Valgrind
"Death-gate." According the eddic poem Grímnismál, the name of the outer gate of Valhalla:
- Valgrind is the lattice called,
- in the plain that stands,
- holy before the holy gates:
- ancient is that lattice,
- but few only know
- how it is closed with lock.
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References
Source
- Grímnismál, 22.