Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 4

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SnSt, Gylf ch. 4

Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 4 — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (SnSt, Gylf ch. 4)

Snorri Sturluson Gylfaginning

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text and translation

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Gangleri mælti: "Hvað var upphaf eða hversu hófst eða hvað
var áður?"

Hár svarar: "Svo sem segir í Völuspá:

Ár var alda

það er ekki var,

vara sandur né sær

né svalar unnir;

jörð fannst eigi

né upphiminn,

gap var Ginnunga,

en gras ekki."

Þá mælti Jafnhár: "Fyrr var það mörgum öldum en jörð var
sköpuð er Niflheimur var gjör, og í honum miðjum liggur
brunnur sá er Hvergelmir heitir, og þaðan af falla þær ár er
svo heita: Svöl, Gunnþrá, Fjörm, Fimbulþul, Slíður og Hríð,
Sylgur og Ylgur, Víð, Leiftur. Gjöll er næst Helgrindum."

Þá mælti Þriðji: "Fyrst var þó sá heimur í suðurhálfu er
Múspell heitir. Hann er ljós og heitur, sú átt er logandi og
brennandi, er hann og ófær þeim er þar eru útlendir og eigi
eiga þar óðöl. Sá er Surtur nefndur er þar situr á landsenda
til landvarnar. Hann hefur logandi sverð og í enda veraldar
mun hann fara og herja og sigra öll goðin og brenna allan
heim með eldi. Svo segir í Völuspá:

Surtur fer sunnan

með svigalævi,

skín af sverði

sól valtíva;

grjótbjörg gnata,

en gífur rata,

troða halir helveg,

en himinn klofna

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Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.

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