© Gunnar Tómasson

2 October 2016

I. What did he do before heaven and earth were made?

(Gylfaginning, Ch. 3.)

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  10795 = Gangleri hóf svá mál sitt:

14764 = „Hverr er æðstr eða elztr allra goða?“

16853 = Hárr segir: „Sá heitir Alföðr at váru máli,

17339 = en í Ásgarði inum forna átti hann tólf nöfn.

15278 = Eitt er Alföðr, annat er Herran eða Herjan,

22475 = þriðja er Nikarr eða Hnikarr, fjórða er Nikuðr eða Hnikuðr,

16789 = fimmta Fjölnir, sétta Óski, sjaunda Ómi,

23519 = átta Bifliði eða Biflindi, níunda Sviðurr, tíunda Sviðrir,

14101 = ellifta Viðrir, tólfta Jálg eða Jálkr.“

7912 = Þá spyrr Gangleri:

10785 = „Hvar er sá guð, eða hvat má hann,

14318 = eða hvat hefir hann unnit framaverka?“

27674 = Hárr segir: „Lifir hann of allar aldir ok stjórnar öllu ríki sínu,

18632 = ok ræðr öllum hlutum, stórum ok smám.“

7134 = Þá mælti Jafnhárr:

20730= „Hann smíðaði himin ok jörð ok loftin ok alla eign þeira.“

6510 = Þá mælti Þriði:

15844 = „Hitt er þó mest, er hann gerði manninn

18562 = ok gaf honum önd þá, er lifa skal ok aldri týnast,

20293 = þótt líkaminn fúni at moldu eða brenni at ösku,

21807 = ok skulu allir menn lifa, þeir er rétt eru siðaðir,

23893 = ok vera með honum sjálfum, þar sem heitir Gimlé eða Vingólf,

17586 = en vándir menn fara til heljar ok þaðan í Niflhel.

11377 = Þat er niðr í inn níunda heim.“

6961 = Þá mælti Gangleri:

20039 = „Hvat hafðist hann áðr at en himinn ok jörð væri ger?“

  19385 = Þá svarar Hárr: „Þá var hann með hrímþursum.“

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Gangleri began his questioning thus: „Who is foremost, or oldest, of all the gods?“ Hárr [High] answered: „He is called in our speech Allfather, but in the Elder Ásgard he had twelve names: one is Allfather; the second is Lord, or Lord of Hosts; the third is Nikarr, or Spear-Lord; the fourth is Nikudr, or Striker; the fifth is Knower of Many Things; the sixth, Fulfiller of Wishes; the seventh, Far-Speaking One; the eighth, The Shaker, or He that Putteth the Armies to Flight; the ninth, The Burner; the tenth, The Destroyer; the eleventh, The Protector; the twelfth, Gelding.“ Then asked Gangleri: „Where is this god, or what power hath he, or what hath he wrought that is a glorious deed?“ Hárr made answer: „He lives throughout all ages and governs all his realm, and directs all things, great and small.“ Then said Jafnhárr [Equally High]: „He fashioned heaven and earth and air, and all things which are in them.“ Then. spake Thridi [Third]: „The greatest of all is this: that he made man, and gave him the spirit, which shall live and never perish, though the flesh-frame rot to mould, or burn to ashes; and all men shall live, such as are just in action, and be with himself in the place called Gimlé. But evil men go to Hel and thence down to the Misty Hel; and that is down in the ninth world.“ Then said Gangleri: „What did he before heaven and earth were made?“ And Hárr answered: „He was then with the Rime-Giants.“

II. Thus the heauens and the earth were finished.

(Genesis Ch. 2:1-9, King James Bible 1611)

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  19409 = Thus the heauens and the earth were finished,

9572 = and all the hoste of them.

16953 = And on the seuenth day God ended his worke,

6098 = which hee had made:

21582 = And he rested on the seuenth day from all his worke,

5870 = which he had made.

18302 = And God blessed the seuenth day, and sanctified it:

21317 = because that in it he had rested from all his worke,

9616 = which God created and made.

21701 = These are the generations of the heauens, & of the earth,

11145 = when they were created;

21215 = in the day that the LORD God made the earth, and the heauens,

21904 = And euery plant of the field, before it was in the earth,

16384 = and euery herbe of the field, before it grew:

24215 = for the LORD God had not caused it to raine vpon the earth,

18734 = and there was not a man to till the ground.

18929 = But there went vp a mist from the earth,

17512 = and watered the whole face of the ground.

21245 = And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground,

19409 = & breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,

10194 = and man became a liuing soule.

18714 = And the LORD God planted a garden Eastward in Eden;

16828 = and there he put the man whom he had formed.

