Knew runes,
Everlasting runes
And life runes.”
Rigsmál (Du Chaillu’s version).
CHAPTER XIV.
HERMOD.
Another of Odin’s sons, and his special attendant, was Hermod, a bright and beautiful young god, who was gifted with such great rapidity of motion that he was always designated as the swift or nimble god.
“But there was one, the first of all the gods
For speed, and Hermod was his name in Heaven;
Most fleet he was.”
Balder Dead (Matthew Arnold).