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The poetic Edda

Note 20 — The Ballad of Alvis

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Snorri quotes this stanza in the Skaldskaparmal. Waverer: the word is uncertain, the Prose Edda manuscripts giving it in various forms. Blustering Blast: two Prose Edda manuscripts give a totally different word, meaning “The Pounder.”

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