- In
Norse mythology,
Skírnir (Old Norse" [ˈskiːrnez̠]; "bright one") is the god Freyr's
messenger and v****al. He
appears in both the
Poetic and
Prose Eddas...
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deeply lovesick at the
sight of her
shimmering beauty, and has his
servant Skírnir go to Jötunheimr (where Gerðr and her
father Gymir reside) to gain her...
- taciturn.
After a
period of brooding, he
consents to talk to
Skírnir, his foot-page. He
tells Skírnir that he has
fallen in love with a
beautiful woman and thinks...
- Skírnismál (Old Norse: 'The Lay of
Skírnir', but in the
Codex Regius known as Fǫr Skírnis ‘
Skírnir’s journey’) is one of the
poems of the
Poetic Edda...
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Since Freyr gave up the
sword to
Skírnir for the hand of the
giantess Gerðr, he will die at Ragnarök.
Freyr asks
Skírnir to
bring Gerðr to him, but his...
- 'frost-masked') is a jötunn in
Norse mythology. He is
invoked by Freyr's
servant Skírnir as he
tries to
coerce the
beautiful jötunn Gerðr on his master's behalf...
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instance of
eleven "golden apples"
being given to woo the
beautiful Gerðr by
Skírnir, who was
acting as
messenger for the
major Vanir god
Freyr in
stanzas 19...
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Skirnir Mountains (Danish:
Skirners Bjerge) is a
group of
nunataks in the King
Frederick VI Coast,
Sermersooq muni****lity, SE Greenland. The
range is...
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encounters the god Freyr's
messenger Skírnir, and asks him if he is of the elves, of the Æsir, or of the "wise Vanir".
Skírnir responds that he is not of any...
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refers to the
sword with
which Skirnir has
previously threatened Gerd. But
immediately after concluding his curse,
Skírnir says (stanza 32): I go to the...
