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The poetic Edda

Note 39 — The Lay of Helgi the Son of Hjorvarth

Henry Adams Bellows translation

Frekastein (“Wolf-Crag”): the name appears several times in the Helgi lays applied to battlefields; cf. Helgakvitha Hundingsbana I, 46 and 55, and II, 18 and 24. Need: i.e., Alf deserves no credit for the victory, which was due to the troll-woman’s magic.

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