The Poetic Edda

General Introduction vii
The Prophecy of the Seeress 1
The Sayings of Hór 17
The Lay of Vafthrúthnir 48
The Lay of Grímnir 61
The Lay of Skírnir 75
The Lay of Hárbarth 85
The Lay of Hymir 97
The Flyting of Loki 105
The Lay of Thrym 121
The Lay of Alvís 127
Baldr’s Dreams 136
The Lay of Ríg 140
The Lay of Hyndla 150
The Short \'Seeress’ Prophecy\' 159
The Lay of Svipdag 163
The Spell of Gróa 165
The Lay of Fiolsvith 168
The Lay of Grotti 179
The Lay of Volund 186
The Helgi Lays 196
The Lay of Helgi Hiorvarthsson 197
The First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer 211
The Second Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer 223
Sinfiotli’s Death 238
The Prophecy of Grípir 240
The Lay of Regin 252
The Lay of Fáfnir 261
The Lay of Sigrdrífa 273
The Great Lacuna 283
Fragment of a Sigurth Lay 285
The First Lay of Guthrún 290
The Short Lay of Sigurth 295
Brynhild’s Ride to Hel 307
The Fall of the Niflungs 311
The Second (or Old) Lay of Guthrún 312
The Third Lay of Guthrún 321
The Plaint of Oddrún 324
The Lay of Atli 331
The Greenlandish Lay of Atli 343
Guthrún’s Lament 369
The Lay of Hamthir 375
The Catalogue of Dwarfs 383
Abbreviations 385
Index 387