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Hrimfaxi

Hrimfaxi means 'Frosty-Mane' and is the horse that draws the night.

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Hrimfaxi means 'Frosty-Mane' and is the horse that draws the night. (Poetic Edda, The > Volume I > Notes)

Night's horse Hrimfaxe bedews the earth with foam each morning, while Day's horse Skinfaxe lights up sky and earth with his mane (Prose Edda, The Younger Edda: > Chapter V. > The Creation--(Continued.))

Poetic Edda

attestation: Hrimfaxi means 'Frosty-Mane' and is the horse that draws the night. (The > Volume I > Notes)

"Hrimfaxi: "Frosty-Mane.""

Prose Edda

attestation: Night's horse Hrimfaxe bedews the earth with foam each morning, while Day's horse Skinfaxe lights up sky and earth with his mane (The Younger Edda: > Chapter V. > The Creation--(Continued.))

"Night rides first on the horse which is called Hrimfaxe, and every morning he bedews the earth with the foam from his bit. The horse on which Day rides is called Skinfaxe, and with his mane he lights up all the sky and the earth"

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