The Poetic Edda on Fafnismol

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note

• attestation: The passage explains the etymology or meaning of a name related to Fafnismol.

  "In no instance is the title of the poem stated, and in Regius there stands before the introductory prose, very faintly written, what appears to be "Of Sigurth." As a result, various titles have been affixed to it, the two most often used being "the Ballad of Regin" and "the First Lay of Sigurth Fafnisbane."

As a matter of fact, it is by no means clear that the compiler of the Eddic collection regarded this or either of the two following poems, the Fafnismol and the Sigrdrifumol, as separate and distinct poems at all."

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Notes

• attestation: The birds' stanzas derive from multiple sources, with stanzas 32-33 and 35-36 in Fornyrthislag coming from a different poem than stanzas 34 and 37

  "That the birds' stanzas come from more than one source is fairly apparent, but whether from two or from three or more is uncertain."