The Poetic Edda on Grimnismol
The > Volume I > Notes
attestation: The passage from stanzas 27 through 35 is confused, with many river names of uncertain spelling, and may well be an interpolation.
"The entire passage from stanza 27 through stanza 35 is confused. The whole thing may well be an interpolation."
attestation: The four harts mentioned in stanza 33 are probably a late multiplication of the single hart in stanza 26.
"It may be guessed, however, that they are a late multiplication of the single hart mentioned in stanza 26"
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
attestation: Grimnismol is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"The Skirnismol is found complete in the Codex Regius, and through stanza 27 in the Arnamagnæan Codex. Snorri quotes the concluding stanza. In Regius the poem is entitled "For Scirnis" ("Skirnir's Journey"). "
attestation: Grimnismol is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"The Hymiskvitha is found complete in both manuscripts; in Regius it follows the Harbarthsljoth, while in the Arnamagnæan Codex it comes after the Grimnismol. Snorri does not quote it, although he tells the main story involved. "
The > Volume Ii > Introductory Note
- attestation: Grimnismol is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"The swan-maiden story appears, of course, in many places quite distinct from the Weland tradition, and, in another form, became one of the most popular of German folk-tales. Like the story of Weland, however, it is"
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- attestation: Grimnismol is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"15. Stanzas 15–17 constitute a wholly distinct rune-chant. Line 1 is unusually long in the original, as here. Shield: the shield Svalin ("Cooling") that stands in front of the sun; cf. Grimnismol, 38. Arvak"