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(1914) Author: Esaias Tegnér Translator: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Lewery Blackley
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ALPHABETICAL GLOSSARY AND NOTES

explanatory of names and terms occurring
in the frithiof-saga *

Aegir. The ocean-god. Daughters of Aegir, the waves.

Aesir. The twelve highest gods, namely, (Sdin, Thor, Njord, Frey,
Tyr, Heimdall, Bragi, Vidar, Vali, Ullur, Hxnur, and Forsete, with
their progeny.

Alfader (All-Father). The highest title of Odin.

Angurvadel (Flood of anguish). The name of Frithiofs sword.

Asen. The gods. Asa-sons, or Asen-sons; a name generally given to
Scandinavian kings, who were supposed to trace descent from the gods
themselves.

Asker, or Ask. The first man.
Asgard. The city of the gods.
Astrild. The god of Love.

Balder. The god of Light, typified by the Sun. The following account
of him is taken from the Prose Edda, ch. xxii: "The second son of Odin
is Balder, and it may be truly said of him that he is the best, and that
all the race of man are loud in his praise. So fair and dazzling is he in
form and features, that rays of light seem to issue from him. Balder is
the wisest, the mildest, the most eloquent of all the Aesir; yet, such is
his nature, that the judgment he has pronounced cannot be altered.
He dwells in the heavenly mansion called Breidablik, into which
nothing unclean can enter." Balder, or Day, was, at the instigation of Loki,
god of Mischief, slain by the blind god, Hodur, or Darkness.

Bale-fire. A beacon-fire. That referred to in the text, Canto xm,
was the fire kindled on Midsummer’s Eve, in honor of Balder, the god
of Light, whose symbol, the Sun, at that period seemed to reach its
highest power. It may be remarked, in passing, that ignorance of the

* The Translator is indebted for the extracts from the Prose Edda, in this
Glossary, to Mr. I. A. Blackwell’s translation of that production, contained in
his new edition of Mallet’s Northern Antiquities, 1847; and has also profited
largely by remarks in other parts of his work, which he takes the present
opportunity of acknowledging.

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