Byggvir

"Corn-boy?" In the eddic poem Lokasenna, the manservant of Freyr. He is the husband of Beyla. Outraged by the behavior of Loki towards his master, he threatens to deal with him:

Byggvir

43. "Know that were I of noble race,

like Ingun's Frey,

and had so fair a dwelling,

than marrow softer I would bray

that ill-boding crow,

and crush him limb by limb.

Loki

44. "What little thing is that I see

wagging its tail,

and snapping eagerly?

At the ears of Frey

thou shouldst ever be,

and clatter under mills.

Byggvir

45. "Byggvir I am named,

and am thought alert,

by all gods and men;

therefore am I joyful here,

that all the sons of Hropt

drink beer together."

Loki

46. "Be silent, Byggvir!

Thou couldst never

dole out food to men,

when, lying in thy truckle bed,

thou wast not to be found,

while men were fighting.

Byggvir and Beyla are not mentioned elsewhere in the poems, and nothing else is known of either Bygvir's swiftness or his cowardice.

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