The Poetic Edda on Instein
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- attestation: Instein is characterized by youth in the verse.
"6. "Falsely thou askest me, | Freyja, to go, For so in the glance | of thine eyes I see; On the way of the slain | thy lover goes with thee, Ottar the young, | the son of Instein."
Freyja spake:"
relationship: A figure is identified as the child of Instein.
"12. "Thou art, Ottar, | the son of Instein, And Instein the son | of Alf the Old, Alf of Ulf, | Ulf of Sæfari, And Sæfari's father | was Svan the Red."
attestation: Instein is characterized by age in the verse.
"12. "Thou art, Ottar, | the son of Instein, And Instein the son | of Alf the Old, Alf of Ulf, | Ulf of Sæfari, And Sæfari's father | was Svan the Red."