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OE01: Vǫluspá

Codex Regius, Old Norse, diplomatic edition

3
1 Ar uar alꝺa
2 þar er ẏmir bygði
3 vara ſanꝺꝛ nę ſr
4 ne ſualar uɴir
5 ioꝛð ꝼaɴz ęva
6 ne upp himiɴ
7 gap uar gꝛ`i´ɴvnga
8 eɴ graſ hvergi.

Snorra Edda, Old Norse, diplomatic edition

4.
Ár var alda
pat er ecki var;
vara sandr ne sær
ne svalar vɴir
iorð faɴz eigi
ne vphimiɴ
gap var giɴvnga,
en gras ecki.

Hauk’s Book, Old Norse, diplomatic edition

3
1 Aar uar allꝺa
2 þar ymer bygði
3 vara ſanꝺꝛ ne ſioꝛ
4 ne ſualar vnner
5 iǫꝛð ꝼannz ęꝼa
6 ne vpp himinn
7 gap var ginnunga
8 enn graſ ekki.

Codex Regius, Old Norse, normalized version

3.
Ár var alda
þar er Ýmis byggði
var-a sandr né sær
né svalar unnir
jǫrð fannz æva
ne upphiminn
gap var ginnunga
en gras hvergi.

translated by G.A.Gjessing, Kristiania, 1899

3.
Var olds ophav,
der Yme bygde,
var ei sand, ei sø,
ei svale bølger;
jord ei fandtes,
oven ei himmel
- Ginnungagab -
græs ei spired.

translated by Henry Adams Bellows, 1936

3.
Of old was the age |
when Ymir lived;
Sea nor cool waves |
nor sand there were;
Earth had not been, |
nor heaven above,
But a yawning gap, |
and grass nowhere.

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