Text Norse and Germanic
Poetic Edda
Collection of Old Norse poems
- Published the 1260s CE
- Also called Elder Edda, Sæmundar Edda
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Völuspá
poem from the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Grímnismál
poem from the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Baldrs draumar
Eddic poemWritten c. 12th century CE Has references -
Þrymskviða
poemWritten c. 13th century CE -
Hyndluljóð
Old Norse poem often considered part of the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Alvíssmál
poem from the Poetic EddaWritten c. 12th century CE Has references -
Völundarkviða
eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
AM 748 I 4to
Icelandic vellum manuscript fragment containing several Eddaic poemsWritten no date recorded -
Sigrdrífumál
poemWritten no date recorded
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Svipdagsmál
Old Norse poemWritten no date recorded -
Fáfnismál
Eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Oddrúnargrátr
poemWritten no date recorded -
Atlakviða
poem in the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded Has references -
Atlamál
poemWritten c. 12th century CE Has references -
Hlöðskviða
Old Norse heroic poemWritten no date recorded Has references -
Reginsmál
Eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Hamðismál
poem in the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Helreið Brynhildar
poemWritten no date recorded -
Brot af Sigurðarkviðu
fragmentary eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Grípisspá
eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Guðrúnarhvöt
eddic poemWritten no date recorded -
Guðrúnarkviða II
probably the oldest poem of the Sigurd cycleWritten no date recorded -
Sigurðarkviða hin skamma
poemWritten no date recorded -
Dráp Niflunga
short prose section in the Poetic EddaWritten no date recorded -
Guðrúnarkviða III
poemWritten no date recorded
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