The Poetic Edda on Thund

The > Volume I > Introductory Note

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

  "146. Better no prayer | than too big an offering, By thy getting measure thy gift; Better is none | than too big a sacrifice, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So Thund of old wrote | ere man's race began,"

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

  "146. Better no prayer | than too big an offering, By thy getting measure thy gift; Better is none | than too big a sacrifice, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . So Thund of old wrote | ere man's race began,"

The > Volume I > Notes

• attestation: Thund is another name for Othin, who returned home after obtaining the runes.

  "Thund: another name for Othin. When home he came: presumably after obtaining the runes as described in stanzas 139 and 140."