sought with Grani to speak,\nWith tear-wet cheeks for the tale I asked;\nThe head of Grani was bowed to the grass,\nThe steed knew well his master was slain." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 6", "orig": "Lengi hvarfaþac,\nlengi hvgir deildoz,\naþr ec of fręgac\nfolcvorþ at gram.", "en": "Long I waited and pondered well\nEre ever the king for tidings I asked.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 7", "orig": "Hnipnaþi Gvnnarr,\nsagði mer Hꜹgni\nfra Sigvrþar\nsárom dꜹþa:\n„Liggr of hoggvinn\nfyr handan ver\nGothorms bani\nof gefinn vlfom.", "en": "His head bowed Gunnar, but Hogni told\nThe news full sore of Sigurth slain:\n“Hewed to death at our hands he lies,\nGotthorm’s slayer, given to wolves." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 8", "orig": "Littv þar Sigvrþ\na svþrvega!\nþa heyrir þv\nhrafna gialla,\norno gialla\nęzli fegna,\nvarga þiota\nvm veri þinom.“", "en": "“On the southern road thou shalt Sigurth see,\nWhere hear thou canst the ravens cry;\nThe eagles cry as food they crave,\nAnd about thy husband wolves are howling.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 9", "orig": "„Hvi þv mer, Hꜹgni!\nharma slica\nvilialꜹssi\nvill vm segia?\nþít scyli hiarta\nhrafnar slita\nviþ lond yfir,\nenn þv vitir manna.“", "en": "“Why dost thou, Hogni, such a horror\nLet me hear, all joyless left?\nRavens yet thy heart shall rend\nIn a land that never thou hast known.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 10", "orig": "Svaraþi Hꜹgni\nsinni eino\ntrꜹþr góds hvgar\naf trega storvm:\n„Þess attv, Gudrvn!\ngrǫti at fleiri,\nat hiarta mitt\nhrafnar slíti.“", "en": "Few the words of Hogni were,\nBitter his heart from heavy sorrow:\n“Greater, Guthrun, thy grief shall be\nIf the ravens so my heart shall rend.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 11", "orig": "Hvarf ec ein þaðan\nannspilli fra\na uiþ lesa\nvarga leífar;\ngerþiga ęc hiúfra\nne hondom slá\nne qveina vm\nsem konor aþrar,\nþa er sat soltin\nvm Sigvrþi.", "en": "From him who spake I turned me soon,\nIn the woods to find what the wolves had left;\nTears I had not, nor wrung my hands,\nNor wailing went, as other women,\nWhen by Sigurth slain I sat." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 12–13", "orig": "Nott þótti mer\nniþmyrcr vera,\ner ec sarla satc\nyfir Sigvrþi;\nulfar þottvmz\nollo betri,\nef þeir leti mic\nlífi tyna,\neþa brenndi mic\nsem birkinn viþ.", "en": "Never so black had seemed the night\nAs when in sorrow by Sigurth I sat;\nThe wolves . . . . . . . . . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nBest of all methought ’twould be\nIf I my life could only lose,\nOr like to birch-wood burned might be." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 14–15", "orig": "For ec af fialli\nfimm dǫgr taliþ,\nvnnz ec holl Halfs\nhava þecþac.\nSat ec meþ Þóro\nsiꜹ misseri\ndǫtr Haconar\ni Danmorco;\nhon mer at gamni\ngvllbókaþi\nsali svdrǫna\noc svani dansca.\nHꜹfðo við a scriptom\nþat er scatar leko\noc a hannyrðom\nhilmis þegna,\nrandir rꜹðar,\nrecka Hvna,\nhiordrot, hialmdrótt,\nhilmis fylgio.", "en": "From the mountain forth five days I fared,\nTill Hoalf’s hall so high I saw;\nSeven half-years with Thora I stayed,\nHokon’s daughter, in Denmark then.\nWith gold she broidered, to bring me joy,\nSouthern halls and Danish swans;\nOn the tapestry wove we warrior’s deeds,\nAnd the hero’s thanes on our handiwork;\nFlashing shields and fighters armed,\nSword-throng, helm-throng, the host of the king." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 16", "orig": "Scip Sigmvndar,\nscriþo fra landi,\ngyltar grimor,\ngrafnir stafnar;\nbyrþo viþ a borða\nþat er þeir borðvz\nSigarr oc Siggeirr\nsvþr a Fivi.", "en": "Sigmund’s ship by the land was sailing,\nGolden the figure-head, gay the beaks;\nOn board we wove the warriors faring,\nSigar and Siggeir, south to Fjon." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 17–19", "orig": "Þa fra Grimildr\ngotnesc kona,\nhvat ec vęra\nhyggioþ . . . . . ;\nhon brá borþa\noc bvri heimti\nþrágiarnliga\nþess at spyria:\nhverr vildi son\nsystvr bǫta\neþa vęr veginn\nvildi gialda.\nGerr lez Gvnnarr\ngvll at bioþa\nsacar at bǫta,\noc iþ sama Hꜹgni;\nhon fretti at þvi,\nhverr fara uildi\nvigg at sꜹþla\nvagn at beita,\nhesti riþa,\nhꜹki fleygia,\nꜹrom at sciota\naf yboga.", "en": "Then Grimhild asked, the Gothic queen,\nWhether willingly would I . . . . . .\n. . . . .\nHer needlework cast she aside, and called\nHer sons to ask, with stern resolve,\nWho amends to their sister would make for her son,\nOr the wife requite for her husband killed.\nReady was Gunnar gold to give,\nAmends for my hurt, and Hogni too;\nThen would she know who now would go,\nThe horse to saddle, the wagon to harness,\nThe horse to ride, the hawk to fly,\nAnd shafts from bows of yew to shoot." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 20", "orig": "Valdarr Dꜹnom\nmeþ Iarizleifi,\nEymoþr þriþi\nmeþ Iarizscári\ninn gengo þa\niofrom likir;\nLangbarz liþar,\nhofþo loþa rꜹþa,\nstvttar brynior,\nsteypta hialma,\nscalmom gyrþir,\nhꜹfðo scarar iarpar.", "en": "Valdar, king of the Danes, was come,\nWith Jarizleif, Eymoth, and Jarizskar.\nIn like princes came they all,\nThe long-beard men, with mantles red,\nShort their mail-coats, mighty their helms,\nSwords at their belts, and brown their hair." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 21", "orig": "Hverr vildi mer\nhnossir velia,\nhnossir velia\noc hvgat męla,\nef þeir mętti mer\nmargra sv́ta\ntrygdir vinna,\nne ec trva gerða.", "en": "Each to give me gifts was fain,\nGifts to give, and goodly speech,\nComfort so for my sorrows great\nTo bring they tried, but I trusted them not." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 22", "orig": "Fǫrði mer Grimildr\nfvll at drecka\nsvalt oc sarlict,\nne ec sacar mvnþac;\nþat var vm ꜹkit\niarþar magni,\nsvalcꜹldom sę\noc sonar dreyra.", "en": "A draught did Grimhild give me to drink,\nBitter and cold; I forgot my cares;\nFor mingled therein was magic earth,\nIce-cold sea, and the blood of swine." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 23", "orig": "Voro i horni\nhverskyns stafir\nristnir oc roþnir,\nraþa ec ne mattac;\nlyngfiscr langr,\nlandz Haddingia\nax oscorit,\ninnleiþ dyra.", "en": "In the cup were runes of every kind,\nWritten and reddened, I could not read them;\nA heather-fish from the Haddings’ land,\nAn ear uncut, and the entrails of beasts." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 24", "orig": "Voro þeim biori\nbꜹl morg saman,\nvrt allz viþar\noc akarn brvnnin,\nvmdꜹgg arins,\niþrar blotnar,\nsvins lifr soþin,\nþviat hon sacar deyfþi.", "en": "Much evil was brewed within the beer,\nBlossoms of trees, and acorns burned,\nDew of the hearth, and holy entrails,\nThe liver of swine, all grief to allay." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 25", "orig": "Enn þa gleymþv,\ner getiþ hꜹfþo,\nꜹll iofvrs\nior bivg i sal;\nqvomo konvngar\nfyr kne þrennir,\naþr hon sialfa mic\nsotti at mali.", "en": "Then I forgot, when the draught they gave me,\nThere in the hall, my husband’s slaying;\nOn their knees the kings all three did kneel,\nEre she herself to speak began:" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 26", "orig": "Grimildr qvaþ:\n„Gef ec þer, Gvðrvn!\ngvll at þiggia,\nfiolþ allz fiár\nat þinn fꜹþvr dꜹþan;\nhringa rꜹða,\nHlꜹþvés sali,\narsal allan\nat iofvr fallinn.", "en": "“Guthrun, gold to thee I give,\nThe wealth that once thy father’s was,\nRings to have, and Hlothver’s halls,\nAnd the hangings all that the monarch had." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 27", "orig": "Hvnscar meyiar,\nþęr er hlaþa spioldom\noc gora gvll fagrt,\nsva at þer gaman þicki;\neín scaltv raþa\nꜹþi Bvðla\ngvlli gꜹfgvð\noc gefin Atla.“", "en": "“Hunnish women, skilled in weaving,\nWho gold make fair to give thee joy,\nAnd the wealth of Buthli thine shall be,\nGold-decked one, as Atli’s wife.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 28", "orig": "„Vilc eigi ec\nmeþ veri ganga\nne Brynhildar\nbrodvr eiga;\nsamir eigi mer\nviþ son Bvdla\nętt at ꜹca\nne vna lifi.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“A husband now I will not have,\nNor wife of Brynhild’s brother be;\nIt beseems me not with Buthli’s son\nHappy to be, and heirs to bear.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 29", "orig": "Grimildr qvaþ:\n„Hirþaþv hꜹlldom\nheiptir gialda,\nþviat ver hofom\nvaldit fyrri;\nsva scaltv lata,\nsem þeir lifi baþir\nSigvrþr oc Sigmvndr,\nef þv sono fǫþir.“", "en": "Grimhild spake:\n“Seek not on men to avenge thy sorrows,\nThough the blame at first with us hath been;\nHappy shalt be as if both still lived,\nSigurth and Sigmund, if sons thou bearest.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 30", "orig": "„Maca ec, Grimildr!\nglꜹmi bęlla\nne uigrisins\nvanir telia,\nsiz Sigvrþar\nsárla drvcco\nhręgifr, hvginn\nhiartbloþ saman.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Grimhild, I may not gladness find,\nNor hold forth hopes to heroes now,\nSince once the raven and ravening wolf\nSigurth’s heart’s-blood hungrily lapped.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 31", "orig": "Grimildr qvaþ:\n„Þann hefi ec allra\nętgꜹfgastan\nfylci fvndit\noc framarst necqvi;\nhann scaltv eiga,\nvnz þic alþr viþr,\nverlꜹs vera,\nnema þv vilir þenna.“", "en": "Grimhild spake:\n“Noblest of birth is the ruler now\nI have found for thee, and foremost of all;\nHim shalt thou have while life thou hast,\nOr husbandless be if him thou wilt choose not.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 32", "orig": "„Hirþaþv bióþa\nbꜹlvafvllar\nþrágiarnliga\nþęr kindir mer!\nhann mvn Gvnnar\ngrandi beita\noc or Haugna\nhiarta slita.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Seek not so eagerly me to send\nTo be a bride of yon baneful race;\nOn Gunnar first his wrath shall fall,\nAnd the heart will he tear from Hogni’s breast.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 33", "orig": "Gratandi Grimildr\ngreip vid ordi,\ner bvrom sinom\nbꜹlva uętti\noc mꜹgom sinom\nmeína stórra.\nGrimildr qvaþ:\n„Lond gef ec enn þer,\nlyda sinni,\nUinbiorg, Ualbiorg,\nef þv uill þiggia;\neigdv vm aldr þat\noc uni, dottir!“", "en": "Weeping Grimhild heard the words\nThat fate full sore for her sons foretold,\nAnd mighty woe for them should work;\n“Lands I give thee, with all that live there,\nVinbjorg is thine, and Valbjorg too,\nHave them forever, but hear me, daughter.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 34", "orig": "„Þann mvn ec kiósa\naf konvngom\noc þo af niþiom\nnꜹþig hafa;\nverþr eigi mer\nverr at ynþi\nne bꜹl brǫþra\nat bvra scioli.“", "en": "So must I do as the kings besought,\nAnd against my will for my kinsmen wed;\nNe’er with my husband joy I had,\nAnd my sons by my brothers’ fate were saved not." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 35", "orig": "Muncaþ ec letta,\naþr lifshvatan\neggleics hvotuð\naldri nęmic.“", "en": ". . . . .\nI could not rest till of life I had robbed\nThe warrior bold, the maker of battles." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 36", "orig": "Senn var a hesti\nhverr drengr litinn,\nenn uíf ualnesc\nhafit i vagna;\nver siꜹ daga\nsvalt land riþom,\nenn aþra siꜹ\nvnnir kniþom,\nenn ina þriþio siꜹ\nþvrt land sigom.", "en": "Soon on horseback each hero was,\nAnd the foreign women in wagons faring;\nA week through lands so cold we went,\nAnd a second week the waves we smote,\nAnd a third through lands that water lacked." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 37", "orig": "Þar hliþverþir\nharar borgar\ngrind vpp lvco,\naþr i garþ riþom.", "en": "The warders now on the lofty walls\nOpened the gates, and in we rode." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 38", "orig": "Vacþi mic Atli,\nenn ec vera þottvmz\nfvll illz hvgar\nat frǫndr dꜹþa.", "en": "Atli woke me, for ever I seemed\nOf bitterness full for my brothers’ death." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 39", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Sva mic nyliga\nnornir vekia:“\nuilsinnis spá\nuildi at ec reþa,\n„hvgða ec þic, Gvdrvn\nGivca dottir!\nlęblondnom hior\nleggia mic í gognom.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Now from sleep the Norns have waked me\nWith visions of terror, to thee will I tell them;\nMethought thou, Guthrun, Gjuki’s daughter,\nWith poisoned blade didst pierce my body.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 40", "orig": "„Þat er fyr eldi,\ner iarn dreýma,\nfyr dvl oc vil\ndrosar reiþi;\nmvn ec þic viþ bolvi\nbrenna ganga,\nlicna oc lęcna,\nþot mer leíþr sér.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Fire a dream of steel shall follow\nAnd willful pride one of woman’s wrath;\nA baneful sore I shall burn from thee,\nAnd tend and heal thee, though hated thou art.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 41", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Hvgða ec her i tvni\nteína fallna,\nþa er ec vildigac\nvaxna lata;\nrifnir meþ rótom,\nroþnir i bloþi,\nbornir a becci,\nbeþit mic at tyggva.", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Of plants I dreamed, in the garden drooping,\nThat fain would I have full high to grow;\nPlucked by the roots, and red with blood,\nThey brought them hither, and bade me eat." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 42", "orig": "Hugða ec mer af hendi\nhꜹca flivga\nbráþalꜹsa\nbꜹlranna til;\nhiorto hvgda ec þeirra\nuiþ hunang tvggin,\nsorgmoþs sefa,\nsollin bloþi.", "en": "“I dreamed my hawks from my hand had flown,\nEager for food, to an evil house;\nI dreamed their hearts with honey I ate,\nSoaked in blood, and heavy my sorrow." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 43", "orig": "Hvgda ec mer af hendi\nhvelpa losna,\nglꜹms andvana\ngylli baþir;\nhold hvgda ec þeirra\nat hrǫvm orþit,\nnꜹþigr ná\nnyta ec scyldac.“", "en": "“Hounds I dreamed from my hand I loosed,\nLoud in hunger and pain they howled;\nTheir flesh methought was eagles’ food,\nAnd their bodies now I needs must eat.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 44", "orig": "„Þar mvno seggir\nvm sęfing dǫma\noc hvitinga\nhꜹfþi nęma;\nþeir mvno feigir\nfára nátta\nfyr dag litlo,\ndrottom bergia.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Men shall soon of sacrifice speak,\nAnd off the heads of beasts shall hew;\nDie they shall ere day has dawned,\nA few nights hence, and the folk shall have them.