A poem of the Poetic Edda telling of Thor's journey with the giant Hymir to fish for a cauldron large enough to brew ale for all the gods, in which Thor hooks the Midgard Serpent Jormungandr from the seabed before the terrified Hymir cuts the line; independently attested in pre-Christian carved stone, it is judged by philologists to preserve a considerably older poem than its thirteenth century manuscript.
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Position in the CanonSeventh poem of the Codex Regius manuscript of the Poetic Edda, following Harbardsljod and preceding Lokasenna. 1 Literary form (class) Connections
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Source Hymiskviða (Wikipedia)
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1. The Poetic Edda
Anonymous (Codex Regius), The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1923HymiskvidaQuote, Hymiskvida
The Poetic Edda: Hymiskvida is composed in Old Norse alliterative verse, one of the eddic poems.
Hymiskviða (Wikipedia)
In Language: Old Norse, Lead sectionQuote, In Language: Old Norse, Lead section
(Old Norse: 'The lay of Hymir'
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