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	norsefreyrandgerda
		Skirnir asked Freyr to lend him his steed, to lift him over the weird ring of flickering flame, and also his sword that swings itself against the tribe of trolls.
		Skirnir then rode to where a shepherd sat on a mound and asked the shepherd how he (Skirnir) might win the welcome of Gerda and win his way through the hounds.
		Skirnir scratched runes upon the wand he had, "a thurs' rune and three more", saying he would scratch them off as he had scratched them on if there was no need for them.
	www.jackowitch.com /norsefreyrandgerda.html (778 words)

	Of Thor and Giants
		Skirnir told Gerd he was wooing her for Freyr.
		Skirnir promised eleven golden apples (Idun's apple of youth?), but she flatly refused to consider Freyr's as a possible husband.
		Skirnir told her that he would use Freyr's sword if she continued to refuse to marry Freyr.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/thor.html (4851 words)

	Jani Salonen \| Mytologia, Skirnir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skirnir had some difficulty in persuading Gerda to agree to the match, however.
		Gerda showed no fear when Skirnir threatened to behead her, but she began to panic the moment he started to recite a powerful spell.
		It promised to deny her any joy or passion, for the beautiful frost giantess was to be transformed into a loveless outcast, a companion of the 'unworthy dead'.
	koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_096.html (174 words)

	Asgard and the Gods — Part 6 - 2
		Skirnir turned to him and asked him how he was to pass the dogs and the fire, and so reach the hall of the noble maiden.
		Skirnir ceased and took his knife to cut the runes from the magic wand on which they were carved.
		Skirnir’s journey is one of the most beautiful poems of the Edda, and certainly the ideas to which it gave rise in the mind of the poet are no less interesting.
	www.vaidilute.com /books/asgard/asgard-11.html (3964 words)

	Mythologie nordique: Freyr
		Skirnir alla chez Freyr et lui demanda pourquoi il a été assis solitaire et avec le cœur lourd toute la journée dans la halle.
		Skirnir demanda Freyr de lui prêter son coursier, son mystérieux anneau à la flamme vacillante et aussi son épée qui combat les Trolls.
		Skirnir lui a offert l'anneau d'or, Draupnir, si elle consentait à aimer Freyr.
	grenier2clio.free.fr /nordique/freyr.htm (942 words)

	Alcourt and Skirnir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skirnir and Alcourt were both regulars on IRC, the same channel in fact.
		Skirnir and Alcourt had known each other vaguely on IRC before, but hadn't really spoken much.
		Okay, so Halloween fell on a Monday that year, it was the last weekend before Halloween.
	home.earthlink.net /~mylnir/skirnalc.html (192 words)

	Northvegr - Rydberg's Teutonic Mythology
		The very epithet Skirnir, "the shining one," is justified by the fact that Solbjart-Orvandil, the star-hero, is his father.
		Skirnir's influence with Freyja's brother is so great that when neither Njord nor Skadi can induce the son to reveal the cause of the sorrow which afflicts him, they hope that Skirnir may be able to do so.
		Skirnir also appeals to the fact that Frey and he have in days past had adventures together of such a kind that they ought to have faith in each other, and that Frey ought not to have any secret which he may not safely confide to so faithful a friend (Skírnismál 5).
	www.northvegr.org /lore/rydberg/105.php (821 words)

	gerd
		Skirnir ran past all obstacles, however, and Gerd, hearing the resulting commotion, came to the door.
		Skirnir told her why he had come and offered her gifts--11 apples made of pure gold and Odin's magic ring, Draupnir--if she would marry his master.
		When she refused, Skirnir angrily brandished Frey's magic sword and threatened to engrave magical runes into a spell that would send Gerd into a lonely wasteland and cause her to disappear like a thistle in the ice.
	www.cornholio.00page.com /gerd.htm (308 words)

	Stories in Norse Mythology
		Skirnir went to Freyr and asked him why he sat lonely and with heavy heart all day in his (Freyr's) hall.
		Skirnir then threatened to cut Gerda's head from her neck if she would not yield her love to Freyr.
		Skirnir showed the blade to Gerda and told her before this blade's edge the etin falls.
	todd.reimer.com /norse/story.html (9163 words)

	Questing Spirit: PE: Skirnismol
		Skirnir was the name of Freyr's servant; Njorth bade him ask speech of Freyr.
		The same confusion occurs in stanza 2, where Skirnir in the manuscripts is made to speak of Freyr as {footnote p.
		With this stanza, bribes and threats having failed, Skirnir begins a curse which, by the power of his magic staff, is to fall on Gerth if she refuses Freyr.
	www.angelfire.com /stars3/ashtah/edda7.html (1455 words)

	Chamber of the Everchosen -> The Incursion’s of Vortgra Dhaneth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skirnir picked himself up and spoke: “so be it champion of the gods, but if are purpose is in vain I shall have your head” with that he stormed out of the hall.
		Skirnir was a squat Varg with long fl hair, heavy muscles and the disturbing feature of a third arm; the Vargs were the most northern Norse tribe and as such the energy of chaos was always a factor in life.
		Skirnir had brought to Lumbria were dead, he had failed due to the stupidity of Vortgra and this ‘Chamber’ he served.
	z4.invisionfree.com /cotec/index.php?showtopic=2072 (15354 words)