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha II 45", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Lega ec siþan,\nne ec sofa uildac,\nþrágiarn i kꜹr;\nþat man ec gorva.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“On my bed I sank, nor slumber sought,\nWeary with woe, full well I remember.”\n. . . . ." } ], "gudrunarkvida-3": [ { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III, opening prose", "orig": "Herkia het ambott Atla, hon hafþi verit frilla hans; hon sagði Atla, at hon hefþi seþ Þioþrec oc Gvdrvno bęþi saman; Atli var þa allokátr. Þa qvad Gvdrvn:", "en": "Herkja was the name of a serving-woman of Atli’s; she had been his concubine. She told Atli that she had seen Thjothrek and Guthrun both together. Atli was greatly angered thereby. Then Guthrun said:" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 1", "orig": "„Hvat er þer, Atli!\nę, Bvdla sonr!\nhrygt i hvg?\nhvi hlęr þv ęva?\nhitt mvndi ǫþra\niorlom þiccia,\nat viþ menn męltir\noc mic sęir.“", "en": "“What thy sorrow, Atli, Buthli’s son?\nIs thy heart heavy-laden? Why laughest thou never?\nIt would better befit the warrior far\nTo speak with men, and me to look on.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 2", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Tregr mic þat, Gvdrvn\nGivca dottir!\nmer i hꜹllo\nHerkia sagþi,\nat þit Þioþrecr\nvndir þaki svęfit\noc lettliga\nlíni verþit.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“It troubles me, Guthrun, Gjuki’s daughter,\nWhat Herkja here in the hall hath told me,\nThat thou in the bed with Thjothrek liest,\nBeneath the linen in lovers’ guise.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 3", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvaþ:\n„Þer mvn ec allz þess\neiþa vinna\nat inom hvita\nhelga steini,\nat ec viþ Þioþmar\nþatki attac,\ner vorþr ne verr\nvinna knatti.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“This shall I with oaths now swear,\nSwear by the sacred stone so white,\nThat nought was there with Thjothmar’s son\nThat man or woman may not know." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 4", "orig": "Nema ec halsaþa\nheria stilli,\niofvr oneisinn,\neíno sinni;\nadrar váro\nocrar spekior,\ner viþ hormvg tvꜹ\nhnigom at rv́nom.", "en": "“Nor ever once did my arms embrace\nThe hero brave, the leader of hosts;\nIn another manner our meeting was,\nWhen our sorrows we in secret told." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 5", "orig": "Her com Þioþrecr\nmeþ þria tego,\nlifa þeir ne einir\nþriggia tega manna.\nHrincto mic at brǫðrom\noc at brynioþom,\nhrincto mic at ollom\nhofvþniþiom.", "en": "“With thirty warriors Thjothrek came,\nNor of all his men doth one remain;\nThou hast murdered my brothers and mail-clad men,\nThou hast murdered all the men of my race." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 6", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvaþ:\n„Kemra nv Gvnnarr,\ncalliga ec Hꜹgna,\nsecka ec siþan\nsvasa brǫþr;\nsverþi mvndi Hꜹgni\nslics harms reka,\nnv verþ ec sialf fyr mic\nsynia lyta.“", "en": "“Gunnar comes not, Hogni I greet not,\nNo longer I see my brothers loved;\nMy sorrow would Hogni avenge with the sword,\nNow myself for my woes I shall payment win." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 7", "orig": "Sentv at Saxa\nsvnnmanna gram!\nhann kann helga\nhver vellanda.“\nSiꜹ hvndroþ manna\ni sal gengo,\naþr kvęn konvngs\ni ketil tǫki.", "en": "“Summon Saxi, the southrons’ king,\nFor he the boiling kettle can hallow.”\nSeven hundred there were in the hall,\nEre the queen her hand in the kettle thrust." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 8", "orig": "Brá hon til botz\nbiortom lófa\noc hon vp vm toc\niarcnasteina:\n„Se nv, seggir!\nsync em ec orþin\nheilagliga,\nhve siá hverr velli.“", "en": "To the bottom she reached with hand so bright,\nAnd forth she brought the flashing stones:\n“Behold, ye warriors, well am I cleared\nOf sin by the kettle’s sacred boiling.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 9", "orig": "Hló þa Atla\nhvgr i briosti,\ner hann heilar sa\nhendr Gvdrvnar:\n„Nv scal Herkia\ntil hvers ganga,\nsv er Gvðrvno\ngrandi uęnti.“", "en": "Then Atli’s heart in happiness laughed,\nWhen Guthrun’s hand unhurt he saw;\n“Now Herkja shall come the kettle to try,\nShe who grief for Guthrun planned.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarkvitha III 10", "orig": "Sa-at maþr armlict,\nhverr er þat sa-at,\nhve þar a Herkio\nhendr sviþnoþo;\nleiddo þa meý\ní myri fv́la.\nSva þa Gvdrvn\nsinna harma.", "en": "Ne’er saw man sight more sad than this,\nHow burned were the hands of Herkja then;\nIn a bog so foul the maid they flung,\nAnd so was Guthrun’s grief requited." } ], "oddrunargratr": [ { "ref": "Oddrunargratr, opening prose", "orig": "Heiþrecr het konvngr, dottir hans het Borgny. Vilmvndr het sa, er var friþill hennar. Hon matti eigi fǫða born, aþr til com Oddrvn Atla systir; hon hafþi verit vnnvsta Gvnnars Givcasonar. Vm þessa sꜹgo er her qveþit:", "en": "Heithrek was the name of a king, whose daughter was called Borgny. Vilmund was the name of the man who was her lover. She could not give birth to a child until Oddrun, Atli’s sister, had come to her; Oddrun had been beloved of Gunnar, son of Gjuki. About this story is the following poem." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 1", "orig": "Heyrþa ec segia\ni sꜹgom fornom,\nhve męr vm kom\ntil Mornalanz;\nengi matti\nfyr iorþ ofan\nHeiþrecs dottvr\nhialpir vinna.", "en": "I have heard it told in olden tales\nHow a maiden came to Morningland;\nNo one of all on earth above\nTo Heithrek’s daughter help could give." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 2", "orig": "Þat fra Oddrvn\nAtla systir,\nat sv męr hafþi\nmiclar sóttir;\nbrá hon af stalli\nstiornbitloþom\noc a svartan\nsꜹþvl of lagdi.", "en": "This Oddrun learned, the sister of Atli,\nThat sore the maiden’s sickness was;\nThe bit-bearer forth from his stall she brought,\nAnd the saddle laid on the steed so black." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 3", "orig": "Let hon mar fara\nmoldueg slettan,\nvnz at hári com\nhꜹll standandi;\nsvipti hon sꜹþli\naf svongom ió,\noc hon inn vm gecc\nendlangan sal,\noc hon þat orda\nallz fyrst vm qvaþ:", "en": "She let the horse go o’er the level ground,\nTill she reached the hall that loftily rose,\nAnd in she went from the end of the hall;\nFrom the weary steed the saddle she took;\nHear now the speech that first she spake:" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 4", "orig": "„Hvat er fręgst\na foldo,\neþa hvat er hléz\nHvnalanz?“\nAmbott qvaþ:\n„Her liggr Borgny\nof borin verkiom,\nvina þin, Oddrvn!\nvittv, ef þv hialpir.“", "en": "“What news on earth, . . . . . . . .\nOr what has happened in Hunland now?”\nA serving-maid spake:\n“Here Borgny lies in bitter pain,\nThy friend, and, Oddrun, thy help would find.”" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 5", "orig": "Oddrvn qvaþ:\n„Hverr hefir vísir\nvamms vm leitað,\nhvi ero Borgnyiar\nbraþar sóttir?“\nAmbott qvaþ:\n„Vilmvndr heitir\nvinr hꜹcstalda,\nhann varþi mey\nvarmri blęio\nfimm vetr alla,\nsva hon sinn fꜹdvr leyndi.“", "en": "Oddrun spake:\n“Who worked this woe for the woman thus,\nOr why so sudden is Borgny sick?”\nThe serving-maid spake:\n“Vilmund is he, the heroes’ friend,\nWho wrapped the woman in bedclothes warm,\nFor winters five, yet her father knew not.”" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 6", "orig": "Þęr hycc męlto\nþvigit fleira,\ngecc mild fyr kne\nmeyio at sitia;\nrict gól Oddrvn,\nrammt gól Oddrvn\nbitra galdra\nat Borgnyio.", "en": "Then no more they spake, methinks;\nShe went at the knees of the woman to sit;\nWith magic Oddrun and mightily Oddrun\nChanted for Borgny potent charms." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 7", "orig": "Knatti męr oc mꜹgr\nmoldveg sporna,\nborn þꜹ in bliþo\nviþ bana Hꜹgna;\nþat nam at męla\nmęr fiorsivka,\nsva at hon ecci qvaþ\norþ iþ fyrra:", "en": "At last were born a boy and girl,\nSon and daughter of Hogni’s slayer;\nThen speech the woman so weak began,\nNor said she aught ere this she spake:" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 8", "orig": "„Sva hialpi þer\nhollar vettir,\nFrigg oc Freyia\noc fleiri goð,\nsem þv feldir mer\nfár af hondom!“", "en": "“So may the holy ones thee help,\nFrigg and Freyja and favoring gods,\nAs thou hast saved me from sorrow now.”" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 9", "orig": "Oddrvn qvaþ:\n„Hnecaþ ec af þvi\ntil hialpar þer,\nat þv verir þess\nverþ aldregi;\nhet ec oc efndac,\ner ec hinig męlta,\nat ec hvivetna\nhialpa scyldac,\nþa er ꜹþlingar\narfi scipto.“", "en": "Oddrun spake:\n“I came not hither to help thee thus\nBecause thou ever my aid didst earn;\nI fulfilled the oath that of old I swore,\nThat aid to all I should ever bring,\nWhen they shared the wealth the warriors had.”" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 10", "orig": "Borgny qvaþ:\nǪr ertv, Oddrv́n!\noc ø̨rvita,\ner þv mer af fári\nflest orþ of qvaþ;\nenn ec fylgdac þer\na fiorgynio,\nsem viþ brǫþrom tveim\nof bornar vęrim.“", "en": "Borgny spake:\n“Wild art thou, Oddrun, and witless now,\nThat so in hatred to me thou speakest;\nI followed thee where thou didst fare,\nAs we had been born of brothers twain.”" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 11", "orig": "Oddrvn qvaþ:\n„Man ec, hvat þv\nmęltir enn vm aptan,\nþa er ec Gvnnari\ngerþag drecco;\nslics dǫmi qvaðattv\nsiþan mundo\nmeyio verþa\nnema mer einni.“", "en": "Oddrun spake:\n“I remember the evil one eve thou spakest,\nWhen a draught I gave to Gunnar then;\nThou didst say that never such a deed\nBy maid was done save by me alone.”" }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 12", "orig": "Þa nam at setiaz\nsorgmóð kona,\nat telia bꜹl\naf trega stórvm:", "en": "Then the sorrowing woman sat her down\nTo tell the grief of her troubles great." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 13", "orig": "„Var ec vp alin\ni iofra sal\nflestr fagnaþi,\nat fira ráþi;\nvnþa ec aldri\noc eign fꜹþvr\nfimm vetr eína,\nsva at minn faþir lifði.", "en": "“Happy I grew in the hero’s hall\nAs the warriors wished, and they loved me well;\nGlad I was of my father’s gifts,\nFor winters five, while my father lived." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 14", "orig": "Þat nam at męla\nmal iþ efsta\nsia moþr konvngr,\nadr hann sylti:\nmic baþ hann gęða\ngulli rꜹþo\noc svþr gefa\nsyni Grimildar.", "en": "“These were the words the weary king,\nEre he died, spake last of all:\nHe bade me with red gold dowered to be,\nAnd to Grimhild’s son in the South be wedded." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 15", "orig": "Enn hann Brynhildi\nbað hialm geta,\nhana qvað hann oscmey\nverþa scyldo;\nqvaþa hann ina ǫþræ\nalna myndo\nmey i heimi,\nnema miotvðr spillti.", "en": "“But Brynhild the helm he bade to wear,\nA wish-maid bright he said she should be;\nFor a nobler maid would never be born\nOn earth, he said, if death should spare her." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 16", "orig": "Brynhildr i bv́ri\nborða racþi,\nhafþi hon lyði\noc lond vm sic;\niorþ dvsaþi\noc vphiminn,\nþa er bani Fafniss\nborg vm þatti.", "en": "“At her weaving Brynhild sat in her bower,\nLands and folk alike she had;\nThe earth and heaven high resounded\nWhen Fafnir’s slayer the city saw." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 17", "orig": "Þa var vig uegit\nvolsco sverþi\noc borg brotin,\nsv er Brynhildr atti;\nvara langt af þvi,\nheldr válitið,\nnnz þęr vęlar\nvissi allar.", "en": "“Then battle was fought with the foreign swords,\nAnd the city was broken that Brynhild had;\nNot long thereafter, but all too soon,\nTheir evil wiles full well she knew." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 18", "orig": "Þess let hon harðar\nhefndir verþa,\nsva at ver ꜹll hofom\nęrnar rꜹ́nir;\nþat mvn a hꜹlða\nhvert land fara,\ner hon let sveltaz\nat Sigvrþi.", "en": "“Woeful for this her vengeance was,\nAs so we learned to our sorrow all;\nIn every land shall all men hear\nHow herself at Sigurth’s side she slew." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 19", "orig": "Enn ec Gvnnari\ngatc at vnna\nbꜹga deili,\nsem Brynhildr scyldi.\nBvðo þeir árla\nbꜹga rꜹþa\noc brǫþr minom\nbętr osmár;", "en": "“Love to Gunnar then I gave,\nTo the breaker of rings, as Brynhild might;\nTo Atli rings so red they offered,\nAnd mighty gifts to my brother would give." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 20", "orig": "bꜹþ hann enn við mer\nbv fimtán,\nhliþfarm Grana,\nef hann hafa vildi.\nEnn Atli qvaz\neigi vilia\nmvnd aldregi\nat megi Givca;", "en": "“Fifteen dwellings fain would he give\nFor me, and the burden that Grani bore;\nBut Atli said he would never receive\nMarriage gold from Gjuki’s son." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 21", "orig": "þeygi viþ máttom\nviþ mvnom vinna,\nnema ec helt hꜹfði\nviþ hringbrota.\nMęlto margir\nminir niðiar,\nqvoþvz ocr hafa\norþit bø̨þi;", "en": "“Yet could we not our love o’ercome,\nAnd my head I laid on the hero’s shoulder;\nMany there were of kinsmen mine\nWho said that together us they had seen." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 22", "orig": "enn mic Atli qvaþ\neigi myndo\nlyþi raþa\nne lꜹst gora.\nEnn slics scyli\nsynia aldri\nmaþr fyr annan,\nþar er mvnvþ deilir.", "en": "“Atli said that never I\nWould evil plan, or ill deed do;\nBut none may this of another think,\nOr surely speak, when love is shared." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 23", "orig": "Sendi Atli\náro sina\nvm myrcvan viþ\nmín at freista;\noc þeir qvomo þar,\nęr þeir coma ne scyldoþ,\nþa er breiddo viþ\nblęio eina.", "en": "“Soon his men did Atli send,\nIn the murky wood on me to spy;\nThither they came where they should not come,\nWhere beneath one cover close we lay." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 24", "orig": "Bvðo viþ þegnom\nbꜹga rꜹþa,\nat þeir eigi\ntil Atla segði;\nenn þeir hvatliga\nheim scvndoðo\noc óliga\nAtla sꜹgðo.", "en": "“To the warriors ruddy rings we offered,\nThat nought to Atli e’er they should say;\nBut swiftly home they hastened thence,\nAnd eager all to Atli told." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 25", "orig": "Enn þeir Gvðrvno\ngorla leyndo þvi,\nat hon heldr vita\nhalfo scyldi.", "en": "“But close from Guthrun kept they hid\nWhat first of all she ought to have known.