1923
Henry Adams Bellows
The Poetic Edda: Translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes
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Public domain in the United States
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1866
Benjamin Thorpe
The Edda of Sæmund the Learned
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Public domain
Edition details →1908
Olive Bray
The Elder or Poetic Edda
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Public domain
Edition details →1928
Lee M. Hollander
The Poetic Edda
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Public domain in the United States (original 1928 edition)
Edition details →2023
Edward Pettit
The Poetic Edda: A Dual-Language Edition
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CC BY-NC 4.0
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