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The Poetic Edda on Frigg

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attestation: Frigg is associated with the location 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?"
attribution: Frigg delivers a speech in the verse.

"1. "Counsel me, Frigg, | for I long to fare, And Vafthruthnir fain would find; In wisdom old | with the giant wise Myself would I seek to match."

Frigg spake:"

attribution: Frigg delivers a speech in the verse.

"24. "They say that with spells | in Samsey once Like witches with charms didst thou work; And in witch's guise | among men didst thou go; Unmanly thy soul must seem."

Frigg spake:"

relationship: Frigg is the spouse of Vithrir.

"26. "Be silent, Frigg! | thou art Fjorgyn's wife, But ever lustful in love; For Vili and Ve, | thou wife of Vithrir, Both in thy bosom have lain."

Frigg spake:"

attestation: Frigg had made all created things swear not to harm Baldr except the mistletoe, which she thought too weak to bother about

"Frigg had demanded of all created things, saving only the mistletoe, which she thought too weak to be worth troubling about, an oath that they would not harm Baldr."
relationship: Frigg is identified as Othin's wife in the Vafthruthnismol.

"Frigg: Othin's wife; cf. Voluspo, 34 and note."
relationship: Frigg is Othin's wife, and the two nearly always disagreed in some way.

"Frigg: Othin's wife. She and Othin nearly always disagreed in some such way as the one outlined in this story."
attestation: Frigg is Odin's wife but plays only a minor part in the Eddic poems

"Frigg: though Othin's wife is often mentioned, she plays only a minor part in the Eddic poems"
attestation: Frigg shared Odin's knowledge of the future

"Certainly Othin's answer (stanza 21, lines 3–4) fits Frigg perfectly, for she shared his knowledge of the future"

attestation: Frigg is associated with healing, and Freyja is the friend of lovers

"Regarding Frigg as a goddess of healing cf. Svipdagsmol, 52, note. Regarding Freyja as the friend of lovers cf. Grimnismol, 14, note."