\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 26", "orig": "Hlymr var at heyra\nhofgvllinna,\nþa er i garð riþo\nGiv́ca arfar;\nþeir or Hꜹgna\nhiarto scaro,\nenn i ormgarð\nannan lꜹgþo.", "en": "“Great was the clatter of gilded hoofs\nWhen Gjuki’s sons through the gateway rode;\nThe heart they hewed from Hogni then,\nAnd the other they cast in the serpents’ cave." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 27–29", "orig": "Var ec enn farin\neino sinni\ntil Geirmvndar\ngorva dryckio;\nnam horscr konvngr\nhꜹrpo sveigia,\nþviat hann hvgdi mic\ntil hialpar ser\nkynricr konvngr\nof koma mvndo.\nNam ec at heyra\nor Hlésseyio,\nhve þar af striþom\nstrengir gvllo;\nbaþ ec ambáttir\nbvnar verþa,\nvilda ec fylcis\nfiorvi biarga.\nLétom fliota\nfar svnd yfir,\nvnz ec alla sac\nAtla garþa.", "en": "“The hero wise on his harp then smote,\n. . . . .\nFor help from me in his heart yet hoped\nThe high-born king, might come to him.\n“Alone was I gone to Geirmund then,\nThe draught to mix and ready to make;\nSudden I heard from Hlesey clear\nHow in sorrow the strings of the harp resounded.\n“I bade the serving-maids ready to be,\nFor I longed the hero’s life to save;\nAcross the sound the boats we sailed,\nTill we saw the whole of Atli’s home." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 30", "orig": "Þa com in arma\nut scęvandi\nmoþir Atla,\nhon scyli morna!\noc Gvnnari\ngróf til hiarta,\nsva at ec mattigac\nmǫrom biarga.", "en": "“Then crawling the evil woman came,\nAtli’s mother, may she ever rot!\nAnd hard she bit to Gunnar’s heart,\nSo I could not help the hero brave." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 31", "orig": "Opt vndromc þat,\nhvi ec eptir mác,\nlinnvengiss bil!\nlifi halda;\ner ec ognhvotom\nvnna þottvmz\nsverþa deili,\nsem sialfri mer.", "en": "“Oft have I wondered how after this,\nSerpents’-bed goddess! I still might live,\nFor well I loved the warrior brave,\nThe giver of swords, as my very self." }, { "ref": "Oddrunargratr 32", "orig": "Sattv oc hlyddir,\nmeþan ec sagþac þer\nmorg ill vm scꜹp\nmin oc þeirra;\nmaþr hverr lifir\nat mvnom sinom.“\nNv ęr vm genginn\ngratr Oddrvnar.", "en": "“Thou didst see and listen, the while I said\nThe mighty grief that was mine and theirs;\nEach man lives as his longing wills,\nOddrun’s lament is ended now.”" } ], "atlakvida": [ { "ref": "Atlakvitha, opening prose", "orig": "Dꜹþi Atla\nGvðrv́n Givca dottir hefndi brǫþra sinna sva sem frǫgt er orðit. Hon drap fyrst sono Atla, enn eptir drap hon Atla oc brendi hꜹllina oc hirðina alla. Vm þetta er sia qviða ort:", "en": "Guthrun, Gjuki’s daughter, avenged her brothers, as has become well known. She slew first Atli’s sons, and thereafter she slew Atli, and burned the hall with his whole company. Concerning this was the following poem made:" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 1", "orig": "Atli sendi\nár til Gvnnars\nkvnnan segg at ríþa,\nKnefrvdr var sa heitinn;\nat gꜹrþom com hann Giv́ca\noc at Gvnnars Hꜹllo,\nbeckiom aringreypom\noc at biori svásom.", "en": "Atli sent of old to Gunnar\nA keen-witted rider, Knefröth did men call him;\nTo Gjuki’s home came he and to Gunnar’s dwelling,\nWith benches round the hearth, and to the beer so sweet." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 2", "orig": "Drvcko þar dróttmegir\nenn dyliendr þꜹgðo,\nvin i ualhꜹllo,\nreiþi saz þeir Hv́na;\nkallaþi þa Knefrꜹðr\nkaldri rꜹddo,\nseggr inn svdrø̨ni\nsat hann a becc ham:", "en": "Then the followers, hiding their falseness, all drank\nTheir wine in the war-hall, of the Huns’ wrath wary;\nAnd Knefröth spake loudly, his words were crafty,\nThe hero from the south, on the high bench sitting:" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 3", "orig": "„Atli mic hingat sendi\nriþa ǫrindi\nmar inom melgreypa\nMyrcvið inn okvnna,\nat biþia yðr, Gvnnarr!\nat iþ a beck kǫmit\nmeþ hialmom aringreypom\nat sǫkia heim Atla.", "en": "“Now Atli has sent me his errand to ride,\nOn my bit-champing steed through Myrkwood the secret,\nTo bid you, Gunnar, to his benches to come,\nWith helms round the hearth, and Atli’s home seek." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 4", "orig": "Scioldo knegoð þar velia\noc scafna asca,\nhialma gvllroþna\noc Hvna mengi,\nsilfrgylt sꜹþvlklęþi,\nserki valrꜹþa\ndafar darraþar,\ndrꜹsla melgreypa.", "en": "“Shields shall ye choose there, and shafts made of ash-wood,\nGold-adorned helmets, and slaves out of Hunland,\nSilver-gilt saddle-cloths, shirts of bright scarlet,\nWith lances and spears too, and bit-champing steeds." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 5", "orig": "Vꜹll lez ycr oc mvndo gefa\nvidrar Gnitaheiþar,\naf geiri giallanda\noc af gyltom stofnom,\nstorar meiþmar\noc staþi Danpar,\nhrís þat iþ mǫra,\ner meðr Myrcviþ calla.“", "en": "“The field shall be given you of wide Gnitaheith,\nWith loud-ringing lances, and stems gold-o’erlaid,\nTreasures full huge, and the home of Danp,\nAnd the mighty forest that Myrkwood is called.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 6", "orig": "Hꜹfþi vatt þa Gvnnarr\noc Hꜹgna til sagði:\n„Hvat ręðr þv ocr, seggr inn ǫri!\nallz við slict heyrom?\ngvll vissa ec ecki\na Gnitaheiþi,\nþat er við ęttima\nannat slict.", "en": "His head turned Gunnar, and to Hogni he said:\n“What thy counsel, young hero, when such things we hear?\nNo gold do I know on Gnitaheith lying\nSo fair that other its equal we have not." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 7", "orig": "Siꜹ́ eígo viþ salhús\nsverþa fvll,\nhverio ero þeirra\nhiolt or gvlli;\nminn veit ec mar beztan,\nenn mǫki hvassastan,\nboga becc sęma,\nenn brynior or gvlli,\nhialm oc sciold hvitastan\nkominn or hꜹll Kiars;\neinn er minn betri\nenn se allra Hv́na.“", "en": "“We have seven halls, each of swords is full,\nAnd all of gold is the hilt of each;\nMy steed is the swiftest, my sword is sharpest,\nMy bows adorn benches, my byrnies are golden,\nMy helm is the brightest that came from Kjar’s hall,\nMine own is better than all the Huns’ treasure.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 8", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvaþ:\n„Hvat hyggr þv brvþi bendo,\nþa er hon ocr bꜹg sendi\nvarinn váþom heiþingia?\nhygg ec at hon vornvþ bydi;\nhár fann ec heiþingia\nriþit i hring rꜹþom,\nylfscr er vegr occarr\nat riþa orindi.“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“What seeks she to say, that she sends us a ring,\nWoven with a wolf’s hair? methinks it gives warning;\nIn the red ring a hair of the heath-dweller found I,\nWolf-like shall our road be if we ride on this journey.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 9–10", "orig": "Niðiar hvotto Gvnnar\nne náongr annarr,\nrynendr ne raþendr\nne þeir er rikir váro;\nkvaddi þa Gvnnarr,\nsem konvngr scyldi,\nmęrr i mioþranni\naf móþi storvm:\n„Ristv nv, Fiornir!\nlattv a flet vaþa\ngreppa gvllscalir\nmeþ gvmna hondom!", "en": "Not eager were his comrades, nor the men of his kin,\nThe wise nor the wary, nor the warriors bold.\nBut Gunnar spake forth as befitted a king,\nNoble in the beer-hall, and bitter his scorn:\n“Stand forth now, Fjornir! and hither on the floor\nThe beakers all golden shalt thou bring to the warriors.\n. . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 11", "orig": "Vlfr mvn raþa\narfi Niflvnga,\ngamlar granverþir,\nef Gvnnars missir,\nbirnir blacfiallar\nbíta þref tꜹnnom,\ngamna greystoþi,\nef Gvnnarr ne kǫmraþ.“", "en": "“The wolves then shall rule the wealth of the Niflungs,\nWolves aged and grey-hued, if Gunnar is lost,\nAnd black-coated bears with rending teeth bite,\nAnd make glad the dogs, if Gunnar returns not.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 12", "orig": "Leiddo landrꜹgni\nlyþar oneísir,\ngratendr gvnnhvata\nor garði hv́na;\nþa qvað þat inn ǫri\nerfivorþr Hꜹgna:\n„Heilir farit nv oc horscir,\nhvars ycr hvgr teygir!“", "en": "A following gallant fared forth with the ruler,\nYet they wept as their home with the hero they left;\nAnd the little heir of Hogni called loudly:\n“Go safe now, ye wise ones, wherever ye will!”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 13", "orig": "Fętom leto frǫcnir\nvm fioll at þyria\nmarina melgreypo\nMyrcviþ inn okvnna;\nhristiz ꜹll Hv́nmꜹrc\nþar er harþmoþgir fóro,\nrako þeir vannstyggva\nvollo algrǫna.", "en": "Then let the bold heroes their bit-champing horses\nOn the mountains gallop, and through Myrkwood the secret;\nAll Hunland was shaken where the hard-souled ones rode,\nOn the whip-fearers fared they through fields that were green." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 14–15", "orig": "Land sa þeir Atla\noc liþscialfar div́pa,\nBicca greppar standa\na borg inni há,\nsal vm svðrþioþom\nslaginn sessmeiþom,\nbvndnom rꜹndom,\nbleicom scioldom,\ndafa darraþar;\nenn þar dracc Atli\nvín i valhꜹllo,\nverþir sato v́ti\nat varþa þeim Gvnnari,\naf þeir her vitia qvǫmi\nmeþ geíri giallanda\nat vekia gram hildi.", "en": "Then they saw Atli’s halls, and his watch-towers high,\nOn the walls so lofty stood the warriors of Buthli;\nThe hall of the southrons with seats was surrounded,\nWith targets bound and shields full bright.\nMid weapons and lances did Atli his wine\nIn the war-hall drink, without were his watchmen,\nFor Gunnar they waited, if forth he should go,\nWith their ringing spears they would fight with the ruler." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 16", "orig": "Systir fann þeirra snemst,\nat þeir i sal qvomo\nbrǫþr hennar baþir,\nbiori var hon lítt drvckin:\n„Raþinn ertv nv, Gvnnarr!\nhvat mvntv, ricr, vinna\nviþ Hv́na harmbrꜹgdom?\nhꜹll gacc þv or snemma!", "en": "This their sister saw, as soon as her brothers\nHad entered the hall, little ale had she drunk:\n“Betrayed art thou, Gunnar! what guard hast thou, hero,\n’Gainst the plots of the Huns? from the hall flee swiftly!" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 17", "orig": "Betr hefþir þv, broþir!\nat þv i brynio fǫrir,\nsem hialmom aringreypom\nat sia heim Atla,\nsętir þv i sꜹþlom\nsolheiþa daga,\nnái nꜹþfꜹlva\nletir nornir grata,\nHv́na scialdmeyiar\nhervi kanna,\nenn Atla sialfan\nleter þv i ormgarð coma;\nnv er sa ormgarðr\nycr vm folginn.“", "en": "“Brother, ’twere far better to have come in byrnie,\nWith thy household helmed, to see Atli’s home,\nAnd to sit in the saddle all day ’neath the sun,\nThat the sword-norns might weep for the death-pale warriors,\nAnd the Hunnish shield-maids might shun not the sword,\nAnd send Atli himself to the den of the snakes;\nNow the den of the snakes for thee is destined.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 18", "orig": "Gvnnarr qvaþ:\n„Seinaþ er nv, systir!\nat samna Niflvngom,\nlangt er at leita\nlyþa sinnis til,\nof rosmofiꜹll Rínar\nrecca onęissa.“", "en": "Gunnar spake:\n. . . . .\n“Too late is it, sister, to summon the Niflungs,\nLong is it to come to the throng of our comrades,\nThe heroes gallant, from the hills of the Rhine.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 19", "orig": "Fengo þeir Gvnnar\noc i fiotvr setto\nvin Borgvnda\noc bundo fastla.", "en": "Then Gunnar they seized, and they set him in chains,\nThe Burgundians’ king, and fast they bound him." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 20", "orig": "Siꜹ hió Hꜹgni\nsverþi hvǫsso,\nenn enom átta\nhratt hann i eld heítan;\nsva scal frǫcn\nfiandom veriaz,\nsem Hꜹgni varði\nhendr sinar.", "en": "Hogni slew seven with sword so keen,\nAnd an eighth he flung in the fire hot;\nA hero should fight with his foemen thus,\nAs Hogni strove in Gunnar’s behalf." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 21", "orig": ". . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . . Gvnnars;\nfrago frǫcnan,\nef fior villdi,\nGotna þioðan,\ngvlli cꜹpa.", "en": ". . . . .\n. . . . .\nThe leader they asked if his life he fain\nWith gold would buy, the king of the Goths." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 22", "orig": "Gvnnarr qvaþ:\n„Hiarta scal mer Hꜹgna\ni hendi liggia\nbloþvgt, or briosti\nscoriþ balldriþa\nsaxi sliþrbeito\nsyni þioðans.“", "en": "Gunnar spake:\n“First the heart of Hogni shall ye lay in my hands,\nAll bloody from the breast of the bold one cut\nWith keen-biting sword, from the son of the king.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 23", "orig": "Scaro þeir hiarta\nHialla or briosti,\nbloþvgt oc a bioþ lꜹgðo\noc báro þat fyr Gvnnar.", "en": ". . . . .\nThey cut out the heart from the breast of Hjalli,\nOn a platter they bore it, and brought it to Gunnar." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 24", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Gvnnarr\ngvmna drottinn:\n„Her hefi ec hiarta\nHialla ins blꜹþa,\nolict hiarta\nHꜹgna ins frǫcna,\ner mioc bifaz,\ner a bioþi liggr,\nbifiz halfo meírr,\ner i briosti lá.“", "en": "Then Gunnar spake forth, the lord of the folk:\n“Here have I the heart of Hjalli the craven,\nUnlike to the heart of Hogni the valiant,\nFor it trembles still as it stands on the platter;\nTwice more did it tremble in the breast of the man.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 25", "orig": "Hlo þa Hꜹgni,\ner til hiarta scáro\nkvicqvan kvmblasmiþ,\nklecqva hann sízt hvgði;\nbloþvgt þat a bioþ lꜹgðo\noc baro fyr Gvnnar.", "en": "Then Hogni laughed when they cut out the heart\nOf the living helm-hammerer; tears he had not.\n. . . . .\nOn a platter they bore it, and brought it to Gunnar." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 26", "orig": "Męrr qvaþ þat Gvnnarr\nGeirniflvngr:\n„Her hefi ec hiarta\nHꜹgna ins frǫcna,\nolict hiarta\nHialla ins blꜹþa,\ner lítt bifaz,\ner a bioþi liggr,\nbifþiz svagi mioc,\nþa er i briosti la.", "en": "Then Gunnar spake forth, the spear of the Niflungs:\n“Here have I the heart of Hogni the valiant,\nUnlike to the heart of Hjalli the craven,\nLittle it trembles as it lies on the platter,\nStill less did it tremble when it lay in his breast." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 27–28", "orig": "Sva scaltv, Atli!\nꜹgom fiarri,\nsem mvnt\nmeniom verþa;\ner vnt einom mer\nꜹll vm folgin\nhodd Niflvnga,\nlifira nv Hꜹgni.\nEy var mer tyia,\nmeþan viþ tveir lifþom,\nnv er mer engi,\ner ec einn lific;", "en": "“So distant, Atli, from all men’s eyes,\nShalt thou be as thou . . . . . from the gold.\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n“To no one save me is the secret known\nOf the Niflungs’ hoard, now Hogni is dead;\nOf old there were two, while we twain were alive,\nNow is none but I, for I only am living." