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The Wanderer's Hávamál was officially released today.

Copies are already shipping from Hackett. For reasons unknown to me, Amazon is not shipping preorders yet and currently lists the book as "unavailable." We hope they'll get it together and start shipping them soon. In the meantime, if you're not waiting on a preorder from Amazon why not order the book directly from the publisher?

Thanks to everyone for your support and good wishes during this process! I'm the happiest with this book, inside and outside, of all the three.

All the best for now,

Jackson Crawford

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The Wanderer's Hávamál is out!

The Wanderer's Hávamál, featuring the original Old Norse text direct from the Codex Regius manuscript together with a facing-page translation, commentary, and more, is available today! Ebook/Kindle versions available in December 2019. UPDATE: On the morning of release day (November 20, 2019), Amazon seems to have purchased insufficient quantities of the book to fill all orders (so it's showing as "currently unavailable"), but you can get it direct from the publisher here: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the-wanderer-s-havamal-4275 Jackson Crawford’s translation of Hávamál, with complete Old Norse text:https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the-wanderer-s-havamal-4275 Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people hungry to learn, free of both ivory tower elitism and the agendas of self-appointed gurus. Visit JacksonWCrawford.com (includes bio and linked list of all videos). Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Poetic Edda: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the-poetic-edda Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Poetic-Edda-Audiobook/1982597550?qid=1542115406 Jackson Crawford’s translation of The Saga of the Volsungs: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/the-saga-of-the-volsungs-4098 Audiobook: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Saga-of-the-Volsungs-Audiobook/B07L44HRNH Latest FAQs: https://youtu.be/MmyDbAmLRyA (updated Nov. 2018). Jackson Crawford’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/norsebysw Music © I See Hawks in L.A., courtesy of the artist. Visit http://www.iseehawks.com/ Logos by Elizabeth Porter (snowbringer at gmail).

Comments

Anonymous

Hi, Dr Crawford, nice for this new volume to come out , but the above given page under the link within this post does not seem to work ok in that address details are not editable on the form on trying to check out... ? However I would really like to buy this book. Can you help me out with a contact to call email direct to sort this problem? Thanks in advance.

Anonymous

Also, sent an email to you with a dróttkvaett to evaluate for me pls.

Anonymous

If you are outside the US/Canada, Hackett ships through one of their distributors and not directly through the website. International ordering instructions for various countries should be available at this link: https://www.hackettpublishing.com/ordering-outside-north-america

Anonymous

WOW, I appreciate you response! Will have a try there then. Many thanks.

norsebysw

Unfortunately I don't have time to evaluate long poems line by line, but I note that your poem has end-rhyme in each line, instead of rhyme in the second-to-last syllable. Although I've made better videos about eddic meters since, this old video is still the best explanation of dróttkvætt that I've produced: https://youtu.be/FsX70ZSJkOQ

Anonymous

Many thanks for replying to my notes here. Also, feeling grateful for putting me on the right track. Meantime I realized my erroneous presumption came from vague memories of a layout of a song used as template, the form of which is closest to a later skaldic metre 'Runhent'. It is the Icelandic Kolbeinn Tumason's best known classic piece: Heyr himna smiður "Hear, Smith of heavens" - recently accompanied by the tunes of Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson[1938–2013]. The original verses in 12th-century Icelandic spelling somewhat differ to the current 19th-century Icelandic version sung by Eivør and Margret Eir. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP_Iee-D4U4 Heyr himna smiðr Heyr, himna smiður, hvers skáldit biðr; hvers skáldið biður. komi mjúk til mín Komi mjúk til mín miskunnin þín. miskunnin þín. Því heitk á þik Því heit eg á þig, þú hefr skaptan mik; þú hefur skaptan mig. ek em þrællinn þinn, Ég er þrællinn þinn, þú est dróttinn minn. þú ert drottinn minn. [UB Runhent / sample] ... Your word, the simplest voice When calls us from the noise Of dull, eternal depths Drowning in cold, thick breaths, As the Sun sneaks across Lightening sullied rocks, Will drive off dampened traits, the deadly sores and fates?