citation_id,entity_id,source_id,work_title,locus,quote,translator,translation_year,source_url,evidence_grade,evidence_note,verified_on,verify_method,display_order,needs_review,review_reason,original_text_url CIT_NOR_SKIRNIR_POETIC,ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR,SRC_POETIC_EDDA,The Poetic Edda,The Poetic Edda,"BINDING THE WOLF FENIR ""After this, the gods despaired of ever being able to bind the wolf; wherefore All-father sent Skirnir, the messenger of Frey, into the country of the Dark Elves (Svartalfaheim) to engage certain dwarfs to make the fetter called Gleipnir. It was fashioned out of six things; to wit, the noise made by the footfall of a cat; the beards of women; the roots of stones; the sinews of bears; the breath of fish; and the spittle of birds.",Benjamin Thorpe,1866,https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14726,primary-verbatim,,2026-06-18,name-anchored (note-keyword scored) + substring gate; locus per attestation,1,1,"English translation (Benjamin Thorpe, in the Norroena ed. Gutenberg #14726) located by name within the work (not exact stanza); verify locus.",