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 29", "orig": "Rín scal raþa\nrógmalmi scatna,\nsvinn, áskvnna\narfi Niflvnga;\ni veltanda vatni\nlysaz valbꜹgar,\nheldr enn a hꜹndom gvll\nscíni Hvna bornom.“", "en": "“The swift Rhine shall hold the strife-gold of heroes,\nThat once was the gods’, the wealth of the Niflungs,\nIn the depths of the waters the death-rings shall glitter,\nAnd not shine on the hands of the Hunnish men.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 30", "orig": "Atli qvaþ:\n„Ykviþ er hvelvognom!\nhaptr er nv i bondom.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Ye shall bring the wagon, for now is he bound.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 31", "orig": "Atli inn riki\nreiþ Glꜹ́m mꜹnom,\nsleginn rógþornom,\nsifivngr þeirra;\n. . . . .\nGvðrvn sigtifa,\nvarnaþi viþ tárom\nvaþin i þyshꜹllo.", "en": "On the long-maned Glaum rode Atli the great,\nAbout him were warriors . . . . . . . .\nBut Guthrun, akin to the gods of slaughter,\nYielded not to her tears in the hall of tumult." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 32–33", "orig": "Hon qvaþ:\n„Sva gangi þer, Atli!\nsem þv viþ Gvnnar attir\neiþa opt vm svarþa\noc ár of nefnda,\nat sól inni svðrhꜹllo\noc at Sigtyss bergi,\nhvlqvi hvilbeþiar\noc at hringi Vllar.“\nOc meirr þaðan\nmenvorð bitvls\ndolgrꜹgni dró\ntil dꜹþs scokr.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“It shall go with thee, Atli, as with Gunnar thou heldest\nThe oaths ofttimes sworn, and of old made firm,\nBy the sun in the south, by Sigtyr’s mountain,\nBy the horse of the rest-bed, and the ring of Ull.”\nThen the champer of bits drew the chieftain great,\nThe gold-guarder, down to the place of death.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 34", "orig": "Lifanda gram\nlagði i garþ þann,\ner scriþinn var,\nscatna mengi,\ninnan ormom;\nenn einn Gvnnarr\nheiptmóðr hꜹrpo\nhendi kníþi,\nglvmþo stręngir;\nsva scal gvlli\nfrǫcn hringdrifi\nviþ fira halda.", "en": "By the warriors’ host was the living hero\nCast in the den where crawling about\nWithin were serpents, but soon did Gunnar\nWith his hand in wrath on the harp-strings smite;\nThe strings resounded, so shall a hero,\nA ring-breaker, gold from his enemies guard." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 35", "orig": "Atli let\nlanz sins a vit\nio eýrscán\naptr fra morþi;\ndynr var i garþi,\ndrꜹslom of þrvngit,\nvapnsꜹngr virþa,\nváro af heiþi comnir.", "en": "Then Atli rode on his earth-treading steed,\nSeeking his home, from the slaughter-place;\nThere was clatter of hoofs of the steeds in the court,\nAnd the clashing of arms as they came from the field." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 36", "orig": "Vt gecc þa Gvðrvn\nAtla i gogn\nmeþ gylltom calki\nat reifa giolld rꜹgnis:\n„Þiggia knáttv, þengill!\ni þinni hꜹllo\nglaþr at Gvðrvno\ngnadda niflfarna.“", "en": "Out then came Guthrun to meeting with Atli,\nWith a golden beaker as gift to the monarch:\n“Thou mayst eat now, chieftain, within thy dwelling,\nBlithely with Guthrun young beasts fresh slaughtered.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 37", "orig": "Vmþo ꜹlscalir\nAtla vínhꜹfgar,\nþa er i hꜹll saman\nHvnar tꜹlþvz;\ngvmar gransiþir\ngengo inn hvatir.", "en": "The wine-heavy ale-cups of Atli resounded,\nWhen there in the hall the Hunnish youths clamored,\nAnd the warriors bearded, the brave ones, entered." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 38", "orig": "Scęvaþi þa in scírleita\nveígar þeim at bera,\nafkar dís, iofrom\noc ꜹlkrasir valþi\nnꜹ́þvg, neffꜹlom\nenn niþ sagði Atla:", "en": "Then in came the shining one, . . . . . . . .\n. . . . . . . . and drink she bore them;\nUnwilling and bitter brought she food to the warrior,\nTill in scorn to the white-faced Atli did she speak:" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 39", "orig": "„Sona hefir þinna,\nsverþa deilir!\nhiorto hrǫdreyrog\nviþ hvnang of tvggin;\nmęlta knatto, moþvgr!\nmanna valbráðir,\neta at ꜹlkrasom\noc i ꜹndvgi at senda.", "en": "“Thou giver of swords, of thy sons the hearts\nAll heavy with blood in honey thou hast eaten;\nThou shalt stomach, thou hero, the flesh of the slain,\nTo eat at thy feast, and to send to thy followers." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 40", "orig": "Callaraþv siþan\ntil kniá þinna\nErp ne Eítil\nꜹlreifa tva;\nseraþv siþan\ni seti miþio\ngvllz miþlendr\ngeira scepta,\nmanar męíta\nne mara keyra.“", "en": "“Thou shalt never call to thy knees again\nErp or Eitil, when merry with ale;\nThou shalt never see in their seats again\nThe sharers of gold their lances shaping,\nClipping the manes or minding their steeds.”" }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 41", "orig": "Ymr varþ a bęckiom,\nafkarr sꜹngr virþa,\ngnyr vnd gvþvefiom,\ngreto born Hvna;\nnema ein Gvðrvn\ner hon ęva gret\nbrǫþr sina berharþa\noc bvri svasa,\nvnga, ófróþa,\nþa er hon viþ Atla gat.", "en": "There was clamor on the benches, and the cry of men,\nThe clashing of weapons, and weeping of the Huns,\nSave for Guthrun only, she wept not ever\nFor her bear-fierce brothers, or the boys so dear,\nSo young and so unhappy, whom with Atli she had." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 42", "orig": "Gvlli sęri\nin gaglbiarta,\nhringom rꜹþom\nreifþi hon hv́scarla;\nscꜹp lęt hon vaxa,\nenn sciran malm vaþa,\nęva flioþ ecci\ngaþi fiarghvsa.", "en": "Gold did she scatter, the swan-white one,\nAnd rings of red gold to the followers gave she;\nThe fate she let grow, and the shining wealth go,\nNor spared she the treasure of the temple itself." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 43", "orig": "Ovarr Atli\noþan hafþi hann sic drvckit,\nvapn hafþi hann ecci,\nvarnaþit hann viþ Gvdrvno;\nopt var sa leicr betri,\nþa er þꜹ lint scyldo\noptarr vm faðmaz\nfyr ꜹþlingom.", "en": "Unwise then was Atli, he had drunk to wildness,\nNo weapon did he have, and of Guthrun bewared not;\nOft their play was better when both in gladness\nEach other embraced among princes all." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 44", "orig": "Hon beþ broddi\ngaf bloþ at drecca\nhendi helfvssi\noc hvelpa leysti;\nhratt fyr hallar dyrr\noc hvscarla vacþi,\nbrandi brvðr heitom,\nþꜹ let hon giold brǫþra.", "en": "With her sword she gave blood for the bed to drink,\nWith her death-dealing hand, and the hounds she loosed,\nThe thralls she awakened, and a firebrand threw\nIn the door of the hall; so vengeance she had." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 45", "orig": "Elldi gaf hon þa alla,\ner inni váro\noc fra morþi þeirra Gvnnars\nkomnir voro or myrcheimi;\nforn timbr fello,\nfiarghvs rvko,\nbęr bvþlvnga,\nbrvnno oc scialdmeyiar\ninni aldrstamnar,\nhnigo i ęld heitan.", "en": "To the flames she gave all who yet were within,\nAnd from Myrkheim had come from the murder of Gunnar;\nThe timbers old fell, the temple was in flames,\nThe dwelling of the Buthlungs, and the shield-maids burned,\nThey were slain in the house, in the hot flames they sank." }, { "ref": "Atlakvitha 46", "orig": "Fvllrętt er vm þetta,\nferr engi sva siþan\nbrvþr i brynio\nbrǫþra at hefna;\nhon hefir þriggia\nþioþkonvnga\nbanorþ borit\nbiort, aþr sylti.\nEnn segir gleggra i Atlamalom enom grǫnlenzcom.", "en": "Now the tale is all told, nor in later time\nWill a woman in byrnie avenge so her brothers;\nThe fair one to three of the kings of the folk\nBrought the doom of death ere herself she died.\nStill more is told in the Greenland ballad of Atli." } ], "atlamal": [ { "ref": "Atlamol 1", "orig": "Frett hefir ꜹld ófo þa,\ner endr vm gorðo\nseggir samkvndo,\nsv var nytt festom,\nǫxto einmęli;\nyggr var þeim siþan\noc iþ sama sonom Givca,\nęr váro sannraðnir.", "en": "There are many who know how of old did men\nIn counsel gather; little good did they get;\nIn secret they plotted, it was sore for them later,\nAnd for Gjuki’s sons, whose trust they deceived." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 2", "orig": "Scꜹp ǫxto scioldvnga\nscyldoat feigir,\nilla ręz Atla,\natti hann þo hyggio;\nfeldi stoþ stora,\nstriddi ser harþla,\naf bragdi boþ sendi,\nat qvęmi brat mágar.", "en": "Fate grew for the princes, to death they were given;\nIll counsel was Atli’s, though keenness he had;\nHe felled his staunch bulwark, his own sorrow fashioned,\nSoon a message he sent that his kinsmen should seek him." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 3", "orig": "Horsc var hvsfreyia,\nhvgði at manviti,\nlag heyrþi hon orða,\nhvat þeir a lꜹn męlto;\nþa var vant vitri,\nvildi hon þeim hialpa,\nscyldo vm sæ sigla,\nen sialf ne komscat.", "en": "Wise was the woman, she fain would use wisdom,\nShe saw well what meant all they said in secret;\nFrom her heart it was hid how help she might render,\nThe sea they should sail, while herself she should go not." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 4", "orig": "Rvnar nam at rista,\nrengþi þęr Vingi\nfars var hann flytandi,\naþr hann fram seldi;\nforo þa siþan\nsendimenn Atla\nvm fiorþ Lima,\nþar er frǫcnir bioggo.", "en": "Runes did she fashion, but false Vingi made them,\nThe speeder of hatred, ere to give them he sought;\nThen soon fared the warriors whom Atli had sent,\nAnd to Limafjord came, to the home of the kings." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 5", "orig": "Avlvęrir vrþo\noc elda kyndo,\nhvgðo vetr vela,\ner þeir váro komnir;\ntoko þeir fornir,\ner þeim friþr sendi,\nhengðo a svlo,\nhvgðoþ þat varþa.", "en": "They were kindly with ale, and fires they kindled,\nThey thought not of craft from the guests who had come;\nThe gifts did they take that the noble one gave them,\nOn the pillars they hung them, no fear did they harbor." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 6", "orig": "Com þa Costbera,\nqvęn var hon Hꜹgna,\nkona kaps galig,\noc qvaddi þa baþa;\nglꜹþ var oc Glꜹmvor,\ner Gvnnarr atti,\nfellzcaþ saþr sviþri,\nsysti vm þꜹrf gesta.", "en": "Forth did Kostbera, wife of Hogni, then come,\nFull kindly she was, and she welcomed them both;\nAnd glad too was Glaumvor, the wife of Gunnar,\nShe knew well to care for the needs of the guests." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 7", "orig": "Bvþo þeir heim Hꜹgna,\nef hann þa heldr fǫri,\nsyn var svipvisi,\nef þeir sín geði;\nhet þa Gvnnarr,\nef Hꜹgni vildi,\nHꜹgni þvi nitti\ner hinn vm ręddi.", "en": "Then Hogni they asked if more eager he were,\nFull clear was the guile, if on guard they had been;\nThen Gunnar made promise, if Hogni would go,\nAnd Hogni made answer as the other counseled." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 8", "orig": "Baro mioþ merar,\nmargs var allz beini,\nfor þar fiolþ horna,\nvnnz þotti fvlldrvcciþ.\nHiv gorþo hvilo\nsem þeim hǫgst þotti,", "en": "Then the famed ones brought mead, and fair was the feast,\nFull many were the horns, till the men had drunk deep;\n. . . . .\nThen the mates made ready their beds for resting." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 9", "orig": "kend var Costbera,\nkvnni hon scil rvna;\ninnti orþstafi\nat eldi liosom,\ngęta varþ hon tvngo\ni góma baþa,\nvaro sva viltar,\nat var vant at raþa.", "en": "Wise was Kostbera, and cunning in rune-craft,\nThe letters would she read by the light of the fire;\nBut full quickly her tongue to her palate clave,\nSo strange did they seem that their meaning she saw not." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 10", "orig": "Sęing foro siþan\nsina þꜹ Hꜹgni,\ndreymþi drotlata,\ndvlþi þess vętki,\nsagði horsc hilmi,\nþegars hon ręþ vacna:", "en": "Full soon then his bed came Hogni to seek,\n. . . . .\nThe clear-souled one dreamed, and her dream she kept not,\nTo the warrior the wise one spake when she wakened:" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 11", "orig": "„Heiman goriz þv, Hꜹgni!\nhygðv at raþom!\nfar er fvllryninn,\nfarþv i sinn annat!\nreþ ec þęr rvnar\ner reist þin systir,\nbiort hefir þer eigi\nboþiþ i sinn þetta.", "en": "“Thou wouldst go hence, Hogni, but heed my counsel,\nKnown to few are the runes, and put off thy faring;\nI have read now the runes that thy sister wrote,\nAnd this time the bright one did not bid thee to come." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 12", "orig": "Ęitt ec mest vndromc,\nmácaþ ec enn hyggia,\nhvat þa varþ vitri,\ner scyldi villt rista;\nþviat sva var auisat,\nsem vndir vęri\nbani yccarr beggia,\nef iþ bralla qvęmiþ;\nvant er stafs vífi,\neþa valda aðrir.", "en": "“Full much do I wonder, nor well can I see,\nWhy the woman wise so wildly hath written;\nBut to me it seems that the meaning beneath\nIs that both shall be slain if soon ye shall go.\nBut one rune she missed, or else others have marred it.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 13", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvað:\n„Allar ’ro illvðgar,\nácka ec þess kynni,\nvilca ec þess leita,\nnema lꜹna eigim;\nocr mvn gramr gvlli\nreifa glóþrꜹ́þo,\novmc ec aldregi,\nþótt ver ogn fregnim.“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“All women are fearful; not so do I feel,\nIll I seek not to find till I soon must avenge it;\nThe king now will give us the glow-ruddy gold;\nI never shall fear, though of dangers I know.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 14", "orig": "Costbera qvað:\n„Stopalt mvnoþ ganga,\nef iþ stvndit þangat;\nycr mvn astkynni\neigi i sinn þetta.\nDreymþi mic, Hꜹgni!\ndyliomc þat eigi,\nganga mvn ycr andęris,\neþa ella hrǫþomc.", "en": "Kostbera spake:\n“In danger ye fare, if forth ye go thither,\nNo welcoming friendly this time shall ye find;\nFor I dreamed now, Hogni, and nought will I hide,\nFull evil thy faring, if rightly I fear." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 15", "orig": "Blęio hvgða ec þina\nbrenna i eldi,\nhryti hár logi\nhús mín i gognom.“\nHꜹgni qvað:\n„Liggia her linclęþi,\nþꜹ er lítt rękit,\nþꜹ mvno brát brenna,\nþar er þv blęio sát.“", "en": "“Thy bed-covering saw I in the flames burning,\nAnd the fire burst high through the walls of my home.”\nHogni spake:\n“Yon garment of linen lies little of worth,\nIt will soon be burned, so thou sawest the bed-cover.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 16", "orig": "Costbera qvað:\n„Biorn hvgða ec her inn kominn,\nbryti vp stocca,\nhristi sva hramma,\nat ver hrǫdd yrþim;\nmvnn oss morg hefdi,\nsva at ver mettim ecci;\nþar var oc þrꜹmmvn\nþeygi sva litil.