Old Norse Texts

The Rigsthula (Old Norse Rígsþula) is a poem found in the Codex Wormanius, a manuscript of Snorri’s Prose Edda. It … Read More

In Thrymskvida (Old Norse: Þrymskviða) we get to hear the story of how the jötun Thrym manages to steal Mjolnir. … Read More

The Poetic Edda (also known as The Elder Edda) is a collection of Old Norse poems. It is the primary … Read More

Hymiskvida is thought to have been a late addition to the collection of poems known as the Poetic Edda. It … Read More

To understand the controversy surrounding the poem Vegtamskvida (The Lay of Vegtam), you need to go to the sources. As … Read More

The Lokasenna is, according to some commenters online, one of the less popular poems of the Poetic Edda. I feel … Read More

The Alvíssmál is a story I found both funny as well as interesting for several reasons. Essentially the dwarf Alvíss … Read More

The “Harbardsljóð” or “Harbardsljot,” also known as the “Lay of Harbard,” is a poem from the Poetic Edda. The poem … Read More

Grímnismál is from the ancient Poetic Edda. The structure of the poem is a longer narrative introduction that sets up … Read More

Hávamál is one of the most important, and surely most quoted of all the ancient Norse poems. The only surviving … Read More