In
Codex Regius
…into the possession of Bishop Brynjolfur Sveinsson, the book was missing 8 pages and consisted of just 45 pages. (Some of the lost poems were preserved in prose form in the
Volsunga saga
.) Sveinsson incorrectly attributed the work to Sæmundr the Learned and erroneously named it
Sæmundar Edda
, a name…
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