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The Poetic Edda on Gram

The > Volume Ii > Introductory Note

attestation: The passage describes the location Denmark.

"Saxo Grammaticus has a good deal to say about him in that capacity, and it has been pointed out that many of the place names in the Helgi lays can be pretty clearly identified with parts of Denmark and neighboring stretches of the Baltic."

attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Gram, Gnitaheith.

"14. "Here shall I foster | the fearless prince, Now Yngvi's heir | to us is come; The noblest hero | beneath the sun, The threads of his fate | all lands enfold." "
attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Gram.

"14. "Here shall I foster | the fearless prince, Now Yngvi's heir | to us is come; The noblest hero | beneath the sun, The threads of his fate | all lands enfold." "
attestation: Gram is associated with the location Gnitaheith.

"14. "Here shall I foster | the fearless prince, Now Yngvi's heir | to us is come; The noblest hero | beneath the sun, The threads of his fate | all lands enfold." "
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Gram.

"14. "Here shall I foster | the fearless prince, Now Yngvi's heir | to us is come; The noblest hero | beneath the sun, The threads of his fate | all lands enfold." "
relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Gram and Gnitaheith.

"14. "Here shall I foster | the fearless prince, Now Yngvi's heir | to us is come; The noblest hero | beneath the sun, The threads of his fate | all lands enfold." "
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Gram, Sigurth.

"25. "Glad art thou, Sigurth, | of battle gained, As Gram with grass thou cleansest; My brother fierce | in fight hast slain, And somewhat I did myself."

Sigurth spake:"

attestation: Gram is characterized by ferocity in the verse.

"25. "Glad art thou, Sigurth, | of battle gained, As Gram with grass thou cleansest; My brother fierce | in fight hast slain, And somewhat I did myself."

Sigurth spake:"

attestation: Gram is characterized by gladness in the verse.

"25. "Glad art thou, Sigurth, | of battle gained, As Gram with grass thou cleansest; My brother fierce | in fight hast slain, And somewhat I did myself."

Sigurth spake:"

attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Gram.

"22. In vengeance the hero | rose in the hall, And hurled his sword | at the slayer bold; At Gotthorm flew | the glittering steel Of Gram full hard | from the hand of the king."
attestation: Gram is characterized by age in the verse.

"22. In vengeance the hero | rose in the hall, And hurled his sword | at the slayer bold; At Gotthorm flew | the glittering steel Of Gram full hard | from the hand of the king."
attestation: Gram is characterized by boldness in the verse.

"22. In vengeance the hero | rose in the hall, And hurled his sword | at the slayer bold; At Gotthorm flew | the glittering steel Of Gram full hard | from the hand of the king."
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Gram.

"22. In vengeance the hero | rose in the hall, And hurled his sword | at the slayer bold; At Gotthorm flew | the glittering steel Of Gram full hard | from the hand of the king."

attestation: Gram was forged by Regin from the fragments of the sword Odin had given to Sigmund, according to the Volsungasaga

"Gram: according to the Volsungasaga Regin forged this sword from the fragments of the sword given by Othin to Sigmund"
attestation: Gram is the name of Sigurth's sword

"Gram: Sigurth's sword"
attestation: Gram may be Sigurth's sword name or may simply mean 'the hero' in this context

"Gram: Sigurth's sword (cf. Reginsmol, prose after stanza 14); the word here, however, may not be a proper name, but may mean "the hero.""
attestation: Sigurth's sword Gram is to be placed between him and Brynhild on the funeral pyre

"Cf. Gripisspo, 41 and note."