In Norse mythology, Skírnir (Old Norse" [ˈskiːrnez̠]; "bright one") is the god Freyr's messenger and vassal. He appears in both the Poetic and Prose Eddas...

Skírnismál (Old Norse: 'The Lay of Skírnir', but in the Codex Regius known as Fǫr Skírnis ‘Skírnir’s journey’) is one of the poems of the Poetic Edda...

deeply lovesick at the sight of her shimmering beauty, and has his servant Skírnir go to Jötunheimr (where Gerðr and her father Gymir reside) to gain her...

taciturn. After a period of brooding, he consents to talk to Skírnir, his foot-page. He tells Skírnir that he has fallen in love with a beautiful woman and thinks...

Skirnir Mountains (Danish: Skirners Bjerge) is a group of nunataks in the King Frederick VI Coast, Sermersooq municipality, SE Greenland. The range is...

Since Freyr gave up the sword to Skírnir for the hand of the giantess Gerðr, he will die at Ragnarök. Freyr asks Skírnir to bring Gerðr to him, but his...

encounters the god Freyr's messenger Skírnir, and asks him if he is of the elves, of the Æsir, or of the "wise Vanir". Skírnir responds that he is not of any...

refers to the sword with which Skirnir has previously threatened Gerd. But immediately after concluding his curse, Skírnir says (stanza 32): I go to the...

of Grímnir, Grímnir's Sayings) Skírnismál (The Ballad of Skírnir, The Lay of Skírnir, Skírnir's Journey) Hárbarðsljóð (The Poem of Hárbard, The Lay of Hárbard...

failed to bind the demon wolf twice in a row, they asked Freyr's messenger Skírnir to find the strongest ropes made by the dwarves. The materials of the chains...

love with her. A further prose section then describes that he his servant Skírnir his horse and sends him to her home at Gymisgarðar in Jötunheimar, which...

subsequently retrieved by Hermóðr. It was offered as a gift by Freyr's servant Skírnir in the wooing of Gerðr, which is described in the poem Skírnismál. The...

instance of eleven "golden apples" being given to woo the beautiful Gerðr by Skírnir, who was acting as messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19...

Freyr's servant Skírnir to talk to Freyr, and in the first stanza of the poem, Skaði also tells Skírnir to ask Freyr why he is so upset. Skírnir responds that...

conditions, such as the mountains, darkness and "flickering flame" crossed by Skírnir in Skírnismál. In Eddic sources, jötnar present a constant threat to gods...

dead and speak to them. There are other references in Skírnismál, where Skirnir uses galdrar to force Gerðr to marry Freyr as exemplified by the following...

weaponless against the giant Beli, since he has given his sword to his servant Skírnir before sending him to court Gerðr for his master. Freyr eventually manages...

number of other pieces in the Icelandic periodicals Eimreiðin, Iðunn, and Skírnir. Outside of his literary activities, Jón was an active member of Iceland's...

'frost-masked') is a jötunn in Norse mythology. He is invoked by Freyr's servant Skírnir as he tries to coerce the beautiful jötunn Gerðr on his master's behalf...

Uhtred needs money to recruit men to attack Bebbanburg. Skade claims that Skirnir, her hated husband and a Frisian pirate, has a great treasure hoard, so...

Surtr, but falls because he lacks the sword he once gave to his messenger, Skírnir. The hound Garmr (described here as the "worst of monsters") breaks free...

(Vafþrúðnir's sayings) Grímnismál (Sayings of Grímnir) Skírnismál (Sayings of Skírnir) Hárbarðsljóð (Lay of Hárbarðr) Hymiskviða (Hymir's poem) Lokasenna (Loki's...

Njörðr then sends for Skírnir to find out who he seems to be so angry at, and, not looking forward to being treated roughly, Skírnir reluctantly goes to...

Peter Fjeldsted Hoppe. Autumn: The Icelandic Literary Society's journal Skírnir begins being published. Klausturpósturinn, the first monthly magazine published...

be that Freyr is lacking "the good sword" that he once gave his servant Skírnir. As foretold by High further into chapter 51 Gylfaginning, once Heimdallr...

cosmological world tree, Yggdrasil. In Skírnismál, the god Freyr's messenger, Skírnir, threatens the fair Gerðr, with whom Freyr is smitten, with numerous threats...

Rerir Raum the Old Shieldmaiden Sigi Sigmund Signy Sigurd Sigurd Hring Skirnir Skjöld Starkad Sveigðir Volsung Yngvi and Alf Many dwarves are named in...

He bears a grudge against Frey, who 'abandoned' him, by giving him to Skirnir as a price for the latter bringing the former a Giantess with whom he fell...

Björnsson (1996). "Hvað merkir þjóðtrú?" [What does popular belief mean?]. Skírnir (in Icelandic). 170: 91–93. Erlendur Haraldsson (1975). "Results of a survey...

instance of eleven "golden apples" being given to woo the beautiful Gerðr by Skírnir, who was acting as messenger for the major Vanir god Freyr in stanzas 19...