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with magic spells[1], with helmet and coat of mail, before the door of our hall.
Hervor.
I took thee for a brave man, before I found out your hall. Give me, out of the tomb, the workmanship of the dwarfs, which hateth all coats of mail. It is not good for thee to hide it.
Angantyr.
The death of Hialmar lies under my shoulders: it is all wrapt up in fire: I know no maid, in any country, that dares take this sword in hand.
- ↑ It was usual with the northern warriors to inscribe Runic characters on their weapons, to prevent their being dulled or blunted by inchantment, as also to give them a keenness and strength which nothing could resist. Ol. Verel. pag. 101.
