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Chapter VI: of Ynglinga / Saga

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_text reads “Ynglingla”_

the much-traveled man, the / ἀνὴρ πολύτροπος
_text reads “πολύθροπος”_

the valkyrie says / at berserkja reiðu vil ek þik spyrja
_text reads “pik spyrja”_

identical in root with Lat. _divus_; / Sansk. _dwas_
_so in original; the Sanskrit is usually given as “dyaus”_

Zalmoxis, derived from the Gr. Ζαλμός, helmet
_so in original. Ζαλμός is defined by Liddell and Scott--
a dictionary available to the author-- as Thracian for “a skin.”_

Compare the Greek word νεφέλη = mist.
_text reads “νεφέλγ”_

and then cooly says to him
_spelling as in original_

Through this he / slipt.
_variant spelling in original_

He impersonated all that was good and holy
_text reads “al”_

This chapter of _Skaldskaparmal_
_text reads “Skaldkaparmal”_

Echoes from Mistland; Echoes from Mist-Land
_inconsistent forms in original_

JARNVIDJES. The giantesses dwelling in Ironwood.
_text reads “JARNVIDJIS”_

JORMUNGAND. The Midgard-serpent.
_text reads “JORMUNDGAND”_

... from the mouth {of the} chained Fenris-wolf.
... out of whose body the world was cr{eated.}
_page image incomplete; words and letters in braces supplied from
context_

Randver, 202-205.
_text reads “22-205”_

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The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose EddaChapter VI: of Ynglinga / Saga

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