“", "en": "Kostbera spake:\n“A bear saw I enter, the pillars he broke,\nAnd he brandished his claws so that craven we were;\nWith his mouth seized he many, and nought was our might,\nAnd loud was the tumult, not little it was.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 17", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvað:\n„Veþr mvn þar vaxa,\nverþa ótt snemma,\nhvitabiorn hvgdir,\nþar mvn hregg ꜹstan.“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“Now a storm is brewing, and wild it grows swiftly,\nA dream of an ice-bear means a gale from the east.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 18", "orig": "Costbera qvað:\n„Avrn hvgða ec her inn flivga\nat endlongo hv́si,\nþat mvn oss drivgt deilaz,\ndreifþi hann oss oll bloþi,\nhvgða ec af heitom\nat vęri hamr Atla.“", "en": "Kostbera spake:\n“An eagle I saw flying from the end through the house,\nOur fate must be bad, for with blood he sprinkled us;\n. . . . .\nFrom the evil I fear that ’twas Atli’s spirit.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 19", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvað:\n„Slátrom sysliga,\nsiám þa roþro,\nopt er þat fyr oxnom,\ner ꜹrno dreymir;\nheill er hvgr Atla,\nhvatki er þic dreymir.“\nLokit þvi leto,\nliþr hver rǫþa.", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“They will slaughter soon, and so blood do we see,\nOft oxen it means when of eagles one dreams;\nTrue is Atli’s heart, whatever thou dreamest.”\nThen silent they were, and nought further they said." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 20", "orig": "Vocnoþo velborin,\nvar þar sams dǫmi,\ngettiz þess Glꜹmvor\nat vęri grand svefna,\n. . . . . viþ Gvnnarr\nat fa tvęr leiþir.", "en": "The high-born ones wakened, and like speech they had,\nThen did Glaumvor tell how in terror she dreamed,\n. . . . .\n. . . . . Gunnar two roads they should go." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 21", "orig": "Glꜹmvor qvað:\n„Gꜹrvan hvgda ec þer galga,\ngengir þv at hanga,\nęti þic ormar,\nyrþa ec þic qviqvan,\ngorþiz rꜹc ragna;\nráþ þv, hvat þat vęri!“", "en": "Glaumvor spake:\n“A gallows saw I ready, thou didst go to thy hanging,\nThy flesh serpents ate, and yet living I found thee;\n. . . . .\nThe gods’ doom descended; now say what it boded.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 22–23", "orig": "Gvnnarr qvað:\n. . . . .\nGlꜹmvor qvað:\n„Bloþgan hvgþa ec męki\nborinn or serc þinom\nillt er svefn slican\nat segia nꜹ́þmanni,\ngeir hvgða ec standa\ni gognom þic miþian,\nemioþo vlfar\na endom baþom.“\nGvnnarr qvað:\n„Raccar þar renna,\nraþaz mioc geyia,\nopt verþr glꜹmr hvnda\nfyr geira flꜹgom.“", "en": "“A sword drawn bloody from thy garments I saw,\nSuch a dream is hard to a husband to tell,\nA spear stood, methought, through thy body thrust,\nAnd at head and feet the wolves were howling.”\nGunnar spake:\n“The hounds are running, loud their barking is heard,\nOft hounds’ clamor follows the flying of spears.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 24", "orig": "Glꜹmvor qvað:\n„A hvgða ec her inn renna\nat endlꜹngo hvsi,\nþyti af þiosti,\nþeystiz vf becci,\nbryti fǫtr ycra\nbrǫþra her tveggia,\ngerþit vatn vęgia;\nvera mvn þat fyr necqvi.“", "en": "Glaumvor spake:\n“A river the length of the hall saw I run,\nFull swiftly it roared, o’er the benches it swept;\nO’er the feet did it break of ye brothers twain,\nThe water would yield not; some meaning there was.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 25", "orig": "Gvnnarr qvað:\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\n. . . . .\nGlꜹmvor qvað:\n„Konor hvgdac dꜹþar\ncoma i nott hingat,\nverit vart bvnar,\nvildi þic kiosa,\nbyþi þer bralliga\ntil beckia sinna;\nęc qveþ aflima\norðnar þer dísir.“", "en": "“I dreamed that by night came dead women hither,\nSad were their garments, and thee were they seeking;\nThey bade thee come swiftly forth to their benches,\nAnd nothing, methinks, could the Norns avail thee.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 26", "orig": "Gvnnarr qvað:\n„Seinat er at segia,\nsva er nv raþit,\nforþvmca for þo,\nallz þo er fara ætlaþ;\nmart er mioc glicligt,\nat mvnim scammęir.“", "en": "Gunnar spake:\n“Too late is thy speaking, for so is it settled;\nFrom the faring I turn not, the going is fixed,\nThough likely it is that our lives shall be short.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 27", "orig": "Lito er lysti,\nletoz þeir fvsir,\nallir vp risa,\nꜹnnor þꜹ lꜹtto;\nforo fimm saman,\nfleiri til varo\nhalfo hvscarlar\nhvgat var þvi illa,", "en": "Then bright shone the morning, the men all were ready,\nThey said, and yet each would the other hold back;\nFive were the warriors, and their followers all\nBut twice as many, their minds knew not wisdom." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 28", "orig": "Snevarr oc Solarr,\nsynir váro þeir Hꜹgna,\nOrkning þann hęto,\ner þeim enn fylgdi,\nbliþr var bꜹrr scialdar\nbroþir hans qvanar.\nForo fagrbv́nar,\nvnz þꜹ fiorþr scilþi;\nlꜹtto avalt liosar,\nletoat heldr segiaz.", "en": "Snævar and Solar, they were sons of Hogni,\nOrkning was he called who came with the others,\nBlithe was the shield-tree, the brother of Kostbera;\nThe fair-decked ones followed, till the fjord divided them,\nFull hard did they plead, but the others would hear not." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 29", "orig": "Glꜹmvor qvaþ at orþi,\nęr Gvnnarr atti,\nmęlti hon viþ Vinga,\nsem henne vert þótti:\n„Veitkaþ ec, hvart verþlꜹniþ\nat vilia ossom,\nglępr er gestz qvama,\nef í goriz nacqvad.“", "en": "Then did Glaumvor speak forth, the wife of Gunnar,\nTo Vingi she said that which wise to her seemed:\n“I know not if well thou requitest our welcome,\nFull ill was thy coming if evil shall follow.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 30", "orig": "Sór þa Vingi,\nser reþ hann lítt eira:\n„eigi hann iotnar,\nef hann at yðr lygi,\ngalgi gorvallan,\nef hann a griþ hygði!“", "en": "Then did Vingi swear, and full glib was his speech,\n. . . . .\n“May giants now take me if lies I have told ye,\nAnd the gallows if hostile thought did I have.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 31", "orig": "Bera qvaþ at orþi\nbliþ i hvg sinom:\n„Sigli þér sęler\noc sigr árniþ,\nfari sem ec fyr męlic!\nfęst eigi þvi nita!“", "en": "Then did Bera speak forth, and fair was her thought,\n. . . . .\n“May ye sail now happy, and victory have,\nTo fare as I bid ye, may nought your way bar.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 32", "orig": "Hꜹgni svaraþi,\nhvgði gott nánom:\n„Hvggizc iþ, horscar!\nhvegi er þat gorviz;\nmęla þat margir,\nmissir þo storvm,\nmꜹrgom ręþr litlo,\nhve verþr leiddr heiman.“", "en": "Then Hogni made answer, dear held he his kin, courage, ye wise ones, whatsoever may come;\nThough many may speak, yet is evil oft mighty,\nAnd words avail little to lead one homeward." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 33", "orig": "Sásc til siþan,\naþr i svndr hyrfi,\nþa hygg ec scꜹp scipto,\nscilþoz vegir þeirra.", "en": "They tenderly looked till each turned on his way,\nThen with changing fate were their farings divided." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 34", "orig": "Róa namo riki,\nrifo kiol halfan,\nbeysto bacfꜹllom,\nbrvgdvz heldr reiþir,\nhꜹmlor slitnoþo,\nhair brotnoþo,\ngerþvt far festa,\naþr þeir fra hyrfi.", "en": "Full stoutly they rowed, and the keel clove asunder,\nTheir backs strained at the oars, and their strength was fierce;\nThe oar-loops were burst, the thole-pins were broken,\nNor the ship made they fast ere from her they fared." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 35", "orig": "Litlo oc lengra\nloc mvn ec þess segia,\nbǫ sa þeir standa,\ner Bvþli átti;\nhátt hrikþo grindr,\ner Hꜹgni kniþi.", "en": "Not long was it after, the end must I tell.\nThat the home they beheld that Buthli once had;\nLoud the gates resounded when Hogni smote them;\nVingi spake then a word that were better unsaid:" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 36", "orig": "Orþ qvad þa Vingi\nþaz án vęri:\n„Fariþ firr hvsi,\nflát er til sǫkia,\nbrat hefi ec ycr brenda,\nbragðz scvlvþ hꜹggnir,\nfagrt baþ ec ycr qvamo,\nflát var þo vndir,\nella heþan bíþit,\nmeþan ec heygg yðr galga.“", "en": "“Go ye far from the house, for false is its entrance,\nSoon shall I burn you, ye are swiftly smitten;\nI bade ye come fairly, but falseness was under,\nNow bide ye afar while your gallows I fashion.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 37", "orig": "Orþ qvad hitt Hꜹgni,\nhvgþi lítt vęgia,\nvarr at vęttvgi,\ner varþ at reyna:\n„Hirþa þv oss hrǫþa,\nhafþv þat fram sialdan!\nef þv eycr orþi,\nillt mvndo þer lengia.“", "en": "Then Hogni made answer, his heart yielded little,\nAnd nought did he fear that his fate held in store:\n“Seek not to affright us, thou shalt seldom succeed;\nIf thy words are more, then the worse grows thy fate.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 38", "orig": "Hrvndo þeir Vinga\noc i hel drapo,\nexar at logðo,\nmeþan i ꜹnd hixti.", "en": "Then Vingi did they smite, and they sent him to hell,\nWith their axes they clove him while the death-rattle came." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 39–40", "orig": "Flycþoz þeir Atli\noc foro i brynior,\ngengo sva gorvir,\nat var garðr milli;\nvrpvz a orþom\nallir senn reiþir:\n„Fyrr varom fvllraþa\nat firra yþr lifi.“", "en": "Atli summoned his men, in mail-coats they hastened,\nAll ready they came, and between was the courtyard.\nThen came they to words, and full wrathful they were:\n“Long since did we plan how soon we might slay you.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 41", "orig": "„Á sér þat illa,\nef hꜹfþot aþr raþit,\nen eroþ obvnir,\noc hꜹfom einn feldan,\nlamþan til heliar,\nliþs var sa yðars.“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“Little it matters if long ye have planned it;\nFor unarmed do ye wait, and one have we felled,\nWe smote him to hell, of your host was he once.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 42", "orig": "Oþir þa vrþo,\ner þat orð heyrþo,\nforþoþo fingrom\noc fengo i snęri,\nscvto scarpliga\noc scioldom hlifdoz.", "en": "Then wild was their anger when all heard his words;\nTheir fingers were swift on their bowstrings to seize,\nFull sharply they shot, by their shields were they guarded." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 43", "orig": "Inn com þa annspilli,\nhvat vti drygðo,\nhatt fyr hꜹllo\nheyrþo þręl segia.\nAvtvl var þa Gvðrvn,\ner hon ecka hęyrþi,\nhlaþin halsmeniom,\nhreytti hon þeim gervollom,\nsleyngþi sva silfri,\nat i svndr hrvto bꜹgar.", "en": "In the house came the word how the heroes without\nFought in front of the hall; they heard a thrall tell it;\nGrim then was Guthrun, the grief when she heard,\nWith necklaces fair, and she flung them all from her,\nThe silver she hurled so the rings burst asunder." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 44", "orig": "Vt gecc hon siþan,\nypþit litt hvrþom,\nfóra fęlt þeygi\noc fagnaþi comnom;\nhvarf til Niflvnga,\nsv var hinnzt qveþia,\nfylgði saþr slico,\nsagdi hon mvn fleíra:", "en": "Then out did she go, she flung open the doors,\nAll fearless she went, and the guests did she welcome;\nTo the Niflungs she went, her last greeting it was,\nIn her speech truth was clear, and much would she speak." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 45", "orig": "„Leitaþa ec i lícna\nat letia ycr heiman,\nscopom viþr manngi,\noc scolvþ þo her komnir.“\nMęlti af manviti,\nef mvndo settaz;\necki at reþvz,\nallir ni qvaðo.", "en": "“For your safety I sought that at home ye should stay;\nNone escapes his fate, so ye hither must fare.”\nFull wisely she spake, if yet peace they might win,\nBut to nought would they hearken, and “No” said they all." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 46", "orig": "Sa þa sęlborin,\nat þeir sart lęko,\nhvgði a harðręþi\noc hrꜹdzc or scickio;\nneycþan toc hon męki\noc niþia fior varþi,\nhég varat hialdri,\nhvars hon hendr festi.", "en": "Then the high-born one saw that hard was their battle,\nIn fierceness of heart she flung off her mantle;\nHer naked sword grasped she her kin’s lives to guard,\nNot gentle her hands in the hewing of battle." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 47", "orig": "Dóttir lét Givca\ndrengi tva hníga,\nbrodvr hio hon Atla,\nbera varþ þann siþan,\nscapþi hon sva scǫro,\nsceldi fót vndan.\nAnnan reþ hon hꜹggva,\nsva at sa vpp reisat,\ni helio hon þann hafdi,\nþeygi henne hendr scvlfo.", "en": "Then the daughter of Gjuki two warriors smote down,\nAtli’s brother she slew, and forth then they bore him;\nSo fiercely she fought that his feet she clove off;\nAnother she smote so that never he stood,\nTo hell did she send him, her hands trembled never." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 48", "orig": "Þiorco þar gorþo,\nþeirri var viþ brvgðit,\nþat brá vm allt annat,\ner vnno born Givca;\nsva qvaþo Niflvnga,\nmeþan sialfir lifþo,\nscapa socn sverþom,\nslitaz af brynior,\nhꜹggva sva hialma,\nsem þęim hvgr dygði.", "en": "Full wide was the fame of the battle they fought,\n’Twas the greatest of deeds of the sons of Gjuki;\nMen say that the Niflungs, while themselves they were living,\nWith their swords fought mightily, mail-coats they sundered,\nAnd helms did they hew, as their hearts were fearless." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 49", "orig": "Morgin mest vago,\nvnz miþian dag liddi,\notto alla\noc ondvrþan dag;\nfyrr var fvllvegit,\nfloþi vollr bloþi,\nátián aþr fello,\nefri þeir vrþo\nBero tveir sveinar\noc broþir hennar.", "en": "All the morning they fought until midday shone,\nAll the dusk as well and the dawning of day,\nWhen the battle was ended, the field flowed with blood;\nEre they fell, eighteen of their foemen were slain,\nBy the two sons of Bera and her brother as well." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 50", "orig": "Rꜹscr toc at rǫþa,\nþott hann reiþr vęri:\n„Illt er vm litaz,\nyþr er þat kenna;\nvarom þrír tigir,\nþegnar vigligir,\neptir lifom ellifo,\nor er þar brvnnit.", "en": "Then the warrior spake, and wild was his anger:\n“This is evil to see, and thy doing is all;\nOnce we were thirty, we thanes keen for battle,\nNow eleven are left, and great is our lack." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 51–52", "orig": "Brǫþr varom fimm,\ner Bvþla mistom;\nhefir nv Hel halfa,\nenn hꜹggnir tveir liggia.\nMęgð gat ec micla,\nmacak þvi leyna,\nkona valiga!