Editing Heiðrún (section)

==''Poetic Edda''==
In the ''[[Poetic Edda]]'' Heiðrún is mentioned twice. She is described in the ''[[Grímnismál]]'' in a way similar to Snorri's description.

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:Heiðrún heitir geit,
:er stendr höllo á
:ok bítr af læraðs limom;
:skapker fylla
:hón skal ins skíra miaðar,
:knáat sú veig vanaz.
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:Heithrún, the goat
:on the hall that stands,
:eateth off Læráth's limbs;
:the crocks she fills
:with clearest mead,
:will that drink not e'er be drained. - ''LMH's translation''
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Since Snorri quotes other strophes of ''Grímnismál'' it seems reasonable to assume that he knew this strophe too and used it as his source for his description of Heiðrún.

In the ''[[Hyndluljóð]]'' the giantess Hyndla (lit. ''bitch/she-dog'') used the term "Heiðrún" to insult the goddess [[Freyja]]. Thorpe and some other translators translated the name straight to "she-goat".

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:''Rannt at Óði''
:''ey þreyjandi,''
:''skutusk þér fleiri'' 
:''und fyrirskyrtu;''
:''hleypr þú, Óðs vina''
:''úti á náttum,''
:''sem með höfrum''
:''Heiðrún fari.''
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:To [[Óðr|Oth]] didst thou run,
:who loved thee ever,
:And many under
:thy apron have crawled;
:My noble one, out
:in the night thou leapest,
:As Heithrun goes
:the goats among. - ''Bellows' translation''
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