20722 = And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow

24804 = euery tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food:

18492 = the tree of life also in the midst of the garden,

  16917 = and the tree of knowledge of good and euill.

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III. The Murder of Snorri Sturluson

(Íslendinga saga, Ch. 151)

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  29224 = Gizurr kom í Reykjaholt um nóttina eftir Mauritíusmessu.

20587 = Brutu þeir upp skemmuna, er Snorri svaf í.

32733 = En hann hljóp upp ok ór skemmunni í in litlu húsin, er váru við skemmuna.

19023 = Fann hann þar Arnbjörn prest ok talaði við hann.

35331 = Réðu þeir þat, at Snorri gekk í kjallarann, er var undir loftinu þar í húsunum.

21242 = Þeir Gizurr fóru at leita Snorra um húsin.

28547 = Þá fann Gizurr Arnbjörn prest ok spurði, hvar Snorri væri.

8875 = Hann kvaðst eigi vita.

22694 = Gizurr kvað þá eigi sættast mega, ef þeir fyndist eigi.

28330 = Prestr kvað vera mega, at hann fyndist, ef honum væri griðum heitit.

22884 = Eftir þat urðu þeir varir við, hvar Snorri var.

25600 = Ok gengu þeir í kjallarann Markús Marðarson, Símon knútr,

26492 = Árni beiskr, Þorsteinn Guðinason, Þórarinn Ásgrímsson.

13048 = Símon knútr bað Árna höggva hann.

12169 = „Eigi skal höggva,” sagði Snorri.

8594 = „Högg þú,” sagði Símon.

12169 = „Eigi skal höggva,” sagði Snorri.

  33464 = Eftir þat veitti Árni honum banasár, ok báðir þeir Þorsteinn unnu á honum.

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Gizurr arrived at Reykjaholt on the night after Mauritius mass. They broke up the storehouse where Snorri slept. But he jumped up and out of the storehouse into the small houses which were by the storehouse. There he found Arnbjörn priest and spoke to him. They decided that Snorri should enter the basement which was under the ceiling there in the houses. Gizurr and his men began to search for Snorri in the houses. Then Gizurr found Arnbjörn priest and asked where Snorri was. He said that he did not know. Then Gizurr said that they could not make peace if they did not meet. The priest said that he might perhaps be found if he was promised that his life would be spared. Thereafter they became aware of where Snorri was. And they entered the basement, Markús Marðarson, Símon knútr, Árni beiskr, Þorsteinn Guðinason, Þórarinn Ásgrímsson. Símon knútr asked Árni to strike him dead. “Thou shalt not strike,” said Snorri. “Thou shalt strike,” said Símon.“Thou shalt not strike,” said Snorri. After that Árni inflicted a fatal wound on him, and both he and Þorsteinn finished him off.

IV, Book of Icelanders – Summary

(Saga-Shakespeare Myth)

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  1000 = Light of the World

9953 = Schedae Araprestsfroda – Sheets of Ari priest the Wise

Soul‘s Fall and Resurrection

    345 = Soul’s Foundation

216 = Soul’s Resurrection

4000 = Flaming Sword

Starre of Poets Shines Forth

10805 = Sweet Swan of Avon

Snorri Sturluson a Second Time

16450 = Snorri Sturluson í annat sinn

  5464 = Íslendingabók – Book of Icelanders by Ari priest the Wise

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V. First Folio Dedication 1623

(Shakespeare Myth)

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I + II + III + IV + V = 441355 + 467783 + 401006 + 48233 + 1184171 = 2542548

VI. Snorri Sturluson – Sweet Swan of Avon

The LORD of Heauen and earth blesse your Maiestie

So you may be the wonder of the world in this later age.

 (Dedication, The King James Bible, 1611)

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    17083 = To the most high and mightie Prince, James

14782 = by the grace of God King of Great Britaine,

13600 = France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. [c = 100 in &c]

16142 = The Translators of The Bible, wish        

23471 = Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through Iesvs Christ our Lord.

25844 = Great and manifold were the blessings (most dread Soueraigne)

18175 = which Almighty GOD, the Father of all Mercies,

27472 = bestowed vpon vs the people of ENGLAND, when first he sent

26231 = your Maiesties Royall person to rule and raigne ouer vs.

20761 = For whereas it was the expectation of many,

20349 = who wished not well vnto our SION,

17198 = that vpon the setting of that bright

15710 = Occidentall Starre Queene ELIZABETH

9424 = of most happy memory,

18376 = some thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse

18648 = would so haue ouershadowed this land,

13878 = that men should haue bene in doubt

15782 = which way they were to walke,

15261 = and that it should hardly be knowen,

19547 = who was to direct the vnsetled State:

12947 = the appearance of your MAIESTIE,

14404 = as of the Sunne in his strength.

