The path of the spears.
The fence of the bardi (ironclad ship).
The hall-roof of Odin.
The one that shelters.
The battle-shelterer.
The glittering sun.
The fire-shelterer.
The burgh of the swords.
Thjódolf of Hvin, one of Harald Fairhair’s scalds, got as a gift from the Norwegian chief Thorleif[[102]] a shield. The shield was painted with subjects from Norse mythology. On these Thjódolf wrote the poem Haustlöng (autumn-long), which is preserved in the later Edda in two parts. The first part tells about the journey of Odin, Loki, and Hœnir; how on their way they met the Jötun Thjassi; and it also describes the rape of Idun, and Thjassi’s death. This part of the poem winds up thus:—
This is painted