The Poetic Edda

Translated by
Henry Adams Bellows

The "Elder Edda", "Poetic Edda" or "Saemundar Edda" was a collection of old norse poems. The name "Saemundr Edda" is wrong, 'couse now we know that Saemundr wasn't the autor, maybe it hadn't one single autor.
The poems were written around 1270 or 1240 (meanin' that they are younger than the Prose Edda).
The name Elder Edda isn't that wrong, 'couse the basis of the poems is older than that of the Prose Edda.

Contents:
Lays of the Gods

• Voluspo - The Wise-Woman's Prophecy
• Hovamol - The Ballad of the High One
  - Ljothatal - List of Charms
• Vafthruthnismol - The Ballad of Vafthruthnir
• Grimnismol - The Ballad of Grimnir
• Skirnismol - The Ballad of Skirnir
• Harbarthsljoth - The Poem of Harbarth
• Hymiskvitha - The Lay of Hymir
• Lokasenna - Loki's Wrangling
• Thrymskvitha - The Lay of Thrym
• Alvissmol - The Ballad of Alvis
• Baldrs Draumar - Baldr's Dreams
• Rigsthula - The Song of Rig
• Hyndluljoth - The Poem of Hyndla
  - Fragment of the Short Voluspo
• Svipdagsmol - The Ballad of Svipdag
  - Grougaldr - Groa's Spell
  - Fjolminnsmol - The Lay of Fjolswith

Lays of the Heroes

• Völundarkvitha - The Lay of Völund
• Helgakvitha Hjorvarthssonar - The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth
• Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I - The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane
• Helgakvitha Hundingsbana II - The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane
• Fra Dautha Sinfjotla - Of Sinfjotli's Death
• Gripisspo - Gripir's Prophecy
• Reginsmol - The Ballad of Regin
• Fafnismol - The Ballad of Fafnir
• Sigrdrifumol - The Ballad of The Victory-Bringer
• Brot Af Sigurtharkvitha - Fragment of a Sigurth Lay
• Guthrunarkvitha I - The First Lay of Guthrun
• Sigurtharkvitha En Skamma - The Short Lay of Sigurth
• Helreith Brynhildar - Brynhild's Hell-Ride
• Drap Niflunga - The Slaying of The Niflungs
• Guthrunarkvitha II, En Forna - The Second, or Old, Lay of Guthrun
• Guthrunarkvitha III - The Third Lay of Guthrun
• Oddrunargratr - The Lament of Oddrun
• Atlakvitha En Grönlenzka - The Greenland Lay of Atli
• Atlamol En Grönlenzka - The Greenland Ballad of Atli
• Guthrunarhvot - Guthrun's Inciting
• Hamthesmol - The Ballad of Hamther

The following poems were translations by William Reaves, that most other translations do not have included.

• Hrafnagaldr Odins - Odin's Raven's Songs
• Solarijodh - The Song of the Sun
• Fragments of the Lays of Sigurd and Brynhild
• SigurÞarkviða Fafnisbana Önnur - The Second Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide
• SigurÞarkviða Fafnisbana Þriðja - The Third Lay of Sigurd Fafnicide
• Gunnars Slagr - Gunnar's Melody
• Gróttasöngr - The Lay of Grótti (or Mill-Song)