- Svafrlami
. In the "R" version, Svafrlami is called Sigrlami and his parentage is not given.
Svafrlami was the king of
Gardariki and the first owner of themagic sword Tyrfing .One day, he was hunting on his horse and discovered two
Dwarves near a large stone. He bound them by swinging his sword above them so they could not disappear. The Dwarves who were namedDvalinn and Durin asked if they could buy themselves free and undertook to make a magic sword. The sword would neither break, nor rust and it would cut through iron and stone as easily as through cloth and it would always give victory.The day when Svafrlami acquired the weapon, he saw that it was an exquisite and beautiful weapon and it was named "
Tyrfing ". However, before disappearing into the rock, the Dwarves cursed the weapon so that it would never be unsheathed without killing a man, that it would be the undoing of Svafrlami and cause three evil deeds.One day, Svafrlami met the
Berserker Arngrim . According to the "H" and "U" versions, they started to fight. Tyrfing cut through Arngrim's shield and down into the soil, whereupon Arngrim cut off Svafrlami's hand, took Tyrfing and slew him. Arngrim then forced Svafrlami's daughterEyfura to marry him. According to the "R" version, Arngrim became the war-chief of the aged king and was given both Tyrfing and Eyfura as rewards.For the continued legend of the sword Tyrfing, see
Arngrim .ource
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