to
battle.

_Flame-blink_, the flash of light from the fire round Brynhild's home.

_Flaw_, defect, fault, e.g. "the hauberk ... clean wrought without a
flaw;" "the ring ... that hath ... no flaw for God to mend." If used
of rain, it means a slight shower, e.g. "a flaw of summer rain,"

_Fleck_, spot, mark.

_Foam-bow_, the small rainbow seen in the spray from a waterfall.

_Foil_, n. defeat, failure; n. to defeat, to baffle.

_Fold_, a place for shutting up sheep. It is often used meaning any
dwelling-place, e.g. Fafnir's abode is called "the lone destroyer's
fold."

_Folk_, people. It is often joined with other words, e.g. man-folk,
Goth-folk. _Folk of the-war-wands forgers_, are the race of dwarfs who
had great skill in the making of weapons.

_Fond_, used in Old English to mean "foolish," or sometimes only to
give emphasis, as in the expression "thy fondest need," meaning "thy
greatest need."

_Foot-hills_, the lower hills round the base of a very high mountain.

_Fore-ordained_, settled by the will of the gods in early times.

_Foster_, to rear, to bring up a child, to care for, to shelter,
e.g. "Now would I foster Sigurd;" "the house that fostered me."

_Franklin_, a well-to-do farmer, one who is not merely a hired
servant.

_Freyia_, the wife of Odin and chief of the goddesses.

_Gainsay_, to resist, to refuse a request.

_Gaping Gap_, a name given to the state of things that existed before
the world was made. There was supposed to have been an empty space
till Odin created the world of gods and men.

_Garner_, to gather up, to store up; sometimes, to reap.

_Garth_, an enclosure, a place from which things may be garnered,
e.g. "within the garth that it (the wall) girdeth."

_Gear_, a word used with many meanings, as, dress, arms, possessions,
anything that a person has or uses, e.g. war-gear, all a man's
armour and weapons; mail-gear, a man's armour.

_Gird_, to tie round, to be all round, e.g. "The Wrath to his side
is girded;" "a wall doth he behold ... but within the garth that it
girdeth no work of man is set."

_Glaive_, a sword.

_God-home_, Asgard.

_Gold-bestrider_, the name given to Sigurd by Giuki because he rode
with the treasure of gold upon his saddle. To bestride is to stand
over anything with one foot on each side.

_Good-heart_, kindly strength.

_Goodlihead_, a word of praise which is generally used to mean bodily
beauty, but sometimes to mean beauty of characte