The Poetic Edda on Hjordis

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

• attestation: Hjordis is described as being born.

  "26. "From Volsung's seed | was the hero sprung, And Hjordis was born | of Hrauthung's race, And Eylimi | from the Othlings came,— And all are thy kinsmen, | Ottar, thou fool!"

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Hjordis was the daughter of King Eylimi, wife of Sigmund and mother of Sigurth

  "Hjordis: daughter of King Eylimi, wife of Sigmund and mother of Sigurth"

The > Volume Ii > Introductory Note

• relationship: Hjordis is the offspring of King.

  "There he married Hjordis, the daughter of King Eylimi; their son was Sigurth."

The > part in a few of the Eddic poems.

• relationship: Brynhild is the sibling of Hjordis.

  "Such, briefly, appears to have been the development of the legend before it came into Norway. Here it underwent many changes, though the clear marks of its southern origin were never obliterated. The names"

• attestation: Hjordis is characterized by wisdom in the verse.

  "Such, briefly, appears to have been the development of the legend before it came into Norway. Here it underwent many changes, though the clear marks of its southern origin were never obliterated. The names"