The Poetic Edda on Thrym

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

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

  "11. The sixth is Thrymheim, | where Thjazi dwelt, The giant of marvelous might; Now Skathi abides, | the god's fair bride, In the home that her father had."

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

  "The Skirnismol is found complete in the Codex Regius, and through stanza 27 in the Arnamagnæan Codex. Snorri quotes the concluding stanza. In Regius the poem is entitled "For Scirnis" ("Skirnir's Journey"). "

• attestation: Thrym is associated with the location Norway.

  "The Skirnismol is found complete in the Codex Regius, and through stanza 27 in the Arnamagnæan Codex. Snorri quotes the concluding stanza. In Regius the poem is entitled "For Scirnis" ("Skirnir's Journey"). "

• relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Thrym and Njorth.

  "The Skirnismol is found complete in the Codex Regius, and through stanza 27 in the Arnamagnæan Codex. Snorri quotes the concluding stanza. In Regius the poem is entitled "For Scirnis" ("Skirnir's Journey"). "

• attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Thrym.

  "The Thrymskvitha is found only in the Codex Regius, where it follows the Lokasenna. Snorri does not quote from it, nor, rather oddly, does the story occur in the Prose Edda.

Artistically the Thrymskvitha is one of the best, as it is, next to the"

• relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Thrym and Skirnismol.

  "The Thrymskvitha is found only in the Codex Regius, where it follows the Lokasenna. Snorri does not quote from it, nor, rather oddly, does the story occur in the Prose Edda.

Artistically the Thrymskvitha is one of the best, as it is, next to the"

• attribution: Thrym delivers a speech in the verse.

  "5. Thrym sat on a mound, | the giants' master, Leashes of gold | he laid for his dogs, And stroked and smoothed | the manes of his steeds.

Thrym spake:"

• attestation: Thrym is characterized by age in the verse.

  "5. Thrym sat on a mound, | the giants' master, Leashes of gold | he laid for his dogs, And stroked and smoothed | the manes of his steeds.

Thrym spake:"

• attestation: The stanza references wealth or gifts involving Thrym.

  "5. Thrym sat on a mound, | the giants' master, Leashes of gold | he laid for his dogs, And stroked and smoothed | the manes of his steeds.

Thrym spake:"

• attestation: The stanza describes feasting or drinking involving Thrym.

  "25. Then loud spake Thrym, | the giants' leader: "Who ever saw bride | more keenly bite? I ne'er saw bride | with a broader bite, Nor a maiden who drank | more mead than this!""

• attestation: Thrym is associated with the object Mjollnir.

  "30. Then loud spake Thrym, | the giants' leader: "Bring in the hammer | to hallow the bride; On the maiden's knees | let Mjollnir lie, That us both the hand | of Vor may bless.""

• attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Thrym.

  "31. The heart in the breast | of Hlorrithi laughed When the hard-souled one | his hammer beheld; First Thrym, the king | of the giants, he killed, Then all the folk | of the giants he felled."

• attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Thrym.

  "31. The heart in the breast | of Hlorrithi laughed When the hard-souled one | his hammer beheld; First Thrym, the king | of the giants, he killed, Then all the folk | of the giants he felled."

• attestation: The stanza describes death or destruction involving Thrym.

  "Baldrs Draumar is found only in the Arnamagnæan Codex, where it follows the Harbarthsljoth fragment. It is preserved in various late paper manuscripts, with the title Vegtamskvitha (The Lay of Vegtam), which has been used by some editors. "

• relationship: The stanza references alliance or oath between Thrym and Othin.

  "Baldrs Draumar is found only in the Arnamagnæan Codex, where it follows the Harbarthsljoth fragment. It is preserved in various late paper manuscripts, with the title Vegtamskvitha (The Lay of Vegtam), which has been used by some editors. "

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Thrym is a frost-giant who stole Thor's hammer, symbolizing the rarity of thunderstorms in winter

  "Thrym: a frost-giant. Gering declares that this story of the theft of Thor's hammer symbolizes the fact that thunderstorms rarely occur in winter"

The > Volume I > The Lay Of Fjolsvith

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

  "26. "Thrymgjol they call it; | 'twas made by the three, The sons of Solblindi; And fast as a fetter | the farer it holds, Whoever shall lift the latch."

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