''Eddica minor. Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken.'' ("The Lesser Edda. Poems of Eddic type from the ''Fornaldarsögur'' and Other Prose Works.") is a

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book of

Eddic poetry The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the ''Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic med ...

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and Wilhelm Ranisch in 1903. Unlike the Eddic poetry published in the ''

Poetic Edda The ''Poetic Edda'' is the modern name for an untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems, which is distinct from the ''Prose Edda'' written by Snorri Sturluson. Several versions exist, all primarily of text from the Icelandic me ...

'' (whose main source is the

Codex Regius Codex Regius ( la, Cōdex Rēgius, "Royal Book" or "King's Book"; is, Konungsbók) or GKS 2365 4º is an Icelandic codex in which many Old Norse poems from the ''Poetic Edda'' are preserved. Thought to have been written during the 1270s, it i ...

), the poems in ''Eddica minora'' were extracted by the authors mostly from the

Legendary saga A legendary saga or ''fornaldarsaga'' (literally, "story/history of the ancient era") is a Norse saga that, unlike the Icelanders' sagas, takes place before the settlement of Iceland.The article ''Fornaldarsagor'' in ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (1991) ...

s. The first 110 pages of the book contains detailed introductions to each poem, including its manuscripts. The second half of the book contains transcriptions of the ancient poems.

List of poems

*''Das Lied Von Der Hunnenschlacht'' (from the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) *''Das Hervǫrlied'' (from the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) *'' Die Biarkamál'' *''Das Innsteinslied'' (from the Saga of Half and His Heroes) *''Der Víkarsbálkr'' (from Gautrek's Saga) *''Das Hrókslied'' (from the Saga of Half and His Heroes) *''Hiálmars Sterbelied'' (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga and the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) *''Hildibrands Sterbelied'' (from

Ásmundar saga kappabana ''Ásmundar saga kappabana'' is the saga of Asmund the Champion-Killer, a legendary saga from Iceland, first attested in the manuscript Stockholm, Royal Library, Holm. 7, 4to, from the first half of the fourteenth century.Ciklamini, M., ‘The Comb ...

) *''Ǫrvar-Odds Sterbelied'' (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga) *''Das Valkyrjenlied'' (from Njál's saga) *Kleinere Bruchstücke **Aus der Vaterrache der Hálfdanssöhne **Aus dem Kampf auf Sámsey **Aus der Heiðrekssaga **Aus Einem Starkaðliede *''Ǫrvar-Odds Männervergleich'' (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga) *''Útsteins Kampfstrophen'' (from the Saga of Half and His Heroes) *''Ǫrvar-Oddr in Biálkaland'' (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga) *Scheltgespräche Ketils und Gríms (from the Saga of Ketil Trout and the Saga of Grim Shaggy-Cheek) **''Ketill und Gusir'' **''Ketill und die Hexe'' **''Ketill und Framarr'' **''Grímr und die Hexen'' *''Ásmundr auf der Hochzeit'' (from Ásmundar saga kappabana) *''Hervǫr bei Jarl Biartmarr'' (from the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) *Lausavísur **Weissagestrophen aus der Hálfssaga (from the Saga of Half and His Heroes) ***''Víkars Schicksal'' ***''Hiǫrleifr enn kvennsami'' **Weissagestrophen aus der Ǫrvar-Oddssaga (from Örvar-Oddr's Saga) **Strophe des Haugbúi aus der Hálfssaga (from the Saga of Half and His Heroes) **Die Strophen des Trémaðr aus der Ragnarssaga (from the

Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok The Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok ( non, Ragnars saga loðbrókar) is an Icelandic legendary saga of the 13th century about the Viking ruler Ragnar Lodbrok. It is part of the manuscript of the ''Völsunga saga'', which it immediately follows. The tale co ...

) **Besprechung eines Trolls ***in der Hálfssaga (from the Saga of Half and His Heroes) ***in der Ketilssaga (from the Saga of Ketil Trout) **Strophen aus der Ketils- und der Grímssaga (from the Saga of Ketil Trout and the Saga of Grim Shaggy-Cheek) **Strophe des Refr aus der Gautrekssaga (from Gautrek's Saga) **Spottstrophen des Án bogsveigir **Strophen der Friðþiófssaga (from

Frithiof's Saga Frithiof's Saga ( is, Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna) is a legendary saga from Iceland which in its present form is from ca. 1300. It is a continuation from ''The Saga of Thorstein Víkingsson'' ('' Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar''). It takes pla ...

) *''Ein Danz'' (from the Saga of Án the bow-bender) *Katalogstrophen **Königskatalog. Aus der Hervararsaga **Die Arngrímssöhne. Aus der Ǫrvar-Oddssaga *''Die Heiðreks Gátur'' (from the Saga of Hervör and Heidrek) *''Die Geizhalsstrophen'' (from Gautrek's Saga) *''Die Vǫlsistrophen'' (from Völsa þáttr in

Flateyjarbók ''Flateyjarbók'' (; "Book of Flatey") is an important medieval Icelandic manuscript. It is also known as GkS 1005 fol. and by the Latin name ''Codex Flateyensis''. It was commissioned by Jón Hákonarson and produced by the priests and scribes ...

) *''Die Buslubœn'' (from Bósa saga ok Herrauðs) *''Die Tryggðamál'' (from the

Gray Goose Laws The Gray (Grey) Goose Laws ( is, Grágás {{IPA-is, ˈkrauːˌkauːs}) are a collection of laws from the Icelandic Commonwealth period. The term ''Grágás'' was originally used in a medieval source to refer to a collection of Norwegian laws an ...

Grettis saga ''Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar'' (modern , reconstructed ), also known as ''Grettla'', ''Grettir's Saga'' or ''The Saga of Grettir the Strong'', is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It details the life of Grettir Ásmundarson, a bellicose Icelandic ou ...

and

Heiðarvíga saga ''Heiðarvíga saga'' () or ''The Story of the Heath-Slayings'' is one of the Icelanders' sagas. It is badly preserved; 12 leaves of the only surviving manuscript were destroyed along with their only copy in the fire of Copenhagen in 1728. The co ...

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