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Frey

Hvernig skal kenna Frey? Svá at kalla hann son Njarðar, bróður Freyju ok enn Vana guð ok Vana nið ok Vanr ok árguð ok fégjafa.

(112,1) VII. “How should one periphrase Freyr? Thus: by calling him Son of Njördr, Brother of Freyja, and also God of Vanir, and Kinsman of the Vanir, and Wane, and God of the Fertile Season, and God of Wealth-Gifts.

Svá kvað Egill Skallagrímsson:
(60) Þvíat Grjótbjǫrn
of gœddan hefr
Freyr ok Njǫrðr
at fjárafli.

Thus sang Egill Skallagrímsson:
For that Grjótbjörn
In goods and gear
Freyr and Njördr
Have fairly blessed.

Freyr er kallaðr Belja dólgr, svá sem kvað Eyvindr skáldaspillir:
(61) Þá er útrǫst
jarla bági
Belja dólgs
byggja vildi.

Freyr is called Adversary of Beli, even as Eyvindr Spoiler of Skalds sang:
When the Earl’s foe
Wished to inhabit
The outer bounds
Of Beli’s hater.

Hann er eigandi Skíðblaðnis ok galtar þess er Gullinbusti heitir, svá sem hér segir:
(62) Ívalda synir
gengu í árdaga
Skíðblaðni at skipa,
skipa bazt,
(19,1) skírum Frey,
nýtum Njarðar bur.

He is the possessor of Skídbladnir and of that boar which is called Gold-Bristle, even as it is told here:
Ívaldi’s offspring
In ancient days
Went to shape Skídbladnir,
Foremost of ships,
Fairly for Freyr,
Choicely for Njördr’s child.

Svá segir Úlfr Uggason:
(63) Ríðr á bǫrg til borgar
bǫðfróðr sonar Óðins
Freyr ok fólkum stýrir
fyrst ok gulli byrstum.

Thus speaks Úlfr Uggason:
The battle-bold Freyr rideth
First on the golden-bristled
(113,1) Barrow-boar to the bale-fire
Of Baldr, and leads the people.

Hann heitir ok Slíðrugtanni.

The boar is also called Fearful-Tusk.

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