The Poetic Edda on Alvis
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
attribution: Alvis delivers a speech in the verse.
"No better summary of the Alvissmol can be given than Gering's statement that "it is a versified chapter from the skaldic Poetics." The narrative skeleton, contained solely in stanzas 1–8 and in 35, is of"
attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Alvis.
"2. "What, pray, art thou? | Why so pale round the nose? By the dead hast thou lain of late? To a giant like | dost thou look, methinks; Thou wast not born for the bride."
Alvis spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Alvis.
"9. "Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all, Dwarf, of the doom of men: What call they the earth, | that lies before all, In each and every world?"
Alvis spake:"
- attribution: Alvis delivers a speech in the verse.
"9. "Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all, Dwarf, of the doom of men: What call they the earth, | that lies before all, In each and every world?"
Alvis spake:"
- attestation: Alvis is characterized by age in the verse.
"13. "Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all, Dwarf, of the doom of men: What call they the moon, | that men behold, In each and every world?"
Alvis spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Alvis.
"27. "Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all, Dwarf, of the doom of men: What call they the wood, | that grows for mankind, In each and every world?"
Alvis spake:"
- attribution: Alvis delivers a speech in the verse.
"27. "Answer me, Alvis! | thou knowest all, Dwarf, of the doom of men: What call they the wood, | that grows for mankind, In each and every world?"
Alvis spake:"
The > Volume I > Notes
attestation: Alvis ('All-Knowing') is a dwarf who sought to marry Thor's daughter
"Alvis ("All-Knowing"): a dwarf, not elsewhere mentioned. The manuscript nowhere indicates the speakers' names. The bride in question is Thor's daughter"
attestation: Alvis the dwarf was turned to stone by the sunrise after Thor kept him talking through the night
"Concerning the inability of the dwarfs to endure sunlight, which turns them into stone, cf. stanza 16 and note"
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Pronouncing Index
- attestation: Alvis is a dwarf who is a character in the Alvissmol (Ballad of Alvis)
"Al′-vīs, a dwarf"