Lays in Codex Regius

Völuspá - The Prophecy of the Seeress
Hávamál - The Sayings of Hár
Vafþrúðnismál - The Lay of Vafthrúdnir
Grímnismál - The Lay of Grímnir
Skírnismál - The Lay of Skírnir
Hárbarðsljóð - The Lay of Hárbard
Hymiskviða - The Lay of Hymir
Lokasenna - The Flyting of Loki
Þrymskviða - The Lay of Thrym
Völundarkviða - The Lay of Völund
Alvíssmál - The Lay of Alvís

Lays not in Codex Regius

Baldrs draumar - Baldr's Dreams
Rígsþula - The Lay of Ríg
Hyndluljóð - The Lay of Hyndla
Völuspá in skamma - The Short Seeress' Prophecy
Svipdagsmál I: Grógaldr - The Spell of Gróa
Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmál - The Lay of Fjölsvid
Gróttasöngr - The Song of Grotti
Sólarljóð - Poems of the Sun

Heroic Lays in Codex Regius

The Helgi Lays

Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar - The Lay of Helgi Hjörvardsson
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I - The First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer
Helgakviða Hundingsbana II - The Second Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer

The Niflung Cycle

Grípisspá - The Prophecy of Grípir
Reginsmál - The Lay of Regin
Fáfnismál - The Lay of Fáfnir
Sigrdrífumál - The Ballad of the Victory-Bringer
Sigurðarkviða in meiri (Brot) - Fragment of a Sigurd Lay
Guðrúnarkviða I - The First Lay of Gudrún
Sigurðarkviða hin skamma - The Short Lay of Sigurd
Helreið Brynhildar - Brynhild's Ride to Hel
Dráp Niflunga - The Fall of the Niflungs
Guðrúnarkviða in forna - The Second Lay of Gudrún
Guðrúnarkviða in þriðja - The Third Lay of Gudrún
Oddrúnarkviða - The Lament of Oddrún
Atlakviða -The Lay of Atli
Atlamál hin groenlenzku - The Greenland Lay of Atli

The Jörmunrekkr Lays

Guðrúnarhvöt - Gudrún's Lament
Hamðismál - The Lay of Hamdir

Not in Codex Regius

Hlöðskviða - Lay of Hlöd
Hervararkviða - The Waking of Angantýr

Literal Translation:

Lays in Codex Regius

Völuspá - The Prophecy of the Seeress
Hávamál - The Sayings of Hár
Vafþrúðnismál - The Lay of Vafthrúdnir
Grímnismál - The Lay of Grímnir
Skírnismál - The Lay of Skírnir
Hárbarðsljóð - The Lay of Hárbard
Hymiskviða - The Lay of Hymir
Lokasenna - The Flyting of Loki
Þrymskviða - The Lay of Thrym
Völundarkviða - The Lay of Völund
Alvíssmál - The Lay of Alvís

Lays not in Codex Regius

Baldrs draumar - Baldr's Dreams
Rígsþula - The Lay of Ríg
Hyndluljóð - The Lay of Hyndla
Völuspá in skamma - The Short Seeress' Prophecy
Svipdagsmál I: Grógaldr - The Spell of Gróa
Svipdagsmál II: Fjölsvinnsmál - The Lay of Fjölsvid
Gróttasöngr - The Song of Grotti

Heroic Lays in Codex Regius

The Helgi Lays

Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar - The Lay of Helgi Hjörvardsson
Helgakviða Hundingsbana I - The First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer

 


The English translation chosen for the Poetic Edda is by Henry Adams Bellows, from a 1936 publication that is now in Public Domain.

Bellows' Translation has been corrected where there have been clear issues with the numbering of stanzas and where the author has clearly strayed from the Old Norse original text. All other areas of the translation are the original works of Henry Adams Bellows.

Currently we have plans to have our own translation of the Poetic Edda which will be a more literal translation without the poetic or academic errors that occur in most modern translations.

English source for the Bellows translation comes from
Sacred-Texts.com

Old Norse source for the Poetic Edda comes from Heimskringla.no

The literal translation of the Poetic Edda is the work of Dr. Marion Ingham.

 

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