The Poetic Edda on Leirbrimir
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- attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Leirbrimir.
"28. "Gastropnir is it, | of old I made it From the limbs of Leirbrimir; I braced it so strongly | that fast it shall stand So long as the world shall last."
Svipdag spake:"
- attestation: Leirbrimir is associated with the location Gastropnir.
"28. "Gastropnir is it, | of old I made it From the limbs of Leirbrimir; I braced it so strongly | that fast it shall stand So long as the world shall last."
Svipdag spake:"
- attestation: Leirbrimir is characterized by strength in the verse.
"28. "Gastropnir is it, | of old I made it From the limbs of Leirbrimir; I braced it so strongly | that fast it shall stand So long as the world shall last."
Svipdag spake:"
- attestation: Leirbrimir is characterized by age in the verse.
"28. "Gastropnir is it, | of old I made it From the limbs of Leirbrimir; I braced it so strongly | that fast it shall stand So long as the world shall last."
Svipdag spake:"