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Freyr, the son of Njorth, had sat one day in Hlithskjolf, and lookedover all the worlds. He looked into Jotunheim, and saw there a fairmaiden, as she went from her father’s house to her bower. Forthwith hefelt a mighty love-sickness. Skirnir was the name of Fr...

Thor was on his way back from a journey in the East, and came to asound; on the other side of the sound was a ferryman with a boat. Thorcalled out: 1.  “Who is the fellow yonder,   |   on the farther shore of the    sound?” The ferryman spake: 2.  “What kin...

1.  Of old the gods   |   made feast together,    And drink they sought   |   ere sated they were;    Twigs they shook,   |   and blood they tried:    Rich fare in Ægir’s   |   hall they found. 2.  The mountain-dweller   |   sat merry as boyhood,    But soon ...

Ægir, who was also called Gymir, had prepared ale for the gods, afterhe had got the mighty kettle, as now has been told. To this feast cameOthin and Frigg, his wife. Thor came not, as he was on a journey in theEast. Sif, Thor’s wife, was there, and Bragi with ...

1.  Wild was Vingthor   |   when he awoke,      And when his mighty   |   hammer he missed;    He shook his beard,   |   his hair was bristling,    As the son of Jorth   |   about him sought. 2.  Hear now the speech   |   that first he spake:    “Harken, Loki...

Alvis spake: 1.  “Now shall the bride   |   my benches adorn,      And homeward haste forthwith;    Eager for wedlock   |   to all shall I seem,      Nor at home shall they rob me of rest.” Thor spake: 2.  “What, pray, art thou?   |   Why so pale round the ...

BALDRS DRAUMAR BALDR’S DREAMS Once were the gods | together met, And the goddesses came | and council held, And the far-famed ones | the truth would find, Why baleful dreams | to Baldr had come. Then Othin rose, | the enchanter old, And...

RIGSTHULA THE SONG OF RIG 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: Men say there w...

HYNDLULJOTH THE POEM OF HYNDLA Freyja spake: “Maiden, awake! | wake thee, my friend, My sister Hyndla, | in thy hollow cave! Already comes darkness, | and ride must we To Valhall to seek | the sacred hall. “The favor of Heerfather | see...

SVIPDAGSMOL THE BALLAD OF SVIPDAG I. GROUGALDR GROA’S SPELL Svipdag spake: “Wake thee, Groa! | wake, mother good! At the doors of the dead I call thee; Thy son, bethink thee, | thou badst to seek Thy help at the hill of death.” Groa spake: “What evi...

VÖLUNDARKVITHA THE LAY OF VÖLUND 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 sn...

HELGAKVITHA HJORVARTHSSONAR THE LAY OF HELGI THE SON OF HJORVARTH (I) OF HJORVARTH AND SIGRLIN Hjorvarth 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 ...

HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA I THE FIRST LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGSBANE In olden days, | when eagles screamed, And holy streams | from heaven’s crags fell, Was Helgi then, | the hero-hearted, Borghild’s son, | in Bralund born. ’Twas night in the dwe...

HELGAKVITHA HUNDINGSBANA II THE SECOND LAY OF HELGI HUNDINGSBANE 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 ki...

GRIPISSPO GRIPIR’S PROPHECY 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...

REGINSMOL THE BALLAD OF REGIN 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 statur...

FAFNISMOL THE BALLAD OF FAFNIR 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...

SIGRDRIFUMOL THE BALLAD OF THE VICTORY-BRINGER 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 ...

BROT AF SIGURTHARKVITHU FRAGMENT OF A SIGURTH LAY Hogni spake: “(What evil deed | has Sigurth) done, That the hero’s life | thou fain wouldst have?” Gunnar spake: “Sigurth oaths | to me hath sworn, Oaths hath sworn, | and all hath broken; He...

GUTHRUNARKVITHA I THE FIRST LAY OF GUTHRUN 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 Guthru...