Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 21b

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SnSt, Gylf ch. 21b

Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 21b — ed. not skaldic

Not published: do not cite (SnSt, Gylf ch. 21b)

Snorri Sturluson Gylfaginning

21b 22

text and translation

The new edition is either unpublished or unavailable. The following is taken from an old edition (Skj where relevant):

Þá mælti Gangleri: "Hver eru nöfn annarra ásanna, eða hvað
hafast þeir að, eða hvað hafa þeir gert til frama?"

Hár segir: "Þór er þeirra framast, sá er kallaður er Ásaþór
eða Ökuþór. Hann er sterkastur allra guðanna og manna. Hann á
þar ríki er Þrúðvangar heita en höll hans heitir Bilskirnir.
Í þeim sal eru fimm hundruð gólfa og fjórir tigir. Það er hús
mest svo að menn hafa gert. Svo segir í Grímnismálum:

Fimm hundrað gólfa

og um fjórum tugum

svo hygg eg Bilskirni með bugum,

ranna þeirra

er eg reft vita

míns veit eg mest magar.

Þór á hafra tvo er svo heita: Tanngnjóstur og Tanngrisnir, og
reið þá er hann ekur, en hafrarnir draga reiðina. Því er hann
kallaður Ökuþór. Hann á og þrjá kostgripi. Einn þeirra er
hamarinn Mjöllnir er hrímþursar og bergrisar kenna þá er hann
kemur á loft, og er það eigi undarlegt. Hann hefur lamið
margan haus á feðrum eða frændum þeirra. Annan grip á hann
bestan: Megingjarðir. Og er hann spennir þeim um sig, þá vex
honum ásmegin hálfu. Hinn þriðja hluta á hann, þann er mikill
gripur er í, það eru járnglófar. Þeirra má hann eigi missa
við hamarsskaftið. En enginn er svo fróður að telja kunni öll
stórvirki hans. En segja kann eg þér svo mörg tíðindi frá
honum að dveljast munu stundirnar áður en sagt er allt það er
eg veit."

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