The Poetic Edda on Gimle

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: Gimle is characterized by beauty in the verse.

  "64. More fair than the sun, | a hall I see, Roofed with gold, | on Gimle it stands; There shall the righteous | rulers dwell, And happiness ever | there shall they have."

• attestation: Gimle is characterized by age in the verse.

  "64. More fair than the sun, | a hall I see, Roofed with gold, | on Gimle it stands; There shall the righteous | rulers dwell, And happiness ever | there shall they have."

• attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Gimle.

  "64. More fair than the sun, | a hall I see, Roofed with gold, | on Gimle it stands; There shall the righteous | rulers dwell, And happiness ever | there shall they have."

• attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Gimle.

  "64. More fair than the sun, | a hall I see, Roofed with gold, | on Gimle it stands; There shall the righteous | rulers dwell, And happiness ever | there shall they have."

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Gimle is the home of the happy in the new world, as opposed to another hall for the dead

  "Gimle: Snorri makes this the name of the hall itself, while here it appears to refer to a mountain on which the hall stands. It is the home of the happy, as opposed to another hall, not here mentioned, for the dead."