王の写本
"Völuspá" is found in the Codex Regius manuscript (ca. 1270) and in Haukr Erlendsson's "Hauksbók" Codex (ca. 1334), and many of its stanzas are quoted or paraphrased in the Prose Edda (composed ca. 1220, oldest extant manuscript dates from ca. 1300). The order and number of the stanzas varies in these sources. Some editors and translators have further rearranged the material. The Codex Regius version is usually taken as a base for editions.