Reginsmál

Reginn after he had been killed by Sigurd on the 11th century Ramsund carving in Södermanland, Sweden.

Reginsmál (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Reginn') is an Eddic poem interspersed with prose found in the Codex Regius manuscript. It is closely associated with Fáfnismál, the poem that immediately follows it in the Codex, and it is likely that the two of them were intended to be read together.

The poem, if regarded as a single unit, is disjoint and fragmentary, consisting of stanzas both in ljóðaháttr and fornyrðislag. The first part relates Loki's dealings with Andvari. Interpolated with prose passages, the poem moves on to Sigurd's relationship with Reginn and the advice given to him by Odin.

References

Bibliography

• Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-34520-5.

Further reading

• Reginsmol Translation and commentary by Henry A. Bellows
• The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide Translation by Benjamin Thorpe
• Reginsmál. The Lay of Regin. Translation by Lee M. Hollander at the Wayback Machine (archived October 22, 2008)
• Reginsmál Sophus Bugge's edition of the manuscript text
• Reginsmál Guðni Jónsson's edition of the text with normalized spelling