Grottasǫngr: The Song of Grotti

Edited with Translation, Introduction and Commentary by Clive Tolley. "Grottasǫngr" or the "Song of Grótti" is an Old Norse poem, sometimes counted among the poems of the "Poetic Edda" as it appears in manuscripts that are later than the "Codex Regius". The tradition is also preserved in one of the manuscripts of Snorri Sturluson's "Prose Edda" along with some explanation of its context. This is a scholarly edition of "Grottasǫngr", with the text presented in Old Icelandic with English translation, accompanied by introduction and commentary. The poem, possibly from the twelfth century in its extant form, is found in some manuscripts of Snorri's Edda; it relates the tale of the gold-working mill Grotti and the giant slave girls who work it for King Fróði. It concludes with the demise of Fróði, brought about by the slave girls in chagrin at their maltreatment by the king. I seek in this edition to present the poem in its mythological, legendary, historical and poetic context.