	H. A. Guerber — Myths of Northern Lands — Chapter 9
		Skirnir, however, consolingly replied that he could see no reason why his master should take such a despondent view of the matter, and proposed to go and woo the maiden in his name, providing Frey would lend him his steed for the journey, and give him his glittering sword in reward.
		To induce this fair maiden to lend a favorable ear to his master’s proposals, Skirnir showed her the purloined portrait, and proffered the golden apples and magic ring, which she haughtily refused to accept, declaring that her father had gold enough and to spare.
		Besides the faithful Skirnir, Frey had two other attendants, a married couple, Beyggvir and Beyla, the personifications of mill refuse and manure, which two ingredients, being used in agriculture for fertilizing purposes, were therefore considered Frey’s faithful servants, in spite of their unpleasing qualities.
	www.vaidilute.com /books/guerber/guerber-09.html (2903 words)

	Skirnir
		Skirnir was one of Freyr's servants and his messanger.
		There Skirnir made everything to win the fair maid for his master, he offered her great gifts (the ring Draupnir, Idun's apples), but she rejected him, then he threated to kill her, but she still rejected him.
		After that Skirnir begann to course her with his magic staff, sayin' that she'll become very ugly and noone will ever marry her, then she agreed and married Freyr.
	www.cybersamurai.net /Mythology/nordic_gods/S/Skirnir.htm (131 words)

	Magni & Modi, Heathenry Site for Kids
		To no one else but Skirnir could Freyr bring himself to tell of the trouble that had fallen on him--the trouble that was the punishment for his placing himself on the seat of the All-Father.
		Skirnir rode through the fire and came to the dale in which was Gymer's dwelling.
		Skirnir the Venturesome, the heedless of his Words, riding across Bifröst on his mighty horse, found Freyr standing waiting for him beside Heimdall, the Warder of the Bridge to Asgard.
	www.neaner.com /modimagni/reading/how_freyr_won_gerda.htm (2391 words)

	Chamber of the Everchosen -> Vortgra Dhaneth Part 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As the figures approached Skirnir could make out that most of them were simply a guard for they stood metres away from the central group of seventeen, one of whom was Vortgra.
		Skirnir had no idea what was going on, all he knew was that he did not like it.
		Skirnir looked exhausted but the approaching battle had started a fire within his eyes; battle was his life and no amount of exertion would stop him.
	z4.invisionfree.com /cotec/index.php?showtopic=2019 (2172 words)

	Odsmal - Profound Eddas - Skírnismál (Skirnismal)
		Skírnir (Skirnir) shall truly, however reluctant vegetation is to wake up at this time of the year, have his way in spring.
		Skírnir (Skirnir) will never fail in his duty to convince Gerður (Gerdur), - tell her what will happen to her if she rejects the divine part of life --- even if she could not care less about our welfare and means of survival.
		Now Skírnir (Skirnir) draws (on the ground or in the air or whatever you prefer) the rune-character þ (th) that is called þurs (thurs).
	www.mmedia.is /odsmal/skirnismal.shtml (4284 words)

	Vanir
		Skirnir asked for the great magical sword from his master as payment for this service, Freyr agreed.
		She only consent to marry the Vanir, when Skirnir threatened her to cause the beautiful giantess to aged into old woman.
		In Ragnarök (Ragnarok), he fought the fire-giant, Surt, without his magic sword, used the stag's antler as his weapon, but Freyr was the first to be killed.
	www.timelessmyths.com /norse/vanir.html (1961 words)

	RuneGame.com Forums - storytime
		Skirnir went to Freyr and asked why he stays in his hall day and night, shunning company.
		At first, Skirnir tries to lure her with offerings of eleven Apples of Youth and the ring, Draupnir, if Gerd would come with him and promise herself to Freyr.
		Skirnir smiled and said (while wrapping his cloak around him): "There is a beautiful and peaceful forest called "Barri", that we both know well.
	www.runegame.com /vbf/printthread.php?t=15164 (3824 words)

	[No title]
		Only threatening her with his magic sword, Skirnir could at last convince Gerd to meet Freyr in a grove to become his bride.
		The journey of Skirnir, whose name means Bright One, identifies the sun and describes the journey of the sun over the sky and down into the underworld.
		Skirnir used the magic sword his master gave him to convince Gerd to marry Freyr.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /mythology/incoming.98.09.12/Document.doc (724 words)

	Jani Salonen \| Mytologia, Freyr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		On reaching Gymir's hall, Skirnir tried to persuade Gerda to declare her love for Freyr in return for 'eleven of the apples of youth'.
		Gerda's resolve was only strengthened further when Skirnir then threatened to decapitate her with Freyr's sword.
		Finally, Skirnir said that he would impose on her an unbreakable spell that would make her a permanent outcast and it was this that persuaded Gerda to pledge herself to the fertility god with an agreement to meet Freyr in a forest in nine days time.
	koti.kontu.la /jsalonen/jani/main_myth_027.html (358 words)

