The Poetic Edda on Bothvild
The > Volume Ii > Introductory Note
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Bothvild, Nithuth.
"19. "At Nithuth's girdle | gleams the sword That I sharpened keen | with cunningest craft, (And hardened the steel | with highest skill;) The bright blade far | forever is borne,"
attestation: Bothvild is characterized by age in the verse.
"19. "At Nithuth's girdle | gleams the sword That I sharpened keen | with cunningest craft, (And hardened the steel | with highest skill;) The bright blade far | forever is borne,"
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Bothvild.
"19. "At Nithuth's girdle | gleams the sword That I sharpened keen | with cunningest craft, (And hardened the steel | with highest skill;) The bright blade far | forever is borne,"
attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Bothvild.
"26. And from the teeth | of the twain he wrought A brooch for the breast, | to Bothvild he sent it; . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . ."
attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Bothvild.
"38. "And from the teeth | of the twain I wrought A brooch for the breast, | to Bothvild I gave it; Now big with child | does Bothvild go, The only daughter | ye two had ever."
Nithuth spake:"
- attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Bothvild.
"38. "And from the teeth | of the twain I wrought A brooch for the breast, | to Bothvild I gave it; Now big with child | does Bothvild go, The only daughter | ye two had ever."
Nithuth spake:"
attestation: Bothvild is characterized by beauty in the verse.
"41. Then spake Nithuth, | lord of the Njars: "Rise up, Thakkrath, | best of my thralls, Bid Bothvild come, | the bright-browed maid, Bedecked so fair, | with her father to speak.""
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Bothvild.
"41. Then spake Nithuth, | lord of the Njars: "Rise up, Thakkrath, | best of my thralls, Bid Bothvild come, | the bright-browed maid, Bedecked so fair, | with her father to speak.""
attribution: Bothvild delivers a speech in the verse.
"42. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . "Is it true, Bothvild, | that which was told me; Once in the isle | with Völund wert thou?"
Bothvild spake:"
The > Volume Ii > Notes
- attestation: Bothvild ('Warlike Maid') is Volund's victim in the latter part of the poem
"Bothvild ("Warlike Maid"): Völund's victim in the latter part of the poem"
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- relationship: Bothvild is the daughter of Nithuth in the Volund legend
"Both′-vild, daughter of Nithuth"