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Sahrimner

The boar Sahrimner is boiled every day by the cook Andhrimner in the kettle Eldhrimner and is whole again by evening

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The boar Sahrimner is boiled every day by the cook Andhrimner in the kettle Eldhrimner and is whole again by evening (Prose Edda, The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xii. > Life In Valhal.)

Sahrimner is the boar on which the gods and heroes in Valhal live (Prose Edda, The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xv. > Vocabulary.)

Prose Edda

  • attestation: The boar Sahrimner is boiled every day by the cook Andhrimner in the kettle Eldhrimner and is whole again by evening (The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xii. > Life In Valhal.)

    "they will get plenty of flesh of the boar Sahrimner. He is boiled every day and is whole again in the evening"

  • attestation: Sahrimner is the boar on which the gods and heroes in Valhal live (The Younger Edda: > Chapter Xv. > Vocabulary.)

    "SAHRIMNER. The boar on which the gods and heroes in Valhal live."