Crossword-Solution: BALDUR 6 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Nay, scarce can I smile, O thou glittering In silk like the goddess of Baldur, Since thy father handfasted and pledged thee, So famed as thou art, to a coward.” “In such words,” answered Steingerd, “an ill will is plain to hear.

This night the great Thor, the god of thunder and war, to whom this oak is sacred, is grieved for the death of Baldur, and angry with this people because they have forsaken his worship.

Then a voice spoke: “Lo! here be the Gods Baldur and Thor!—come from Valhalla to grace the marriage-feast!” Then the man with golden hair cried aloud in a voice that made the rafters ring: “Here are Eric Brighteyes and Skallagrim Lambstail, his thrall, come from over sea to grace the feast, indeed!” “I could have looked for no worse guests,” said Björn, beneath his breath, and rose to bid men thrust them out.

Now none could be found to come up against the pair, for they fought like Baldur and Thor, and none could touch them, and no harness might withstand the weight of their blows that shore through shield and helm and byrnie, deep to the bone beneath.

The Norwegians, who stood around as spectators, used to compare him to the demi-god Baldur, one of the heroes of their old traditions, who was wont to let the darts of his companions be all hurled against him, conscious that he was invulnerable, and of his own indwelling strength.