Sigrdrífumál
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right|200px|thumb|Brünnhilde wakes and greets the day and Siegfried, illustration of the scene of Wagner's Ring|Wagner's Ring inspired by the , by [[Arthur Rackham (1911).]] thumb|right|Sigrdrífa gives Sigurðr a horn to drink from. Illustration by Jenny Nyström (1893). 200px|right|thumb|Sigrdrífa giving Sigurd a drinking horn. Illustration on the Drävle Runestone. '''' (also known as ) is the conventional title given to a section of the Poetic Edda'' text in .
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Name
- Contents
- The valkyrie's drinking-speech
- Runic stanzas
- Gnomic stanzas
- Editions and translations
- References
right|200px|thumb|Brünnhilde wakes and greets the day and Siegfried, illustration of the scene of Wagner's Ring|Wagner's Ring inspired by the , by [[Arthur Rackham (1911).]] thumb|right|Sigrdrífa gives Sigurðr a horn to drink from. Illustration by Jenny Nyström (1893). 200px|right|thumb|Sigrdrífa giving Sigurd a drinking horn. Illustration on the Drävle Runestone. '''' (also known as ) is the conventional title given to a section of the Poetic Edda text in .
It follows without interruption, and it relates the meeting of Sigurðr with the valkyrie Brynhildr, here identified as ("driver to victory"). Its content consists mostly of verses concerned with runic magic and general wisdom literature, presented as advice given by Sigrdrífa to Sigurd. The metre is differing throughout the poem. Most staves are wrote in ljóðaháttr, but there are also some in and a few in galdralag.
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