Editing Freyr (section)

===Skaldic poetry===
Freyr is referred to several times in [[skaldic poetry]]. In ''[[Húsdrápa]]'', partially preserved in the Prose Edda, he is said to ride a boar to Baldr's funeral.

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:Ríðr á börg til borgar
:böðfróðr sonar Óðins
:Freyr ok folkum stýrir
:fyrstr enum golli byrsta. ''Húsdrápa'' 7, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070304005008/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/hdr.html FJ's edition]
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:The battle-bold Freyr rideth
:First on the golden-bristled
:Barrow-boar to the bale-fire
:Of Baldr, and leads the people. ''Húsdrápa'' 7, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060108014642/http://www.northvegr.org/lore/prose/109112.php Brodeur's translation]
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In a poem by [[Egill Skalla-Grímsson]], Freyr is called upon along with [[Njörðr]] to drive [[Eric I of Norway|Eric Bloodaxe]] from Norway. The same [[skald]] mentions in ''[[Arinbjarnarkviða]]'' that his friend has been blessed by the two gods.

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:[E]n Grjótbjörn
:of gæddan hefr
:Freyr ok Njörðr
:at féar afli. ''Arinbjarnarkviða'' 17, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070304005018/http://www.hi.is/~eybjorn/ugm/skindex/egar.html FJ's edition]
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:Frey and Njord
:have endowed
:rock-bear
:with wealth's force. ''Arinbjarnarkviða'' 17, Scudder's translation
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