Note 637 — Chapter XII · HEATHENDOM.
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Oþinn is called heklumaðr, the man with the cloak. Forn. Sög. i. 325. “Kom þar maðr gamall, miök orðspakr, einsýnn [Oþinn was one-eyed only] ok augdapr, ok hafði hatt sídan.” Fornman. Sög. ii. 138. “Sá hann mann mikinn með síðum hetti ... ók þotti konúngi gaman æt ræðum hans, þviat hann kunni af öllum löndum tiðindi at segja.” Fornman. Sög. v. 250. He is called Síðhöttr even in the Edda. Through this cloak or Hackle, Wóden becomes Hacleberend or Hackleberg, who rides at the head of the Wilde Jagd or wild hunt.