\nknaka ec þess niota;\nhliott attom sialdan,\nsitz comt i hendr ossar;\nfirþan mic frǫndom,\nfæ opt svikinn,\nsendoþ systvr helio,\nslics ec mest kennomc.“", "en": "“There were five of us brothers when Buthli we lost,\nNow Hel has the half, and two smitten lie here;\nA great kinship had I, the truth may I hide not,\nFrom a wife bringing slaughter small joy could I win.\nWe lay seldom together since to me thou wast given,\nNow my kin all are gone, of my gold am I robbed;\nNay, and worst, thou didst send my sister to hell.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 53", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Getr þv þess, Atli!\ngerþir sva fyrri:\nmoþvr toct mína\noc myrþir til hnossa,\nsvinna systrvngo\nsveltir þv i helli;\nhlęglict mer þat þiccir,\ner þv þinn harm tinir,\ngoþvm ec þat þacca,\ner þer gengz illa.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Hear me now, Atli! the first evil was thine;\nMy mother didst thou take, and for gold didst murder her,\nMy sister’s daughter thou didst starve in a prison.\nA jest does it seem that thy sorrow thou tellest,\nAnd good do I find it that grief to thee comes.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 54", "orig": "Atli qvað:\n„Eggia ec yþr, iarlar!\nꜹca harm storan\nuifs ins uegliga,\nuilia ec þat lita;\nkostit sva ceppa,\nat kleycqvi Gvðrvn!\nsia ec þat metta,\nat hon ser ne ynþit.", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Go now, ye warriors, and make greater the grief\nOf the woman so fair, for fain would I see it;\nSo fierce be thy warring that Guthrun shall weep,\nI would gladly behold her happiness lost." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 55", "orig": "Takit ęr Hꜹgna\noc hyldit meþ knífi,\nsceriþ or hiarta,\nscoloþ þess gorvir;\nGvnnar grimmvþgan\na galga festit,\nbellit þvi bragþi,\nbioþit til ormom!“", "en": "“Seize ye now Hogni, and with knives shall ye hew him,\nHis heart shall ye cut out, this haste ye to do;\nAnd grim-hearted Gunnar shall ye bind on the gallows,\nSwift shall ye do it, to serpents now cast him.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 56", "orig": "Hꜹgni qvað:\n„Gor, sem til lystir!\nglaðr mvnc þess biþa,\nrꜹscr mvnc þer reynaz,\nreynt hefi ec fyrr brattara;\nhofþvt hnecking,\nmeþan heilir varom,\nnv erom sva sarir,\nat þv mátt sialfr valda.“", "en": "Hogni spake:\n“Do now as thou wilt, for glad I await it,\nBrave shalt thou find me, I have faced worse before;\nWe held thee at bay while whole we were fighting,\nNow with wounds are we spent, so thy will canst thou work.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 57", "orig": "Beiti þat męlti,\nbryti var hann Atla:\n„Tꜹco ver Hialla,\nenn Hꜹgna forþom,\nhꜹgom ver halft yrkiom,\nhann er scapdꜹþi,\nlifira sva lengi,\nlꜹscr mvn hann ę heitinn.“", "en": "Then did Beiti speak, he was Atli’s steward:\n“Let us seize now Hjalli, and Hogni spare we!\nLet us fell the sluggard, he is fit for death,\nHe has lived too long, and lazy men call him.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 58", "orig": "Hrǫddr var hvergetir,\nhelta in lengr rvmi,\nkvnni kleckr verþa,\nkleif i rá hveria;\nvesall lez vígs þeirra,\ner scyldi váss gialda,\noc sinn dag dapran\nat deyia fra svínom,\nallri orcosto,\ner hann aþr hafþi.", "en": "Afraid was the pot-watcher, he fled here and yon,\nAnd crazed with his terror he climbed in the corners:\n“Ill for me is this fighting, if I pay for your fierceness,\nAnd sad is the day to die leaving my swine\nAnd all the fair victuals that of old did I have.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 59", "orig": "Toco þeir brás Bvþla\noc brvgðo til knífi,\nǫpþi illþręli,\nadr oddz kendi;\ntóm lez at eiga\nteþia uel garþa,\nuinna iþ vergasta,\nef hann viþ rétti,\nfeginn lez þo Hialli,\nat hann fior þęgi.", "en": "They seized Buthli’s cook, and they came with the knife,\nThe frightened thrall howled ere the edge did he feel;\nHe was willing, he cried, to dung well the courtyard,\nDo the basest of work, if spare him they would;\nFull happy were Hjalli if his life he might have." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 60", "orig": "Gettiz þess Hꜹgni\ngerva sva fǫri,\nat arna anꜹþgom,\nat vndan gengi:\n„Fyrir qveþ ec mer minna\nat fremia leíc þenna;\nhvi mynim her vilia\nheyra a þá scręcton?“", "en": "Then fain was Hogni, there are few would do thus.\nTo beg for the slave that safe hence he should go;\n“I would find it far better this knife-play to feel,\nWhy must we all hark to this howling longer?”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 61", "orig": "Þrifo þeir þióþgóðan,\nþa var costr engi\nreccom racclatom\nráð enn lengr dvelia;\nhlo þa Hꜹgni,\nheyrþo dagmegir,\nkeppa hann sva kvnni,\nqvol hann vel þolþi.", "en": "Then the brave one they seized; to the warriors bold\nNo chance was there left to delay his fate longer;\nLoud did Hogni laugh, all the sons of day heard him,\nSo valiant he was that well he could suffer." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 62", "orig": "Hꜹrpo toc Gvnnarr,\nhrǫrþi ilqvistom,\nsla hann sva kvnni,\nat snotir gréto,\nklvcco þeir karlar,\ner kvnno gǫrst heýra;\nrikri raþ sagdi;\nraptar svndr brvsto.", "en": "A harp Gunnar seized, with his toes he smote it;\nSo well did he strike that the women all wept,\nAnd the men, when clear they heard it, lamented;\nFull noble was his song, the rafters burst asunder." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 63", "orig": "Dó þa dyrir,\ndags var heldr snemma,\nleto þeir a lesti\nlifa iþrótta.", "en": "Then the heroes died ere the day was yet come;\nTheir fame did they leave ever lofty to live.\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 64", "orig": "Stórr þottiz Atli,\nste hann vm þa baþa,\nhorscri harm sagði\noc reþ heldr at bregða:\n„Morginn er nv, Gvðrvn!\nmist hefir þv þer hollra;\nsvms ertv sialfscapa,\nat hafi sva gengit.“", "en": "Full mighty seemed Atli as o’er them he stood,\nThe wise one he blamed, and his words reproached her:\n“It is morning, Guthrun; now thy dear ones dost miss,\nBut the blame is part thine that thus it has chanced.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 65", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Feginn ertv, Atli!\nferr þv víg lýsa,\na mvno þer iþrar,\nef þv alt reýnir;\nsv mvn erfþ eptir,\nec kann þer segia:\nillz gengz þer alldri,\nnęma ec oc deyia.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Thou art joyous, Atli, for of evil thou tellest,\nBut sorrow is thine if thou mightest all see;\nThy heritage heavy here can I tell thee,\nSorrow never thou losest unless I shall die.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 66", "orig": "Atli qvað:\n„Cann ec slics synia,\nse ec til raþ annaþ\nhálfo hógligra\nhꜹfnom opt góþo:\nmani mvn ec þic hvgga,\nmętom agętom,\nsilfri snęhvíto,\nsem þv sialf vilir.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Not free of guilt am I; a way shall I find\nThat is better by far, oft the fairest we shunned;\nWith slaves I console thee, with gems fair to see,\nAnd with silver snow-white, as thyself thou shalt choose.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 67", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Ón er þess engi,\nec vil þvi níta;\nsleít ec þa sattir,\ner váro sacar minni;\nafkár ec aþr þotta,\ná mvn nv gęþa,\nhręfþa ec vm hotvetna,\nmeþan Hꜹgni lifþi.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“No hope shall this give thee, thy gifts I shall take not,\nRequital I spurned when my sorrows were smaller;\nOnce grim did I seem, but now greater my grimness,\nThere was nought seemed too hard while Hogni was living." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 68", "orig": "Alin viþ vp vorvm\ni eino hv́si,\nlecom leic margan\noc i lvndi óxom,\ngeddi ocr Grimilldr\ngvlli oc halsmeniom;\nbana mvndo mer brǫþra\nbǫta aldregi,\nne vinna þess ecci,\nat mer vel þicci.", "en": "“Our childhood did we have in a single house,\nWe played many a game, in the grove did we grow;\nThen did Grimhild give us gold and necklaces;\nThou shalt ne’er make amends for my brother’s murder,\nNor ever shalt win me to think it was well." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 69", "orig": "Costom drepr qvenna\ncarla ofriki,\ni kne gengr hnefi,\nef qvistir þverra;\ntre tecr at hniga,\nef heyggr tág vndan;\nnv mattv einn, Atli!\nollo her raþa.“", "en": "“But the fierceness of men rules the fate of women,\nThe tree-top bows low if bereft of its leaves,\nThe tree bends over if the roots are cleft under it;\nNow mayest thou, Atli, o’er all things here rule.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 70", "orig": "Gnott var grvnnyðgi,\ner gramr þvi trvþi,\nsyn var sveípvísi,\nef hann sín gęþi;\nkrꜹpp var þa Gvdrvn,\nkvnni vm hvg męla,\nlett hon ser gerþi,\nlec hon tveim scioldom.", "en": "Full heedless the warrior was that he trusted her,\nSo clear was her guile if on guard he had been;\nBut crafty was Guthrun, with cunning she spake,\nHer glance she made pleasant, with two shields she played." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 71", "orig": "Ǫxti hon ꜹldryccior\nat erfa brǫþr sína,\nsamr lezc oc Atli\nat sína gorva.\nLokit þvi leto,\nlagat var dryccio,\nsv var samkvnda\nviþ svorfon ofmicla;", "en": "The beer then she brought for her brothers’ death-feast,\nAnd a feast Atli made for his followers dead;\nNo more did they speak, the mead was made ready,\nSoon the men were gathered with mighty uproar." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 72", "orig": "strꜹng var stórhvgvð,\nstriddi hon ętt Bvdla,\nvildi hon ver sínom\nvinna ofrhefndir.\nLoccaþi hon litla\noc lagði viþ stocci,\nglvpnoþo grimmir\noc greto þeygi,\nforo i faðm moþvr,\nfretto, hvat þa scyldi.", "en": "Thus bitterly planned she, and Buthli’s race threatened,\nAnd terrible vengeance on her husband would take;\nThe little ones called she, on a block she laid them;\nAfraid were the proud ones, but their tears did not fall;\nTo their mother’s arms went they, and asked what she would." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 73", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Spyrit litt eptir!\nspilla etla ec báðom,\nlyst várvmc þess lengi\nat lyfia ycr ęlli.“\nSveinarnir qváðo:\n„Blótt, sem vilt, bornom!\nbannar þat manngi,\nscꜹmm mvn ro reiþi,\nef þv reynir gerva.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Nay, ask me no more! You both shall I murder,\nFor long have I wished your lives to steal from you.”\nThe boys spake:\n“Slay thy boys as thou wilt, for no one may bar it,\nShort the angry one’s peace if all thou shalt do.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 74", "orig": "Brá þá barnęsco\nbrǫþra in cappsvinna,\nsciptit scapliga,\nscar hon a háls baþa.\nEnn fretti Atli,\nhvert farnir vęri\nsveinar hans leica,\ner hann sa þa hvergi.", "en": "Then the grim one slew both of the brothers young,\nFull hard was her deed when their heads she smote off;\nFain was Atli to know whither now they were gone,\nThe boys from their sport, for nowhere he spied them." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 75", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Yfir raþomc ganga\nAtla til segia,\ndylia mvnc þic eigi\ndóttir Grimilldar;\nglaþa mvn þic minnzt, Atli!\nef þv gerva reynir;\nvacþir va micla,\ner þv vát brǫþr mína.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“My fate shall I seek, all to Atli saying,\nThe daughter of Grimhild the deed from thee hides not;\nNo joy thou hast, Atli, if all thou shalt hear,\nGreat sorrow didst wake when my brothers thou slewest." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 76", "orig": "Svaf ec mioc sialdan,\nsiþans þeir fello,\nhét ec þer hꜹrþo,\nhefi ec þic nv mintan;\nmorgin mer sagdir,\nman ec enn þann gerva,\nnv er oc aptann,\nát þv slíct at fretta.", "en": "“I have seldom slept since the hour they were slain,\nBaleful were my threats, now I bid thee recall them;\nThou didst say it was morning, too well I remember,\nNow is evening come, and this question thou askest." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 77–79", "orig": "Maga hefir þv þinna\nmist, sem þv sizt scyldir,\nhꜹsa veitz þv þeirra\nhafða at ꜹlscalom,\ndrygða ec þer sva dryccio,\ndreyra blett ec þeirra.\nToc ec þeirra hiorto\noc a teini steictac,\nselda ec þer siþan,\nsagdag at calfs vęri:\neinn þv þvi ollir,\necci rettv leifa,\ntꜹgtv tiþliga,\ntrvþir vel ioxlom.\nBarna veiztv þinna,\nbiþr ser fár verra;\nhlvt veld ec minom,\nhęlomc þo ekki.“", "en": "“Now both of thy sons thou hast lost . . .\n. . . . . . . . as thou never shouldst do;\nThe skulls of thy boys thou as beer-cups didst have,\nAnd the draught that I made thee was mixed with their blood.\n“I cut out their hearts, on a spit I cooked them,\nI came to thee with them, and calf’s flesh I called them;\nAlone didst thou eat them, nor any didst leave,\nThou didst greedily bite, and thy teeth were busy.\n“Of thy sons now thou knowest; few suffer more sorrow;\nMy guilt have I told, fame it never shall give me.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 80", "orig": "Atli qvað:\n„Grimm vartv, Gvðrvn!\ner þv gera sva máttir,\nbarna þinna blóþi\nat blanda mer dryckio;\nsnýtt hefir þv sifivngom,\nsem þv sizt scyldir,\nmer lętr þv oc sialfom\nmillom illz litiþ.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Grim wast thou, Guthrun, in so grievous a deed,\nMy draught with the blood of thy boys to mingle;\nThou hast slain thine own kin, most ill it beseemed thee,\nAnd little for me twixt my sorrows thou leavest.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 81", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Vili mer enn vęri\nat vega þic sialfan,\nfátt er fvllilla\nfariþ viþ gram slican;\ndrygt þv fyrr hafþir\nþat er menn dǫmi vissoþ til\nheimsco harþręþis\ni heimi þessvm;\nnv hefir þv enn ꜹkit\nþat er aþan fragom,\ngreipt glø̨p stóran,\ngert hefir þv þitt erfi.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Still more would I seek to slay thee thyself,\nEnough ill comes seldom to such as thou art;\nThou didst folly of old, such that no one shall find\nIn the whole world of men a match for such madness.\nNow this that of late we learned hast thou added,\nGreat evil hast grasped, and thine own death-feast made.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 82", "orig": "Atli qvað:\n„Brend mvndv a bali\noc bariþ grioti aþr,\nþa hefir þv arnat\nþatztv ę beiðiz.“\nGvðrvn qvað:\n„Seg þer slicar\nsorgir ar morgin,\nfriðra vil ec dꜹþa\nfara i lios annat.