The Poetic Edda on Hoth
The > Volume I > Introductory Note
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Othin.
"33. From the branch which seemed | so slender and fair Came a harmful shaft | that Hoth should hurl; But the brother of Baldr | was born ere long, And one night old | fought Othin's son."
attestation: Hoth is characterized by beauty in the verse.
"33. From the branch which seemed | so slender and fair Came a harmful shaft | that Hoth should hurl; But the brother of Baldr | was born ere long, And one night old | fought Othin's son."
attestation: Hoth is characterized by age in the verse.
"33. From the branch which seemed | so slender and fair Came a harmful shaft | that Hoth should hurl; But the brother of Baldr | was born ere long, And one night old | fought Othin's son."
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Baldr.
"62. Then fields unsowed | bear ripened fruit, All ills grow better, | and Baldr comes back; Baldr and Hoth dwell | in Hropt's battle-hall, And the mighty gods: | would you know yet more?"
attestation: Hoth is characterized by power in the verse.
"62. Then fields unsowed | bear ripened fruit, All ills grow better, | and Baldr comes back; Baldr and Hoth dwell | in Hropt's battle-hall, And the mighty gods: | would you know yet more?"
The > Volume Ii > Introductory Note
attestation: Hoth is characterized by beauty in the verse.
"19. "My father has pledged | his daughter fair As bride to Granmar's | son so grim; But, Helgi, I | once Hothbrodd called As fine a king | as the son of a cat."
attestation: Hoth is characterized by grimness in the verse.
"19. "My father has pledged | his daughter fair As bride to Granmar's | son so grim; But, Helgi, I | once Hothbrodd called As fine a king | as the son of a cat."
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Hoth.
"19. "My father has pledged | his daughter fair As bride to Granmar's | son so grim; But, Helgi, I | once Hothbrodd called As fine a king | as the son of a cat."
relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Hoth and Granmar.
"19. "My father has pledged | his daughter fair As bride to Granmar's | son so grim; But, Helgi, I | once Hothbrodd called As fine a king | as the son of a cat."
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Hothbrodd.
"50. Forth stood Hothbrodd, | helmed for battle, Watched the riding | of his warriors; . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . "Why are the Hniflungs | white with fear?"
Gothmund spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Helgi.
"52. "At anchor lying | off Gnipalund Are fire-beasts black, | all fitted with gold; There wait most | of the foeman's men, Nor will Helgi long | the battle delay."
Hothbrodd spake:"
- attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Hoth.
"52. "At anchor lying | off Gnipalund Are fire-beasts black, | all fitted with gold; There wait most | of the foeman's men, Nor will Helgi long | the battle delay."
Hothbrodd spake:"
- relationship: The stanza implies enmity between Hoth and Helgi.
"52. "At anchor lying | off Gnipalund Are fire-beasts black, | all fitted with gold; There wait most | of the foeman's men, Nor will Helgi long | the battle delay."
Hothbrodd spake:"
- attestation: The passage describes violence or death involving Hoth.
"Section IV (stanzas 17–21), which may well be from the same poem as Section III, is made up of speeches by Helgi and Sigrun after the battle in which Hothbrodd is killed; stanza 21, however, is certainly an interpolation from another poem, as it is in a different meter."
The > Volume Ii > (Iii)
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Volsung.
"Granmar was the name of a mighty king, who dwelt at Svarin's hill. He had many sons; one was named Hothbrodd, another Gothmund, a third Starkath. Hothbrodd was in a kings' meeting, and he won the promise of"
attestation: The stanza describes travel or movement involving Hoth.
"Granmar was the name of a mighty king, who dwelt at Svarin's hill. He had many sons; one was named Hothbrodd, another Gothmund, a third Starkath. Hothbrodd was in a kings' meeting, and he won the promise of"
attestation: Hoth is characterized by power in the verse.
"Granmar was the name of a mighty king, who dwelt at Svarin's hill. He had many sons; one was named Hothbrodd, another Gothmund, a third Starkath. Hothbrodd was in a kings' meeting, and he won the promise of"
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Hoth.
"Granmar was the name of a mighty king, who dwelt at Svarin's hill. He had many sons; one was named Hothbrodd, another Gothmund, a third Starkath. Hothbrodd was in a kings' meeting, and he won the promise of"
The > Volume Ii > (Iv)
attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Hoth.
"Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding,"
attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Bragi.
"Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding,"
attestation: The stanza describes travel or movement involving Hoth.
"Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding,"
attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Hoth.
"Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding,"
attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Hoth.
"Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding,"
relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Hoth and Bragi.
"Helgi then assembled a great sea-host and went to Frekastein. On the sea he met a perilous storm; lightning flashed overhead and the bolts struck the ship. They saw in the air that nine Valkyries were riding,"
attestation: Hoth is characterized by age in the verse.
"17. "Never shall Sigrun | from Sevafjoll, Hothbrodd king, | be held in thine arms; Granmar's sons | full cold have grown, And the giant-steeds gray | on corpses gorge." "
The > Volume Ii > (V)
- relationship: The stanza implies enmity between Hoth and Helgi.
"23. "Here may Hothbrodd | Helgi find, The hater of flight, | in the midst of the fleet; The home of all | thy race he has, And over the realm | of the fishes he rules."
Gothmund spake:"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hoth, Frekastein.
"24. "First shall swords | at Frekastein Prove our worth | in place of words; Time is it, Hothbrodd, | vengeance to have, If in battle worsted | once we were."
Sinfjotli spake:"
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- attestation: Hoth is the slayer of Baldr
"Hoth, slayer of Baldr"