''Oddrúnargrátr'' (''Oddrún's
lament'') or ''Oddrúnarkviða'' (''Oddrún's poem'') is an
Eddic poem, found in the
Codex Regius manuscript where it follows ''
Guðrúnarkviða III'' and precedes ''
Atlakviða''.
The main content of the poem is the lament of Oddrún, sister of
Atli
Atli is an Old Norse masculine personal name, and may refer to:
People
* Atli the Slender, a 9th-century earl of Sogn, Norway
* Atli Viðar Björnsson (born 1980), Icelandic footballer
* Atli Dam (1932–2005), five-time prime minister of the Fa ...
, for
Gunnarr, her lost and forbidden love. The poem is well preserved and thought to be a relatively late composition, perhaps from the 11th century. The metre is ''
fornyrðislag''.
External links
OddrunargratrTranslation and commentary by Henry A. Bellows
Oddrún’s LamentTranslation by
Benjamin ThorpeOddrúnargrátrTranslation by
William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson
Oddrúnargrátr Sophus Bugge's edition of the manuscript text
OddrúnarkviðaGuðni Jónsson's edition of the text with normalized spelling
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11th-century poems
Eddic poetry
Sources of Norse mythology
Nibelung tradition