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“With fire shall they burn thee, and first shall they stone thee,\nSo then hast thou earned what thou ever hast sought for.”\nGuthrun spake:\n“Such woes for thyself shalt thou say in the morning,\nFrom a finer death I to another light fare.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 83", "orig": "Sato samtyniss,\nsendvz fárhvgi,\nhendvz heiptyrþi,\nhvartki ser vnði.\nHeipt ox Hniflvngi,\nhvgði a storręþi,\ngat fyr Gvðrvno,\nat hann vęri grimmr Atla.", "en": "Together they sat and full grim were their thoughts,\nUnfriendly their words, and no joy either found;\nIn Hniflung grew hatred, great plans did he have,\nTo Guthrun his anger against Atli was told." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 84", "orig": "Komo i hvg henne\nHꜹgna viðfarar,\ntalþi happ hánom,\nef hann hefnt ynni.\nVeginn var þa Atli,\nvar þess scamt biþa,\nsonr vá Hꜹgna\noc sialf Gvðrvn.", "en": "To her heart came ever the fate of Hogni,\nShe told him ’twere well if he vengeance should win;\nSo was Atli slain, ’twas not slow to await,\nHogni’s son slew him, and Guthrun herself." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 85", "orig": "Rꜹscr toc at ręþa,\nracþiz or svefni,\nkendi brát benia,\nbandz qvad hann þꜹrf onga:\n„Segit iþ sannasta,\nhverr va son Bvþla;\nemca ec litt leicinn,\nlífs tel ec vón onga.“", "en": "Then the warrior spake, as from slumber he wakened,\nSoon he knew for his wounds would the bandage do nought:\n“Now the truth shalt thou say: who has slain Buthli’s son?\nFull sore am I smitten, nor hope can I see.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 86–87", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Dylia mvn þic eigi\ndottir Grimildar,\nlátomc þvi valda,\ner liþr þina ęfi,\nenn svmo sonr Hꜹgna,\ner þic sár męþa.“\nAtli qvað:\n„Vaþit hefir þv at vigi,\nþótt veriþ scaplict,\nillt er vin vela\nþanz þer vel trvir;\nbeiddr for ec heiman\nat biþia þín, Gvðrvn!\nLeyfð vartv eckia,\nleto stórraþa,\nvarþa ván lygi,\ner ver vm reyndom;\nfortv heim hingat,\nfylgþi oss herr manna,\nalt var itarlict\nvm orar ferðir.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Ne’er her deed from thee hides the daughter of Grimhild,\nI own to the guilt that is ending thy life,\nAnd the son of Hogni; ’tis so thy wounds bleed.”\nAtli spake:\n“To murder hast thou fared, though foul it must seem;\nIll thy friend to betray who trusted thee well.\n“Not glad went I hence thy hand to seek, Guthrun,\nIn thy widowhood famed, but haughty men found thee;\nMy belief did not lie, as now we have learned;\nI brought thee home hither, and a host of men with us." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 88", "orig": "Margs var allz sómi\nmanna tiginna,\nnꜹ́t váro ęrin,\nnvtom af storvm,\nþar var fiolþ fiár,\nfengo til margir.", "en": "“Most noble was all when of old we journeyed,\nGreat honor did we have of heroes full worthy;\nOf cattle had we plenty, and greatly we prospered,\nMighty was our wealth, and many received it." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 89", "orig": "Mvnd galt ec mǫrri,\nmeiþma fiolþ þiggia,\nþrela þriá tigo,\nþyiar siꜹ goðar,\nsęmþ var at slico,\nsilfr var þo meira.", "en": "“To the famed one as bride-gift I gave jewels fair,\nI gave thirty slaves, and handmaidens seven;\nThere was honor in such gifts, yet the silver was greater." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 90", "orig": "Léztv þer alt þiccia,\nsem ecci vęri,\nmeþan lꜹnd þꜹ lágo,\ner mer leifði Bvdli,\ngróftv sva vndir,\ngerþit hlvt þiggia;\nsvęro leztv þina\nsitia opt gratna,\nfann ec i hvg heilom\nhióna vętr siþan.“", "en": "“But all to thee was as if nought it were worth,\nWhile the land lay before thee that Buthli had left me;\nThou in secret didst work so the treasure I won not;\nMy mother full oft to sit weeping didst make,\nNo wedded joy found I in fullness of heart.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 91", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Lygr þv nv, Atli!\nþott ec þat lit rekia,\nheldr var ec hǫg sialdan,\nhoftv þo storvm;\nbordvz er brǫþr vngir,\nbarvz róg milli,\nhalft gecc til heliar\nor hvsi þíno,\nhrolldi hotvetna\nþat er til hags scyldi.", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“Thou liest now, Atli, though little I heed it;\nIf I seldom was kindly, full cruel wast thou;\nYe brothers fought young, quarrels brought you to battle,\nAnd half went to hell of the sons of thy house,\nAnd all was destroyed that should e’er have done good." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 92", "orig": "Þriv́ vorom systkin,\nþottvm ovęgin,\nforvm af landi,\nfylgðom Sigvrþi;\nscęva ver létom,\nscipi hvert vart styrþi,\nꜹrkoþom at ꜹþno,\nvnz ver ꜹstr qvomom.", "en": "“My two brothers and I were bold in our thoughts,\nFrom the land we went forth, with Sigurth we fared;\nFull swiftly we sailed, each one steering his ship,\nSo our fate sought we e’er till we came to the East." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 93", "orig": "Konvng drapom fyrstan,\nkvrom land þaþra,\nhersar oss a hond gengo,\nhrǫzlo þat vissi;\nvagom or scógi\nþannz vildom sycnan,\nsęttom þann sęlan,\ner ser ne attiþ.", "en": "“First the king did we slay, and the land we seized,\nThe princes did us service, for such was their fear;\nFrom the forest we called them we fain would have guiltless,\nAnd rich made we many who of all were bereft." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 94", "orig": "Dꜹþr varþ inn hvnsci,\ndrap þa brát kosti,\nstrangt var angr vngri\nęckio nafn hliota;\nqvol þotti qvicri\nat koma i hv́s Atla,\natti aþr cappi,\nillr var sa missir.", "en": "“Slain was the Hun-king, soon happiness vanished,\nIn her grief the widow so young sat weeping;\nYet worse seemed the sorrow to seek Atli’s house,\nA hero was my husband, and hard was his loss." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 95", "orig": "Comtaþv af þvi þingi,\ner ver þat frǫgim,\nat þv sꜹc sǫttir\nne slękþir aðra;\nvildir avalt vęgia,\nenn vętki halda,\nkyrt vm þvi láta,\n. . . . . “", "en": "“From the Thing thou camst never, for thus have we heard,\nHaving won in thy quarrels, or warriors smitten;\nFull yielding thou wast, never firm was thy will,\nIn silence didst suffer, . . . . . . . .”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 96", "orig": "Atli qvað:\n„Lygr þv nv, Gvdrvn!\nlítt mvn viþ bǫtaz\nhlvti hvarigra,\nhofom ꜹll scarþan;\ngorþv nv, Gvðrvn!\naf gǫzco þinni\nocr til agętiss,\ner mic v́t hefia.“", "en": "Atli spake:\n“Thou liest now, Guthrun, but little of good\nWill it bring to either, for all have we lost;\nBut, Guthrun, yet once be thou kindly of will,\nFor the honor of both, when forth I am borne.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 97", "orig": "Gvðrvn qvað:\n„Knꜹrr mvn ec cꜹpa\noc kisto steinda,\nvexa vel blęio\nat veria þitt líci,\nhyggia a þꜹrf hveria,\nsem við holl vęrim.“", "en": "Guthrun spake:\n“A ship will I buy, and a bright-hued coffin,\nI will wax well the shroud to wind round thy body,\nFor all will I care as if dear were we ever.”" }, { "ref": "Atlamol 98", "orig": "Nár varþ þa Atli,\nniþiom stríþ ǫxti,\nefndi itrborin\nalt þatz reþ heita;\nfroþ vildi Gvdrvn\nfara ser at spilla,\nvrðo dvol dǫgra,\ndo hon i sinn annaþ.", "en": "Then did Atli die, and his heirs’ grief doubled;\nThe high-born one did as to him she had promised;\nThen sought Guthrun the wise to go to her death,\nBut for days did she wait, and ’twas long ere she died." }, { "ref": "Atlamol 99", "orig": "Sęll er hverr siþan,\ner slict getr fǫða\nioþ at afreki,\nsems ol Givci;\nlifa mvn þat eptir\na landi hverio\nþeirra þrámęli,\nhvargi er þiod heyrir.", "en": "Full happy shall he be who such offspring has,\nOr children so gallant, as Gjuki begot;\nForever shall live, and in lands far and wide,\nTheir valor heroic wherever men hear it." } ], "gudrunarhvot": [ { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot, opening prose", "orig": "Gvðrvn gecc þa til sęvar, er hon hafði drepit Atla; gecc hon v́t a sęinn oc vildi fara ser; hon mátti eigi sꜹcqva. Rac hana yfir fiordinn a land Ionacrs konvngs; hann fecc hennar; þeirra synir voro þeir Sꜹrli oc Erpr oc Hamþir. Þar fǫddiz vpp Svanhildr Sigvrdar dottir; hon var gipt Iormvnreck enom rikia. Með hanom var Bicci; hann reþ þat, at Randvér konvngs son scyldi taca hana . . . . . Þat sagði Bicci konvngi. Konvngr let hengia Randvé, enn troþa Svanhildi vndir hrossa fótom. Enn er þat spvrþi Gvðrvn, þa qvaddi hon sono sina.", "en": "Guthrun went forth to the sea after she had slain Atli. She went out into the sea and fain would drown herself, but she could not sink. The waves bore her across the fjord to the land of King Jonak; he took her as wife; their sons were Sorli and Erp and Hamther. There was brought up Svanhild, Sigurth’s daughter; she was married to the mighty Jormunrek. With him was Bikki, who counselled that Randver, the king’s son, should have her. This Bikki told to the king. The king had Randver hanged, and Svanhild trodden to death under horses’ feet. And when Guthrun learned this, she spake with her sons." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 1", "orig": "Þa fra ec senno\nsliþrfengligsta,\ntrꜹþ mál talid\naf trega storvm,\ner harþhvgvþ\nhvatti at vigi\ngrimmom orþom\nGvdrvn sono:", "en": "A word-strife I learned, most woeful of all,\nA speech from the fullness of sorrow spoken,\nWhen fierce of heart her sons to the fight\nDid Guthrun whet with words full grim." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 2", "orig": "„Hvi sitit,\nhvi sofit lífi,\nhvi tregraþ ycr\nteiti at męla?\ner Iormvnrecr\nydra systor\nvnga at aldri\nióm of traddi,\nhvitom oc svortom\na hervegi,\ngrám, gangtꜹmom\nGotna hrossom.", "en": "“Why sit ye idle, why sleep out your lives,\nWhy grieve ye not in gladness to speak?\nSince Jormunrek your sister young\nBeneath the hoofs of horses hath trodden,\nWhite and black on the battle-way,\nGray, road-wonted, the steeds of the Goths." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 3", "orig": "Vrþva iþ glikir\nþeim Gvnnari,\nne in heldr hvgðir\nsem var Hꜹgni;\nhennar mvndoþ iþ\nhefna leita,\nef iþ móþ ettiþ\nminna brǫdra\neþa harþan hvg\nHv́nkonvnga.“", "en": "“Not like are ye to Gunnar of yore,\nNor have ye hearts such as Hogni’s was;\nVengeance for her ye soon would have\nIf brave ye were as my brothers of old,\nOr hard your hearts as the Hunnish kings’.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 4", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Hamþir\ninn hvgomstóri:\n„Lítt mvndir þv\nleyfa daþ Hꜹgna,\nþa er Sigvrð vocþo\nsvefni ór;\nbęcr váro þinar\nenar bláhvíto\nroþnar i vers dreyra,\nfolgnar i valbloþi.", "en": "Then Hamther spake, the high of heart:\n“Little the deed of Hogni didst love,\nWhen Sigurth they wakened from his sleep;\nThy bed-covers white were red with blood\nOf thy husband, drenched with gore from his heart." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 5", "orig": "Vrþo þer . . . . .\nbrǫþra hefndir\nsliþrar oc sárar,\ner þv sono myrþir;\nknęttim allir\nIormvnrecki\nsamhyggiendr\nsystor hefna.", "en": "“Bloody revenge didst have for thy brothers,\nEvil and sore, when thy sons didst slay;\nElse yet might we all on Jormunrek\nTogether our sister’s slaying avenge." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 6", "orig": "Beriþ hnossir fram\nhv́nkonvnga!\nhefir þv ocr hvatta\nat hiorþingi.“", "en": "“. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe gear of the Hunnish kings now give us!\nThou hast whetted us so to the battle of swords.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 7", "orig": "Hlęiandi Gvdrvn\nhvarf til scemmo,\nkvmbl konvnga\nor kerom valþi,\nsiþar brynior,\noc sonom fęrþi;\nhloþvz modgir\na mara bógo.", "en": "Laughing did Guthrun go to her chamber,\nThe helms of the kings from the cupboards she took,\nAnd mail-coats broad, to her sons she bore them;\nOn their horses’ backs the heroes leaped." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 8", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Hamþir\ninn hvgomstori:\n„Sva comaz meírr aptr\nmoþvr at vitia\ngeirniorþr hniginn\ná Goðþioþo,\nat þv erfi\nat oll oss dryckir,\nat Svanhildi\noc sono þina.“", "en": "Then Hamther spake, the high of heart:\n“Homeward no more his mother to see\nComes the spear-god, fallen mid Gothic folk;\nOne death-draught thou for us all shalt drink,\nFor Svanhild then and thy sons as well.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 9", "orig": "Gvþrvn gratandi,\nGivca dottir,\ngecc hon tregliga\na tai sitia\noc at telia\ntárokhlýra\nmoþvg spioll\na margan veg:", "en": "Weeping Guthrun, Gjuki’s daughter,\nWent sadly before the gate to sit,\nAnd with tear-stained cheeks to tell the tale\nOf her mighty griefs, so many in kind." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 10", "orig": "„Þriá vissa ec elda,\nþriá vissa ec arna,\nvar ec þrimr verom\nvegin at hvsi;\neinn var mer Sigvrþr\nꜹllom betri,\ner brǫþr minir\nat bana vrþo.", "en": "“Three home-fires knew I, three hearths I knew,\nHome was I brought by husbands three;\nBut Sigurth only of all was dear,\nHe whom my brothers brought to his death." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 11", "orig": "Svarra sara\nsakaþ ec ne kvnna,\nmeirr þottvz\nmer vm stríþa,\ner mic ꜹþlingar\nAtla gafo.", "en": "“A greater sorrow I saw not nor knew,\nYet more it seemed I must suffer yet\nWhen the princes great to Atli gave me." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 12", "orig": "Hv́na hvassa\nhet ec mer at rv́nom,\nmattigac bolva\nbętr vm vinna,\naþr ec hnóf\nhofvþ af Niflvngom.", "en": "“The brave boys I summoned to secret speech;\nFor my woes requital I might not win\nTill off the heads of the Hniflungs I hewed." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 13", "orig": "Gecc ec til strandar,\ngrꜹm varc nornom,\nvilda ec hrinda\nstríþgriþ þeirra;\nhófo mic, ne drecþo,\nhavar baror,\nþvi ec land vm stéc,\nat lifa scyldac.", "en": "“To the sea I went, my heart full sore\nFor the Norns, whose wrath I would now escape;\nBut the lofty billows bore me undrowned,\nTill to land I came, so I longer must live." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 14", "orig": "Gecc ec a beþ,\nhvgdac mer fyr betra,\nþriþia sinni\nþioðkonvngi;\nól ec mer ioþ,\nerfivorþo,\nerfivorþo\nIonacrs sonom.", "en": "“Then to the bed, of old was it better!