Chapter L

LAEDINGR. One of the fetters with which the Fenris-wolf was bound. _Laeding._

LAERADR. A tree near Valhal. _Laerad._

LANDVIDI [A mountain range overgrown with trees]. Vidar's abode. The primeval forests. _Landvide._

LAUFEY [Leafy island]. Loke's mother. _Laufey._

LEIFTHRASIR, LIF. The two persons preserved in Hodmimer's grove during Surt's conflagration in Ragnarok; the last beings in the old and the first in the new world. _Lif_ and _Lifthraser_.

LETTFETI [Light-foot]. One of the horses of the gods. _Lightfoot._

LITR. A dwarf that Thor kicked into Balder's funeral pile. _Liter._

LODDFAFNIR. A protege of Odin. _Lodfafner._

LODURR [To flame]. One of the three gods (Odin, Hœnir and Loder) who create Ask and Embla, the first man and woman. He is identical with Loke. _Loder._

LOKI [To end, finish; Loke is the end and consummation of divinity]. The evil giant-god of the Norse mythology. He steers the ship Naglfar in Ragnarok. He borrows Freyja's feather-garb and accompanies Thor to the giant Thrym, who has stolen Thor's hammer. He is the father of Sleipner; also of the Midgard serpent, of the Fenris-wolf and of Hel. He causes Balder's death, abuses the gods in Æger's feast, but is captured in Fraanangerforce and is bound by the gods. _Loke._

LOPTR [The aerial]. Another name of Loke. _Lopter._