Alf-beamer (sun) got up:
Northwards to Niflheim,
Night is flown.
On Argiöll (rainbow) stood
Ulfruna’s son (Heimdall),
The great horn-sounder
Of heaven’s hill.
The deity of winter was the giant Hrsnelgar, who dwelt in a cavern towards the dreary pole, and from whose wings comes the bleak north wind. Thus the Vafthrudnis-mal:—
The giant Hrsnelger
At Heaven’s extremity