Völuspá

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• Stanzas 10–13 and 15: the Dvergatal

  Þar var Móðsognir mæztr um orðinn dverga allra, en Durinn annarr; þeir mannlíkun mörg um görðu dvergar í jörðu, sem Durinn sagði. Nýi, Niði, Norðri, Suðri, Austri, Vestri, Alþjófr, Dvalinn, Nár ok Náinn, Nípingr, Dáinn, Bifurr, Bafurr, Bömburr, Nori, Ánn ok Ánarr, Óinn, Mjöðvitnir. Veggr ok Gandálfr, Vindálfr, Þorinn, Þrár ok Þráinn, Þekkr, Litr ok Vitr, Nýr ok Nýráðr, nú hefi ek dverga, Reginn ok Ráðsviðr, rétt um talða. Fili, Kili, Fundinn, Nali, Hepti, Vili, Hanarr, Svíurr, Billingr, Brúni, Bildr ok Buri, Frár, Hornbori, Frægr ok Lóni, Aurvangr, Jari, Eikinskjaldi. Þar var Draupnir ok Dólgþrasir, Hár, Haugspori, Hlévangr, Glóinn, Dori, Ori, Dúfr, Andvari, Skirfir, Virfir, Skafiðr, Ai.

  There was Motsognir the mightiest made Of all the dwarfs, and Durin next; Many a likeness of men they made, The dwarfs in the earth, as Durin said. Nyi and Nithi, Northri and Suthri, Austri and Vestri, Althjof, Dvalin, Nar and Nain, Niping, Dain, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Nori, An and Onar, Ai, Mjothvitnir. Vigg and Gandalf, Vindalf, Thrain Thekk and Thorin, Thror, Vit and Lit, Nyr and Nyrath, — now have I told — Regin and Rathsvith — the list aright. Fili, Kili, Fundin, Nali, Heptifili, Hannar, Sviur, Frar, Hornbori, Fræg and Loni, Aurvang, Jari, Eikinskjaldi. There were Draupnir and Dolgthrasir, Hor, Haugspori, Hlevang, Gloin, Dori, Ori, Duf, Andvari, Skirfir, Virfir, Skafith, Ai.

  public-domain translation·Völuspá, ed. Sophus Bugge (1867), normalised spelling, st. 10–13, 15

  English by Henry Adams Bellows (1923); the German rendering is ours and keeps the Norse name-forms so that the marked names stay recognisable. Most scholars regard the catalogue as a later insertion into the poem.