Svalinn

"Cooling." The shield that the gods placed before the chariot of the sun — guided by Sól and pulled by the horses Árvakr and Alsviðr — to prevent the earth from being set on fire. It is attested in Grímnismál:

Svalin the sheild is called,

which stands before the sun,

the refulgent deity:

rocks and ocean must, I ween,

be burnt,

fell it from its place.

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