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Quotation from The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

“It is a proverb, that he is Tyr-valiant, who surpasses other men and does not waver.”

Snorri Sturluson (spoken by Hárr)

The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning XXV, trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916)

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Describing Tyr, the boldest of the Æsir, just before telling how he lost his hand to the Fenris-Wolf.

Citation: "It is a proverb, that he is Tyr-valiant, who surpasses other men and does not waver." — Snorri Sturluson, The Prose Edda, Gylfaginning XXV, trans. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur (1916). (id prose-edda-q3)

Virtues: Fortitude

Portrait: Snorre Sturluson-Christian Krohg, Christian Krohg, Public domain.

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