Dáinsleif

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Dáinsleif ("Dáinn's Heirloom"[1][2]) is king Högni's sword, according to Snorri Sturluson's account of the battle known as the Hjaðningavíg.

When Heðinn offers him compensation for the abduction of his daughter, Högni replies:

'Thou hast made this offer over-late, if thou wouldst make peace: for now I have drawn Dáinsleif, which the dwarves made, and which must cause a man's death every time it is bared,[3] nor ever fails in its stroke; moreover, the wound heals not if one be scratched with it.'
—Skáldskaparmál (50), Brodeur's translation[4]

See Also[]

  • Genshin Impact, a 2020 action role-playing game with a character named Dainsleif, also known as "Bough Keeper" in the lore.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Bane, Theresa (2020). Encyclopedia of mythological objects. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 9781476639208.
  2. ^ Daly, Kathleen N. (2010). Norse mythology A to Z (3rd ed.). New York: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 19. ISBN 9781438128016.
  3. ^ Like Tyrfing.
  4. ^ Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (trans.). 1916. Snorri Sturluson: The Prose Edda. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation.


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