The Poetic Edda on Fensalir

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• attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Fensalir.

  "34. His hands he washed not, | his hair he combed not, Till he bore to the bale-blaze | Baldr's foe. But in Fensalir | did Frigg weep sore For Valhall's need: | would you know yet more?"

• relationship: The stanza implies enmity between Fensalir and Valhall.

  "34. His hands he washed not, | his hair he combed not, Till he bore to the bale-blaze | Baldr's foe. But in Fensalir | did Frigg weep sore For Valhall's need: | would you know yet more?"

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Pronouncing Index

• attestation: Fensalir is Frigg's hall

  "Fen′-sal-ir, Frigg's hall"