Old Norse

Proper noun

Svartálfaheim ?

1. (Norse mythology) The underground home and realm of the Svartálfar.
   • 1220c, Sturluson, Snorri. Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe):

     "Þá sendi Alföðr þann, er Skírnir er nefndr, sendimaðr Freys, ofan í Svartálfaheim til dverga nǫkkurra ok lét gera fjǫtur þann, er Gleipnir heitir."

     (Wikisource translation: "So Alfather sent the youth, who is called Skirner, and is Frey's messenger, to some dwarfs in Svartalfheim, and had them make the fetter which is called Gleipner.")

Antonyms

• Álfheimr

References

• Wikisource:Prose Edda/Gylfaginning (The Fooling Of Gylfe) by Sturluson, Snorri, 13th century Edda, in English. Accessed Apr. 16, 2007
• Gylfaginning in Old Norse Accessed Apr. 16, 2007.
• Mythology of All Races volume 2 : Eddic (1930, Marshall Jones Company), pages 220-221