The Poetic Edda on Hrimgerth

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• attribution: Hrimgerth delivers a speech in the verse.

  "13. "Helgi his name, | and never thou mayst Harm to the hero bring; With iron is fitted | the prince's fleet, Nor can witches work us ill."

Hrimgerth spake:"

• attestation: Hrimgerth is characterized by stature in the verse.

  "16. "Corpse-hungry giantess, | how art thou called? Say, witch, who thy father was! Nine miles deeper | down mayst thou sink, And a tree grow tall on thy bosom."

Hrimgerth spake:"

• attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Hrimgerth.

  "18. "Witch, in front | of the ship thou wast, And lay before the fjord; To Ron wouldst have given | the ruler's men, If a spear had not stuck in thy flesh."

Hrimgerth spake:"

• attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hrimgerth.

  "23. "I will not go | till the warriors wake, Again their chief to guard; I should wonder not, | foul witch, if up From beneath our keel thou shouldst come."

Hrimgerth spake:"

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

  "25. "'Tis Lothin shall have thee,— | thou'rt loathsome to men,— His home in Tholley he has; Of the wild-dwellers worst | is the giant wise, He is meet as a mate for thee."

Hrimgerth spake:"

The > Volume Ii > Notes

• attestation: Hrimgerth means 'Frost-Shrouded'

  "Hrimgerth: "Frost-Shrouded" (?)"

• attestation: Hrimgerth assumed the form of a mare during the episode

  "Apparently Hrimgerth has assumed the form of a mare"