The Poetic Edda on Hild
The > Poetic Edda > Preservation Of The Eddic Poems
- attestation: The passage provides information about Hild.
"As the basis for this translation I have used the text prepared by Karl Hildebrand (1876) and revised by Hugo Gering (1904)."
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
attestation: Hild is characterized by age in the verse.
"36. Hrist and Mist | bring the horn at my will, Skeggjold and Skogul; Hild and Thruth, | Hlokk and Herfjotur, Gol and Geironul, Randgrith and Rathgrith | and Reginleif Beer to the warriors bring."
attestation: Hild is characterized by wisdom in the verse.
"8. "Hildolf is he | who bade me have it, A hero wise; | his home is at Rathsey's sound. He bade me no robbers to steer, | nor stealers of steeds, But worthy men, | and those whom well do I know."
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hild.
"7. "Wild dreams, methinks, | are thine when thou sayest My lover is with me | on the way of the slain; There shines the boar | with bristles of gold, Hildisvini, | he who was made"
attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Hild.
"7. "Wild dreams, methinks, | are thine when thou sayest My lover is with me | on the way of the slain; There shines the boar | with bristles of gold, Hildisvini, | he who was made"
attestation: Hild is characterized by cunning in the verse.
"7. "Wild dreams, methinks, | are thine when thou sayest My lover is with me | on the way of the slain; There shines the boar | with bristles of gold, Hildisvini, | he who was made"
attestation: Hild is characterized by age in the verse.
"7. "Wild dreams, methinks, | are thine when thou sayest My lover is with me | on the way of the slain; There shines the boar | with bristles of gold, Hildisvini, | he who was made"
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Hild.
"7. "Wild dreams, methinks, | are thine when thou sayest My lover is with me | on the way of the slain; There shines the boar | with bristles of gold, Hildisvini, | he who was made"
relationship: Hild is identified as the offspring of Svava.
"17. "Hildigun then | her mother hight, The daughter of Svava | and Sækonung; And all are thy kinsmen, | Ottar, thou fool! It is much to know,— | wilt thou hear yet more?"
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note
- attestation: Hild is characterized by age in the verse.
"6. "Hild the helmed | in Hlymdalir They named me of old, | all they who knew me. . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . ."
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Notes
- attestation: Hild is a Valkyrie name meaning 'Fighter,' sometimes used as a shortened form of compound names like Brynhild ('Fighter in Armor')
"Hild: a Valkyrie name meaning "Fighter" (cf. Voluspo, 31). In such compound names as Brynhild ("Fighter in Armor") the first element was occasionally omitted."