The Poetic Edda on Svafnir

The > Volume Ii > Of Hjorvarth And Sigrlin

• attestation: Svafnir is characterized by beauty in the verse.

  "Hjorvarth was the name of a king, who had four wives: one was called Alfhild, and their son was named Hethin; the second was called Særeith, and their son was named Humlung; the third was called Sinrjoth, and"

• relationship: The stanza references a daughter of Svafnir.

  "1. "Sawest thou Sigrlin, | Svafnir's daughter, The fairest maid | in her home-land found? Though Hjorvarth's wives | by men are held Goodly to see | in Glasir's wood."

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The > Volume Ii > Notes

• attestation: Svafnir is called king of Svavaland, a place on the mainland reachable from Norway by land or sea

  "Svafnir: the annotator calls him king of Svavaland, apparently a place on the mainland which could be reached from Norway either by land or by sea"