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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to SnSt Ht 3III

[5] váða orms ‘of the serpent’s harmer [= Þórr]’: The serpent is Miðgarðsormr ‘the World’s Serpent’, another of Loki’s children (see Note to l. 1 above). At ragnarǫk, Miðgarðsormr will fight with Þórr and they will kill each other (see Vsp 55H-56; SnE 2005, 50, 52).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()

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