Gunnlod

First appears: Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 1

Life events

• The speaker was fettered by oblivion's heron at Gunnlod's dwelling.(Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 1 · 📍 Gunnlods dwelling)
  • “With this bird's pinions I was fettered in Gunnlods dwelling.”
• Gunnlod gave Odin a draught of the precious mead.(Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 3)
  • With: Odin
  • “Gunnlod gave me, on her golden seat, a draught of the precious mead;”
• Gunnlod aided Odin's escape from the Jotun's courts.(Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 3)
  • With: Odin
  • “'Tis to me doubtful that I could have come from the Jotun's courts, had not Gunnlod aided me, that good damsel, over whom I laid my arm.”
• Odin swore an oath, defrauded Suttung of the mead, and made Gunnlod weep.(Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 3)
  • With: Odin Suttung
  • “Odin, I believe, a ring-oath gave. Who in his faith will trust? Suttung defrauded, of his drink bereft, and Gunnlod made to weep!”

Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 1

• with Fialar (The speaker says he was drunk at Fialar's; the text does not establish a lasting relation.) “Drunk I was, I was over-drunk, at that cunning Fialar's.”

Elder Edda · The High One's Lay · Part 3

• protégé: Odin “Gunnlod gave me, on her golden seat, a draught of the precious mead; a bad recompense I afterwards made her, for her whole soul, her fervent love.”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Eddas. Made with Rho MD.