The Poetic Edda on Thir

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• attestation: The stanza describes travel or movement involving Thir.

  "10. One came to their home, | crooked her legs, Stained were her feet, | and sunburned her arms, Flat was her nose; | her name was Thir."

• attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Thir.

  "11. Soon in the midst | of the room she sat, By her side there sat | the son of the house; They whispered both, | and the bed made ready, Thræll and Thir, | till the day was through."

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• attestation: Thir means 'Serving-Woman'

  "Thir: "Serving-Woman.""