Vilji tr n la
mean eg man kva
Um teir rku kongarnar
sum eg vil n um ra
Grani bar gulli av heii
Br hann sinum
brandi av reii
Sjrur v orminum
Grani bar gulli av heii
Hundings synir randargn
teir skaan grdu har
Eitur var
svrinum
teir bru mti mr
Fvnir eitur ormurin
Glitrarheii liggur
Regin er ein gur smiur
fum er hann dyggur
Hann
var sr leikvllum
imillum manna herjar
Rvur upp eikikelvi str
hann lemjir summar til heljar
Eystantil undri heyginum
i
dreingir eyka tal
Dimmur er hesin dapri dagur
niur mold at fara
Har komm maur vllin fram
eingin i hann kendi
San hatt
hvdi bar
og finskan boga hendi
Har komm maur vllin fram
hann v vi eggjateini
Eyga hevi hann eitt heysi
knept var
brk at beini
Ormurin er skriin av gullinum
ta man frttast va
Sjrur setist Granar bak
hann br seg til at ra
Grani
bar gulli av heii
Br hann sinum brandi av reii
Sjrur v orminum
Grani bar gulli av heii
[Translation:]
Regin
Blacksmith
Will you now listen
whilst I will sing.
About the rich kings
that I will now speak of
Greyfell carried
the gold from the heath
He swung his sword in wrath
Sigfried defeated the dragon
Greyfell carried the gold from the
heath
Hundings sons at war
they did damage there
Poison was in the sword
they carried against me
Fafnir is the name
of the dragon
that lies on the Glittering Heath
Regin is a good blacksmith
to few is he faithfull
He was on fields of
play
rages amongst men
Tears up large oak trunks
he maims some to Hel
On the easten side under the mound
where heroes
grow in numbers
Dark is this sad day
down in the mould to go
A man stepped forward upon the field
Noone knew him
He had
a wide hat on his head
and a Finnish bow in his hand
A man stepped forward upon the field
raging with his sword
He had one
eye
and his trouser legs were buttoned
The dragon has slithered of the gold
it is rumoured widely
Sigfried seats himself
on Greyfells back
he prepares himself to ride
Greyfell carried the gold from the heath
He swung his sword in
wrath
Sigfried defeated the dragon
Greyfell carried the gold from the heath