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The Poetic Edda on Hrungnir

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attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Hrungnir.

"14. "Here shall I stand | and await thee here; Thou hast found since Hrungnir died | no fiercer man."

Thor spake:"

attestation: Hrungnir is characterized by ferocity in the verse.

"14. "Here shall I stand | and await thee here; Thou hast found since Hrungnir died | no fiercer man."

Thor spake:"

attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hrungnir, Harbarth.

"15. "Fain art thou to tell | how with Hrungnir I fought, The haughty giant, | whose head of stone was made; And yet I felled him, | and stretched him before me. What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"

Harbarth spake:"

attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Hrungnir.

"15. "Fain art thou to tell | how with Hrungnir I fought, The haughty giant, | whose head of stone was made; And yet I felled him, | and stretched him before me. What, Harbarth, didst thou the while?"

Harbarth spake:"

attestation: Hrungnir is characterized by power in the verse.

"16. To the comrade hoary | of Hrungnir then Did Hlorrithi's meal | full mighty seem; "Next time at eve | we three must eat The food we have | as the hunting's spoil.""
attestation: Hrungnir is associated with the object Mjollnir.

"61. "Unmanly one, cease, | or the mighty hammer, Mjollnir, shall close thy mouth; My right hand shall smite thee | with Hrungnir's slayer, Till all thy bones are broken."

Loki spake:"

attestation: Hrungnir wagered his head that his horse Gullfaxi was swifter than Othin's Sleipnir, lost the race, and was later killed by Thor in a duel.

"Hrungnir: this giant rashly wagered his head that his horse, Gullfaxi, was swifter than Othin's Sleipnir. In the race, which Hrungnir lost, he managed to dash uninvited into the home of the gods, where he became very drunk. Thor ejected him, and accepted his challenge to a duel."
attestation: Hrungnir had a three-horned heart of stone and a head of stone; Thor's hammer Mjollnir shattered both the grindstone and Hrungnir's head.

"Hrungnir himself had a three-horned heart of stone and a head of stone; his shield was of stone and his weapon was a grindstone. But Thjalfi, Thor's servant, told him the god would attack him out of the ground, wherefore Hrungnir laid down his shield and stood on it. The hammer Mjollnir shattered both the grindstone and Hrungnir's head"

attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hrungnir, Sleipnir.

"15. He bade write on the shield | before the shining goddess, On Arvak's ear, | and on Alsvith's hoof, On the wheel of the car | of Hrungnir's killer, On Sleipnir's teeth, | and the straps of the sledge."

attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Hrungnir, Harbarthsljoth.

"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"
attestation: Hrungnir is characterized by swiftness 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"
relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Hrungnir and Harbarthsljoth.

"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"