The Poetic Edda - Voluspo: Stanzas 12, 13, 14,15 and 16

  To continue on our Voluspo journey and the name of the dwarves. These stanzas make me smile and if you are a J.R.R. Tolkien fan or even a fan of the movie The Hobbit trilogy  these will should make you smile as well. As usual this is from the translation of Poetic Edda.

12. Vigg and Gandalf   Vildaf and Thrain
       Thekk and Thorin  Thror, Vit and Lit
       Nyr and Nyrath, --  Now I have told --
       Regin and Rathsvith --  the list aright.

13. Fili, Kili,   Fundin, Nali
      Heptifili    Hannar, Sviur
      Frar, Hornboi,  Fraeg and Loni,
      Aurvang, Jari,    Eikinskjaldi.

14. The race of dwarfs  in Dvalin'sthrong
      Down to Lofar  the list I must tell;
      The rocks they left,  and through wet lands  
      They sought a home in the fields of sand.

15. There were Draupnir,   and Dolgthrasir,
      Hor, Haugspori,  Hlevang, Gloin,
      Dori, Ori,  Duf, Andvari,
      Skirfir, Virfir,  Skafith, Ai.

16.  Alf and Yngvi,  Eikinskjaldi,
       Fjalar and Frosti  Fith, and Ginnar;
       So for all time  shall the tale be known,
       The list of all the forebears of Lofar.

Voluspo: Stanzas 9,10, and 11

This is still from  the Henry Adams Bellow 1936 translation of The Poetic Edda. It is the naming of the dwarfs and some of them have very familiar names.


9. Then sought the gods their assembly seats,
The holy ones, and council held,
To find who should raise the race of dwarfs
Out of Brimir's blood and the legs of Blain.

10. There was Motsognir the mightiest made,
Of all the dwarfs, and Durin next;
Many a likeness of men they made,
The dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said.

11. Nyi and Nithi, Northri and Suthri,
Austri and Vestri, Althjof, Dvalin,
Nar and Nain Niping and Dain,
Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori,
An and Onar, Ai Mjothvitnir.

Vestri