Poetic Edda

Lee M. Hollander was Professor Emeritus of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas at Austin and an authority in Nordic language and literature. His translations of the best prose and poetry of the Old North-— among them Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway and The Saga of the Jom'svikings—have also appered under the imprint of the University of Texas Press.

• General IntroductionThe Prophecy of the Seeress: VoluspÁThe Sayings of HÁr: HÁvamÁlThe Lay of VafthrÚthnir: VafthrÚthnismÁlThe Lay of GrÍmnir: GrÍmnismÁlThe Lay of SkÍrnir: SkÍrnismÁlThe Lay of HÁrbarth: HÁrbarzljÓthThe Lay of Hymir: HymiskvithaThe Flyting of Loki: LokasennaThe Lay of Thrym: ThrymskvithaThe Lay of AlviÍs: AlvÍssmÁlBaldr's Dreams: Baldrs draumarThe Lay of RÍg: RÍgsthulaThe Lay of Hyndla: HyndluljÓthThe Short Seeress' Prophecy: VoluspÁ hin skammaThe Lay of Svipdag: SvipdagsmÁl The Spell of GrÓa: GrÓgaldrThe Lay of Fjolsvith: FjolsvinnsmÁlThe Lay of Grotti: GrottasongrThe Lay of Volund: VolundarkvithaThe Helgi Lays The Lay of Helgi Hjorvarthsson: Helgakvitha HjorvarthssonarThe First Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana IThe Second Lay of Helgi the Hunding-Slayer: Helgakvitha Hundingsbana IISinfjotli's Death: FrÁ dautha SinfjotlaThe Prophecy of GrÍpir: GrÍpisspÁThe Lay of Regin: ReginsmÁlThe Lay of FÁfnir: FÁfnismÁlThe Lay of SigrdrÍfa: SigrdrÍfumÁlThe Great LacunaFragment of a Sigurth Lay: Brot of SigurtharkvithuThe First Lay of GuthrÚn: GuthrÚnarkvitha IThe Short Lay of Sigurth: Sigurtharkvitha hin skammaBrynhild's Ride to Hel: Helreith BrynhildarThe Fall of the Niflungs: DrÁp NiflungaThe Second (or Old) Lay of Guthrun: GuthrÚnarkvitha II (hin forna)The Third Lay of Guthrun: GuthrÚnarkvitha IIIThe Plaint of OddrÚn: OddrÚnargrÁtrThe Lay of Atli: Atlakvitha .The Greenlandish Lay of Atli: AtlamÁl hin groenlenzkuGuthrun's Lament: GuthrÚnarhvatThe Lay of Hamthir: HamthismÁl (hin fornu)The Catalogue of Dwarfs: (Dvergatal)Guide to PronunciationGlossarySelected BibliographyIndex and List of Names

. . . the translation may indeed be regarded as the crowning achievement of a great scholar. (Scandinavian-American Bulletin)