The Heimskringla on Fenrir

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 27. Egil Ulserk'S Burial-Ground.

• attestation: Fenriswolf, a child of Loki begotten with a giantess, was chained to a rock and gagged with a sword to prevent him from devouring mankind.

  "The Fenriswolf, one of the children of Loke, begotten with a giantess, was chained to a rock, and gagged by a sword placed in his mouth, to prevent him devouring mankind."

• attestation: "Fenriswolf's gag" is a skaldic kenning for a sword.

  "Fenriswolf's gag is a skaldic expression for a sword."

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 32. Hakon'S Death.

• attestation: The poem prophesies that Fenriswolf will devour mankind before another king as worthy as Hakon appears.

  "Sooner shall Fenriswolf devour The race of man from shore to shore, Than such a grace to kingly crown As gallant Hakon want renown."