	Black Dragon by Opifex (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He touched the hilt of his sword for reassurance as Shruikan came in to land at the top of the Easternmost tower, where a roost had been built especially for him.
		Skirnir was mildly surprised that the human should be interested in this, but he obliged anyway.
		Shruikan was feeling a kind of sad joy at the thought that he was not, after all, the only fl dragon in the world, and pondering on whether he would ever meet the father he had missed all his life.
	www.shurtugal.com /fanfiction/viewstory.php?sid=9879&chapter=8 (1553 words)

	The Baldwin Project: The Heroes of Asgard by A. & E. Keary
		Skirnir rode round it nine times; but though there were twenty doors, he could find no entrance; for fierce three-headed dogs guarded every door-way.
		He took the cup from her hand, drank off the mead, and, before he returned it, he contrived cleverly to pour in the water from his drinking-horn, on which Frey's image was painted; then he put the cup into Gerda's hand, and bade her look.
		Skirnir's words were no longer like fairy tales.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=keary&book=asgard&story=gerd (1042 words)

	Freyr
		Skirnir, however, could not convince Gerd to marry his master.
		It wasn't until he threatened her with the magic sword that Gerd agreed to meet Freyr in a grove of trees to become his bride.
		Skirnir's journey into the underworld is symbolic of the winter months in the Norse lands, where there are long periods of darkness.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/mythology/freyr_sun.html (200 words)

	Aesir Gods
		His wife was Gerd, a beautiful giantess who he fell in love with when he espied her from Odin's throne.
		For this task, Frey lent Skirnir his sword which "swings itself if wise he who wields it" and his horse.
		After Skirnir's threatening of her, Gerd agreed to give herself to Frey in nine nights at the forest Barri.
	www.geocities.com /lintan77/gods.html (1154 words)

	The Children of Odin: Part I. The Dwellers in Asgard: 7. How Frey Won Gerda, the Giant Maiden, and How He Lost His ...
		To no one else but Skirnir could Frey bring himself to tell of the trouble that had fallen on him--the trouble that was the punishment for his placing himself on the seat of the All-Father.
		Gymer was in the feast hall drinking with his Giant friends, and he did not hear the baying of the hounds nor the clatter that Skirnir made before the door.
		Then Skirnir the Reckless, the heedless of his words, made the magic sword flash before her eyes, while he cried out in a terrible voice, saying a spell over her:
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/ice/coo/coo08.htm (2250 words)

	Crescent Isles Gods - Frey - Skirnir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skirnir, and his wife Alia who is a former "Mistress to the Sun", live in the small community of Whiterock near the southern end of Iy where Alia maintains a small temple to Frey.
		They are widely regarded as wise and holy people but few suspect their direct and intimate association to Frey himself.
		A split second before he is struck by a blow or affected by a spell that would end his life he is teleported to Alfheim, whether he wants to go or not.
	www.chivian.com /chivian/dd/isles/IslesGodsFreySkirnir.html (174 words)

	CHAPTER 10 -- THE SECOND
		Skirnir had worked at this store at one point, when he was Schuyler, but that was only for a month and a half.
		He was a cashier at one of the parade of registers that stood straight and regular at one end of the store, ready to handle massive amounts of shoppers on the busiest times of the year.
		Waiting long enough for her to get a good start on welding the doors shut, Skirnir, jumped up on an unmanned lane, beside the cash register and called for everyones attention by hurling his hammer hard enough to split the roof of the store open and send plaster and steel raining down.
	naughtynaut1.tripod.com /id38.html (1651 words)

	Amazon.com: "Skirnir's Journey": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Skirnir's Journey Njord's son Frey was at Hlidskjalf looking out over all the worlds.
		Skirnir's Journey Freyr falls in love with a giant's daughter whom he sees from Odin's high-seat, Hlidskialf.
		Grundtvig and Romanticism 209 ten in the contemptuous and deliberately anachronistic style of the previous decade on a poem, "Skirnir's Journey," in the Elder Edda.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Skirnir's-Journey (555 words)

	plough2000
		Skirnir took with him eleven golden apples of youth and a magick golden arm ring.
		Trying again Skirnir said" I have brought you Draupnir the magick arm ring of gold that every ninth night has eight rings of gold drop from it of it's own weight".
		Then did Skirnir threaten to carve runes into his staff and with it's touch would she pass into unending torment condemning her to eternal celibacy only to be taken by the Rime Thurse whom she could never love.
	www.geocities.com /heimdalls_lur/plough2000.html (1502 words)

	Sokkvabbekkr:God/desses
		According to German mythology, Freyr's wife was Gerd, a beautiful giantess who he fell in love with when he espied her from Odin's throne.
		For this task, Freyr gave Skirnir his sword which "swings itself if wise he who wields it" and his horse.
		Finally, Skirnir threatened to cast a spell which would make her an eternal outcast, so Gerd agreed to give herself to Freyr for nine nights at the forest Barri.
	members.tripod.com /LadySaga/asgard/freyr.html (333 words)

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