\nOf a King of the folk a third time I came;\nBoys I bore his heirs to be,\nHeirs so young, the sons of Jonak." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 15", "orig": "Enn vm Svanhildi\nsato þýiar,\nenn ec minna barna\nbazt fvllhvgðac;\nsva var Svanhildr\ni sal minom,\nsem vęri sęmleitr\nsolar geisli.", "en": "“But round Svanhild handmaidens sat,\nShe was dearest ever of all my children;\nSo did Svanhild seem in my hall\nAs the ray of the sun is fair to see." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 16", "orig": "Gødda ec gvlli\noc gvðvefiom,\naþr ec gęfac\nGoðþioðar til;\nþat er mer hardaz\nharma minna\nof þann inn hvíta\nhadd Svanhildar,\nav́ri troddo\nvnd ióa fótom.", "en": "“Gold I gave her and garments bright,\nEre I let her go to the Gothic folk;\nOf my heavy woes the hardest it was\nWhen Svanhild’s tresses fair were trodden\nIn the mire by hoofs of horses wild." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 17", "orig": "Enn sa sarastr,\ner þeir Sigvrþ minn\nsigri rǫntan\ni sǫing vágo;\nenn sa grimmastr,\ner þeir Gvnnari\nfránir ormar\ntil fiors scriþo;", "en": "“The sorest it was when Sigurth mine\nOn his couch, of victory robbed, they killed;\nAnd grimmest of all when to Gunnar’s heart\nThere crept the bright-hued crawling snakes." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 18", "orig": "enn sa hvassastr,\ner til hiarta\nkonvng oblꜹþan\nqvicvan scáro.\nFiolþ man ec bꜹlva,\nfiolþ man ec harma;", "en": "“And keenest of all when they cut the heart\nFrom the living breast of the king so brave;\nMany woes I remember, . . . . . . . .\n. . . . ." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 19", "orig": "beittv, Sigvrþr!\nenn blacca mar,\nhest inn hraþfǫra\nlattv hinig renna!\nsitr eigi her\nsnor ne dottir,\nsv er Gvdrvno\ngęfi hnossir.", "en": "“Bridle, Sigurth, thy steed so black,\nHither let run thy swift-faring horse;\nHere there sits not son or daughter\nWho yet to Guthrun gifts shall give." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 20", "orig": "Minnztv, Sigvrþr!\nhvat viþ męltom,\nþa er viþ a beþ\nbǫþi satom,\nat þv myndir min,\nmoþvgr! vitia\nhalr or helio,\nenn ec þín or hęimę.", "en": "“Remember, Sigurth, what once we said,\nWhen together both on the bed we sat,\nThat mightily thou to me wouldst come\nFrom hell and I from earth to thee." }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 21", "orig": "Hlaþit er, iarlar!\neikicꜹstinn,\nlatiþ þann vnd hilmi\nhęstan verþa!\nmegi brenna briost\nbꜹlvafvlt eldr,\nþrvngit vm hiarta\nþiþni sorgir.“", "en": "“Pile ye up, jarls, the pyre of oak,\nMake it the highest a hero e’er had;\nLet the fire burn my grief-filled breast,\nMy sore-pressed heart, till my sorrows melt.”" }, { "ref": "Guthrunarhvot 22", "orig": "Iorlom ollom\noþal batni,\nsnotom ollom\nsorg at minni,\nat þetta tregrof\nvm taliþ vęri.", "en": "May nobles all less sorrow know,\nAnd less the woes of women become,\nSince the tale of this lament is told." } ], "hamdismal": [ { "ref": "Hamthesmol 1", "orig": "Sprvtto a tái\ntregnar iðir\ngręti alfa\nin glýstꜹmo;\nár vm morgin\nmanna bꜹlva\nsvtir hveriar\nsorg vm qveyqva.", "en": "Great the evils once that grew,\nWith the dawning sad of the sorrow of elves;\nIn early morn awake for men\nThe evils that grief to each shall bring." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 2", "orig": "Vara þat nv\nne i gęr,\nþat hefir langt\nliþit siþan:\ner hvatti Gvðrvn\nGivca borin\nsono sina vnga\nat hefna Svanhildar:", "en": "Not now, nor yet of yesterday was it,\nLong the time that since hath lapsed,\nSo that little there is that is half as old,\nSince Guthrun, daughter of Gjuki, whetted\nHer sons so young to Svanhild’s vengeance." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 3", "orig": "„Syster var yccor\nSvanhildr vm heitin,\nsv er Iormvnreccr\nióm vm traddi,\nhvitom oc svortom\na hervegi,\ngrám, gangtꜹmom\nGotna hrossom.", "en": "“The sister ye had was Svanhild called,\nAnd her did Jormunrek trample with horses,\nWhite and black on the battle-way,\nGray, road-wonted, the steeds of the Goths." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 4", "orig": "Eptir er ycr þrvngit\nþioðkonvnga,\nlifiþ einir er\nþátta ęttar minnar.", "en": "“Little the kings of the folk are ye like,\nFor now ye are living alone of my race." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 5", "orig": "Einstǫð em ec orðin,\nsem ꜹsp i holti,\nfallin at frǫndom,\nsem fvra at qvisti,\nvadin at vilia,\nsem uíþir at lꜹfi,\nþa er in qvistscęþa\nkǫmr vm dag varman.“", "en": "“Lonely am I as the forest aspen,\nOf kindred bare as the fir of its boughs,\nMy joys are all lost as the leaves of the tree\nWhen the scather of twigs from the warm day turns.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 6", "orig": "Hitt qvaþ þa Hamþir\ninn hvgomstóri:\n„Litt myndir þv þa, Gvdrvn!\nleyfa daþ Hꜹgna,\ner þeir Sigvrð vocþo\nsvefni or,\nsaztv a beþ,\nenn banar hlógo.", "en": "Then Hamther spake forth, the high of heart:\n“Small praise didst thou, Guthrun, to Hogni’s deed give\nWhen they wakened thy Sigurth from out of his sleep,\nThou didst sit on the bed while his slayers laughed." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 7", "orig": "Becr váro þinar\ninar bláhvíto\nroþnar valvndom,\nflvto i vers dreyra;\nsvalt þa Sigvrþr,\nsaztv yfir dꜹþom,\nglyia þv ne gaðir,\nGvnnarr þer sva vildi.", "en": "“Thy bed-covers white with blood were red\nFrom his wounds, and with gore of thy husband were wet;\nSo Sigurth was slain, by his corpse didst thou sit,\nAnd of gladness didst think not: ’twas Gunnar’s doing." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 8", "orig": "Atla þottiz þv striþa\nat Erps morði\noc at Eitils aldrlagi,\nþat var þer enn verra;\nsva scyldi hverr ꜹþrom\nveria til aldrlaga\nsverþi sarbeito,\nat ser ne striddit.“", "en": "“Thou wouldst strike at Atli by the slaying of Erp\nAnd the killing of Eitil; thine own grief was worse;\nSo should each one wield the wound-biting sword\nThat another it slays but smites not himself.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 9", "orig": "Hitt qvaþ þa Sꜹrli,\nsvinna hafði hann hyggio:\n„Vilcat ec við moþvr\nmalom scipta,\norz þiccir enn vant\nycro hváro,\nhvers biþr þv nv, Gvðrvn!\nęr þv at grati ne fǫrat?", "en": "Then did Sorli speak out, for wise was he ever:\n“With my mother I never a quarrel will make;\nFull little in speaking methinks ye both lack;\nWhat askest thou, Guthrun, that will give thee no tears?" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 10", "orig": "Brǫþr grat þv þína\noc bvri svasa,\nniþia naborna\nleidda nęr rógi;\nocr scaltv oc, Gvðrvn!\ngrata baþa,\ner her sitiom feigir a mꜹrom,\nfiarri mvnom deyia.“", "en": "“For thy brothers dost weep, and thy boys so sweet,\nThy kinsmen in birth on the battlefield slain;\nNow, Guthrun, as well for us both shalt thou weep,\nWe sit doomed on our steeds, and far hence shall we die.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 11", "orig": "Hitt qvaþ þa Hroþrglꜹþ,\nstoþ vf hleþom,\nmefingr męlti\nvið mꜹg þenna:\n„ Þviat þat hetta\nat hlyþigi myni,\nmega tveir menn einir\ntív hvndroþ Gotna\nbinda eþa beria\ni borg inni ha.“", "en": "Then the fame-glad one, on the steps she was.\nThe slender-fingered, spake with her son:\n“Ye shall danger have if counsel ye heed not;\n. . . . .\nBy two heroes alone shall two hundred of Goths\nBe bound or be slain in the lofty-walled burg.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 12", "orig": "Gengo or garði\ngorvir at eiscra,\nliþo þa yfir vngir\nvrig fioll\nmꜹrom hvnlenzcom\nmorþz at hefna.", "en": "From the courtyard they fared, and fury they breathed;\nThe youths swiftly went o’er the mountain wet,\nOn their Hunnish steeds, death’s vengeance to have." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 13", "orig": "Fvndo á stręti\nstórbrꜹgðottan:\n„Hve mvn iarpscamr\nocr fvltingia?“", "en": "On the way they found the man so wise;\n. . . . .\n“What help from the weakling brown may we have?”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 14–15", "orig": "Svaraþi inn svndrmǫþri,\nsva qvaz veita mvndo\nfvlting frǫndom,\nsem fótr ꜹþrom.\n„Hvat megi fotr\nfǫti veita\nne holdgróin\nhond annarri?“", "en": "So answered them their half-brother then:\n“So well may I my kinsmen aid\nAs help one foot from the other has.”\n“How may a foot its fellow aid,\nOr a flesh-grown hand another help?”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 16", "orig": "Þa qvaþ þat Erpr\neino sinni,\nmęrr vm léc\na mars baci:\n„Ilt er blꜹþom hal\nbrꜹtir kenna.“\nKoþo harþan mioc\nhornvng vera.", "en": "Then Erp spake forth, his words were few,\nAs haughty he sat on his horse’s back:\n“To the timid ’tis ill the way to tell.”\nA bastard they the bold one called." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 17", "orig": "Drógo þeir or scipi\nsciþiiarn,\nmękiss eggiar\nat mvn flagði;\nþverþo þeir þrott sinn\nat þriþivngi,\nleto mꜹg vngan\ntil moldar hniga.", "en": "From their sheaths they drew their shining swords,\nTheir blades, to the giantess joy to give;\nBy a third they lessened the might that was theirs,\nThe fighter young to earth they felled." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 18", "orig": "Scoko loþa,\nscalmir festo,\noc godbornir smvgo\ni gvdvefi.", "en": "Their cloaks they shook, their swords they sheathed,\nThe high-born men wrapped their mantles close." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 19", "orig": "Fram lago brꜹtir,\nfvndo vastigo\noc systvrson\nsaran a meiþi,\nvargtre vindcꜹld\nvęstan bǫiar,\ntrýtti ę trꜹno hvot,\ntitt varat biða.", "en": "On their road they fared and an ill way found,\nAnd their sister’s son on a tree they saw,\nOn the wind-cold wolf-tree west of the hall,\nAnd cranes’-bait crawled; none would care to linger." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 20", "orig": "Glꜹmr var i hꜹllo,\nhalir ꜹlreifir,\noc til gota ecci\ngerþot heýra,\naþr halr hvgfvllr\ni horn vm þꜹ́t.", "en": "In the hall was din, the men drank deep,\nAnd the horses’ hoofs could no one hear,\nTill the warrior hardy sounded his horn." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 21", "orig": "Segia foro iarlar\nIormvnrecci,\nat senir váro\nseggir vnd hialmom:\n„Ręþit er vm ráþ!\nrikir ero comnir,\nfyr matkom hafiþ er mꜹnnom\nmey vm tradda.“", "en": "Men came and the tale to Jormunrek told\nHow warriors helmed without they beheld:\n“Take counsel wise, for brave ones are come,\nOf mighty men thou the sister didst murder.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 22", "orig": "Hló þa Iormvnreccr,\nhendi drap a kampa,\nbeiddizat brꜹngo,\nbꜹðvaþiz at vini;\nscoc hann scꜹr iarpa,\nsa a sciold hvitan,\nlet hann ser i hendi\nhvarfa ker gvllit.", "en": "Then Jormunrek laughed, his hand laid on his beard,\nHis arms, for with wine he was warlike, he called for;\nHe shook his brown locks, on his white shield he looked,\nAnd raised high the cup of gold in his hand." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 23", "orig": "„Sęll ec þa þottvmc,\nef ec sia knetta\nHamþi oc Sꜹrla\ni hꜹllo minni,\nbyri mvnda ec þa binda\nmeþ boga strengiom,\ngoð born Givca\nfesta a galga.“", "en": "“Happy, methinks, were I to behold\nHamther and Sorli here in my hall;\nThe men would I bind with strings of bows,\nAnd Gjuki’s heirs on the gallows hang.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 24", "orig": "Styrr varþ i ranni,\nstvcco ꜹlscalir,\ni bloþi bragnar lago,\ncomiþ or briosti Gotna.", "en": "In the hall was clamor, the cups were shattered,\nMen stood in blood from the breasts of the Goths." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 25", "orig": "Hitt qvaþ þa Hamþir\ninn hvgomstori:\n„Ęstir, Iormvnrecr!\noccarrar qvamo\nbrǫþra sammǫðra\ninnan borgar þinnar;\nfętr ser þina,\nhondom ser þv þínom,\nIormvnrecr! orpit\ni eld heitan.“", "en": "Then did Hamther speak forth, the haughty of heart:\n“Thou soughtest, Jormunrek, us to see,\nSons of one mother seeking thy dwelling;\nThou seest thy hands, thy feet thou beholdest,\nJormunrek, flung in the fire so hot.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 26", "orig": "Þa hrꜹ́t viþ\ninn reginkvnngi\nbaldr i hrynio,\nsem biorn hryti:\n„Grytiþ ér a gvmna,\nallz geirar ne bita,\neggiar ne iarn\nIonacrs sono.“", "en": "Then roared the king, of the race of the gods,\nBold in his armor, as roars a bear:\n“Stone ye the men that steel will bite not,\nSword nor spear, the sons of Jonak.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 27", "orig": "Hitt qvaþ þa Hamþir\ninn hvgomstori:\n„Bꜹl vantv, broþir!\ner þv þann belg leystir,\nopt or þeim belg\nbꜹll raþ coma.“\nSꜹrli qvað:\n„Hvg hefþir þv, Hamþir!\nef þv hefdir hyggiandi;\nmicils er a mann hvern vant,\ner manviz er.“", "en": "Sorli spake:\n“Ill didst win, brother, when the bag thou didst open,\nOft from that bag came baleful counsel;\nHeart hast thou, Hamther, if knowledge thou hadst!\nA man without wisdom is lacking in much.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 28", "orig": "Hamþir qvað:\n„Af vęri nv hꜹfvþ,\nef Erpr lifði,\nbroþir occarr inn bꜹðfrǫcni\ner viþ a brꜹ́t vagom,\nvarr inn vigfrǫcni,\nhvottvmc at dísir,\ngvmi inn gvnnhęlgi,\ngorþvmz at vigi.“", "en": "Hamther spake:\n“His head were now off if Erp were living,\nThe brother so keen whom we killed on our road,\nThe warrior noble, ’twas the Norns that drove me\nThe hero to slay who in fight should be holy." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 29", "orig": "Sꜹrli qvað:\n„Ecci hygg ec ocr vera\nvlfa dǫmi,\nat vit mynim sialfir vm sacaz,\nsem grey norna,\nþꜹ er graþvg ero\ni ꜹþn vm alin.", "en": "“In fashion of wolves it befits us not\nAmongst ourselves to strive,\nLike the hounds of the Norns, that nourished were\nIn greed mid wastes so grim." }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 30", "orig": "Vel hofom viþ vegit,\nstondom a val Gotna,\nofan eggmoþom,\nsem ernir a qvisti;\ngoþs hofom tírar fengið,\nþott scylim nu eþa i gęr dæyia;\nqueld lifir maðr ecki\neptir qvið norna.“", "en": "“We have greatly fought, o’er the Goths do we stand\nBy our blades laid low, like eagles on branches;\nGreat our fame though we die today or tomorrow;\nNone outlives the night when the Norns have spoken.”" }, { "ref": "Hamthesmol 31", "orig": "Þar fell Sꜹrli\nat salar gafli,\nenn Hamþir hne\nat hvsbaki.\nÞetta ero cꜹlloþ Hamþissmál in forno.", "en": "Then Sorli beside the gable sank,\nAnd Hamther fell at the back of the house.\nThis is called the old ballad of Hamther." } ] } }