Quotes from Snorri Sturluson

From the Niflung lineage came Gjuki.

From the Ylfing lineage came Eirik the Eloquent.

Og Sigurd som skjenket ravnen, Odins svane, blodig øl, mistet livet; landets herre ødela ham ved Oglo. Gullets øder, den uredde, livet lot i luende ild, da landkongene brøt sitt løfte, sveik i trygd Tys ætling.

Skelfir was a warrior king whose lineage is called the Skilfings, who hold sway in the eastern regions.

rumore di gatto, barba di donna, radici di montagna, tendini d'orso, respiro di pesce e sputo d'uccello.

And now, if you have anything more to ask, I can't think how you can manage it, for I've never heard anyone tell more of the story of the world. Make what use of it you can.

But Loki's relations with Svadilfari were such that a while later he gave birth to a colt.

To Odin many a soul was driven, to Odin many a rich gift given.

A sword age, a wind age, a wolf age. No longer is there mercy among men.

The old witch bears many giants for sons, and all in the shape of wolves; and from this source are those wolves sprung. The saying runs thus: from this race shall come one that shall be mightiest of all; he that is named Moon-Hound; he shall be filled with the flesh of all those men that die, and he shall swallow the moon, and sprinkle with blood the heavens and all the air; thereof shall the sun lose her shining, and the winds in that day shall be unquiet and roar on every side.

They all laughed, except Tyr; he lost his hand.

ObÅ'Ä™d i szaÅ', rozczarowanie i ?al, SiÄ…d? tu, a opowiem tobie o mÄ™ce tÄ™sknoty I zdwojonym bólu.

Wiem, gdzie jesion stoi, Yggdrasill si? zowie, L?ni?c? wilgotno?ci? pie? jego zroszony; Z niego idzie rosa, co w dolinach spada, Ko?o Urs studni wci?? zielony stoi.

King Atli had Hogni's heart cut out while he was alive, and that was his death.

Men will know misery, adulteries be multiplied, an axe-age, a sword-age, shields will be cloven, a wind-age, a wolf-age, before the world's ruin.

Asia.1 Everything in that part of the world is beautiful and stately, and the earth produces gold and gemstones. The middle of the world is also there. Just as the earth in that region is more beautiful and better in all ways than other places, so too the people there are most endowed with all blessings: wisdom and strength, beauty, and every kind of skill.

Alive or dead, let Hel hold what she has.

Loki's relations with Svadilfari (a powerful stallion) were such that a while later he gave birth to a colt. It was grey and had eight feet, and this is the best horse among gods and men. (The horse's name was Slepnir.)

The past is the mirror that reflects the future.

THE life of Snorri Sturluson fell in a great but contradictory age, when all that was noble and spiritual in men seemed to promise social regeneration, and when bloody crimes and sordid ambitions gave this hope the lie. Not less than the rest of Europe, Scandinavia shared in the bitter conflict between the law of the spirit and the law of the members.

When the Æsir saw Odin flying, they placed their vats in the courtyard, and when Odin entered Asgard he spat the mead into the vats. It was such a close call, with Suttung almost catching him, that he blew some of the mead out of his rear. No one paid attention to this part, and whoever wanted it took it; we call this the bad poets' portion.

Det tridje kann eg, um turvast kann mot fiendar rame råder: eggjar eg døyver for uvener mine, so det bit korkje våpen eller velur.

One of them, Veggdegg, was a powerful king who ruled over East Saxland. His son was Vitrgils, whose sons were Vitta, the father of Heingest, and Sigar, the father of Svebdegg, whom we call Svipdag.

The eighth was Lofdi; he was a great warrior king with a following called the Lofdar; he founded the dynasty of Lofdungs. To that lineage belongs Eylimi, the maternal grandfather of Sigurd who slew the serpent Fafnir.