The Poetic Edda on Gripir
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems.
attribution: Gripir delivers a speech in the verse.
"4. Then Geitir went | and to Gripir spake: "A stranger comes | and stands without; Lofty he is | to look upon, And, prince, thyself | he fain would see.""
attribution: Gripir delivers a speech in the verse.
"8. "Monarch wise, | now more I ask; To Sigurth say, | if thou thinkest to see, What first will chance | of my fortune fair, When hence I go | from out thy home?"
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Gripir.
"12. "Rich shall I be | if battles I win With such as these, | as now thou sayest; Forward look, | and further tell: What the life | that I shall lead?"
Gripir spake:"
- attribution: Gripir delivers a speech in the verse.
"24. "Nought could seem worse, | but now must part The prince and Sigurth, | since so it is; My road I ask,— | the future lies open,— Mighty one, speak, | my mother's brother."
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: Gripir is characterized by nobility in the verse.
"26. "No scorn I know | for the noble king, But counsel good | from Gripir I seek; Well will I know, | though evil awaits, What Sigurth may | before him see."
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: Gripir is characterized by beauty in the verse.
"30. "What may be had | for Sigurth's healing? Say now, Gripir, | if see thou canst; May I buy the maid | with the marriage-price, The daughter fair | of the chieftain famed?"
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: Gripir is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"38. "How meanest thou? | Why make we the change Of shape and form | as forth we fare? There must follow | another falsehood Grim in all ways; | speak on, Gripir!"
Gripir spake:"
- attribution: Gripir delivers a speech in the verse.
"40. "Most evil it seems, | and men will say Base is Sigurth | that so he did; Not of my will | shall I cheat with wiles The heroes' maiden | whom noblest I hold."
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Gripir, Gunnar.
"42. "Shall Gunnar have | a goodly wife, Famed among men,— | speak forth now, Gripir! Although at my side | three nights she slept, The warrior's bride? | Such ne'er has been."
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Gripir.
"46. "What may for the bride | requital be, The wife we won | with subtle wiles? From me she has | the oaths I made, And kept not long; | they gladdened her little."
Gripir spake:"
- attestation: Gripir is characterized by gladness in the verse.
"46. "What may for the bride | requital be, The wife we won | with subtle wiles? From me she has | the oaths I made, And kept not long; | they gladdened her little."
Gripir spake:"
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Notes
- attestation: Gripir is Sigurth's uncle and was probably invented by the poet, with the Volsungasaga mentioning him only because of his appearance in this poem
"Gripir: this uncle of Sigurth's was probably a pure invention of the poet's. The Volsungasaga mentions him, but presumably only because of his appearance here."
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Pronouncing Index
- relationship: Gripir is Sigurth's uncle
"Grīp′-ir, Sigurth's uncle"