English · Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
"How should winter be periphrased? Thus: call it Son of Vindsvalr, Destruction of Serpents, Tempest Season. Thus sang Ormr Steinthórsson:
Germanic and Norse religionThe Prose Edda 2.29HOLYMAP · SACRED TEXTS
The Prose Edda
The Prose Edda 2.29
English · Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
To the blind man I proffer This blessing: Vindsvalr's Son.
English · Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
Thus sang Ásgrímr:
English · Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
The warlike Spoil-Bestower, Lavish of Wealth, that winter— Snake's-Woe—in Thrándheim tarried; The folk knew thy true actions.