27059 = instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists,

17924 = and gaue vnto all that were well affected

22864 = exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld

20399 = the gouernment established in your HIGHNESSE,

18518 = and your hopefull Seed, by an vndoubted Title,

9996 = and this also accompanied

19326 = with Peace and tranquillitie, at home and abroad.

12121 = But amongst all our Ioyes,

20593 = there was no one that more filled our hearts,

12579 = then the blessed continuance

21601 = of the Preaching of GODS sacred word amongst vs,

17008 = which is that inestimable treasure,

18678 = which excelleth all the riches of the earth,

19597 = because the fruit thereof extendeth it selfe,

27323 = not onely to the time spent in this transitory world,

14104 = but directeth and disposeth men

24591 = vnto that Eternall happinesse which is aboue in Heauen.

21523 = Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground,

30913 = but rather to take it vp, and to continue it in that state, wherein

24340 = the famous predecessour of your HIGHNESSE did leaue it;

27586 = Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and resolution of a man

16494 = in maintaining the trueth of CHRIST,

12944 = and propagating it farre and neere,

19426 = is that which hath so bound and firmely knit

17031 = the hearts of all your MAIESTIES loyall

14221 = and Religious people vnto you,

19655 = that your very Name is precious among them,

18171 = their eye doeth behold you with comfort,

26424 = and they blesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person,

29842 = who vnder GOD, is the immediate authour of their true happinesse.

24171 = And this their contentment doeth not diminish or decay,

19250 = but euery day increaseth and taketh strength,

22410 = when they obserue that the zeale of your Maiestie

26020 = towards the house of GOD, doth not slacke or goe backward,

22020 = but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad

18605 = in the furthest parts of Christendome,

15825 = by writing in defence of the Trueth,

23901 = (which hath giuen such a blow vnto that man of Sinne,

8430 = as will not be healed)

21881 = and euery day at home, by Religious and learned discourse,

13424 = by frequenting the house of GOD,

25817 = by hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof,

9916 = by caring for the Church

18829 = as a most tender and louing nourcing Father.

19308 = There are infinite arguments of this right

22543 = Christian and Religious affection in your MAIESTIE:

22020 = but none is more forcible to declare it to others,

17320 = then the vehement and perpetuated desire

22604 = of the accomplishing and publishing of this Worke,

32321 = which now with all humilitie we present vnto your MAIESTIE.

23846 = For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe judgment

17057 = apprehended, how conuenient it was,

18847 = That out of the Originall sacred tongues,

19144 = together with comparing of the labours,

21033 = both in our owne, and other forreigne Languages,

19731 = of many worthy men who went before vs,

12929 = there should be one more exact

29045 = Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English tongue;

17764 = your MAIESTIE did neuer desist, to vrge

21746 = and to excite those to whom it was commended,

14331 = that the worke might be hastened,

24488 = and that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner,

24495 = as a matter of such importance might iustly require.

14074 = And now at last, by the Mercy of GOD,

15651 = and the continuance of our Labours,

30488 = it being brought vnto such a conclusion, as that we haue great hope

23456 = that the Church of England shall reape good fruit thereby;

23807 = we hold it our duety to offer it to your MAIESTIE,

17329 = not onely as to our King and Soueraigne,

26260 = but as to the principall moouer and Author of the Worke.

19776 = Humbly crauing of your most Sacred Maiestie,

16010 = that since things of this quality

17125 = haue euer bene subiect to the censures

17049 = of ill meaning and discontented persons,

16624 = it may receiue approbation and Patronage

25494 = from so learned and iudicious a Prince as your Highnesse is,

21401 = whose allowance and acceptance of our Labours

15850 = shall more honour and incourage vs,

11761 = then all the calumniations

23605 = and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay vs.

10548 = So that, if on the one side

23984 = we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad,

15346 = who therefore will maligne vs,

28146 = because we are poore Instruments to make GODS holy Trueth

20859 = to be yet more and more knowen vnto the people,

25267 = whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darknesse:

9729 = or if on the other side,

18634 = we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren,

28157 = who runne their owne wayes, and giue liking vnto nothing

25716 = but what is framed by themselues, and hammered on their Anuile;

32015 = we may rest secure, supported within by the trueth and innocencie

7810 = of a good conscience,

24170 = hauing walked the wayes of simplicitie and integritie,

7044 = as before the Lord;

12205 = And sustained without,

29877 = by the powerfull Protection of your Maiesties grace and fauour,

16674 = which will euer giue countenance

16584 = to honest and Christian endeuours

25197 = against bitter censures, and vncharitable imputations.

10393 = The LORD of Heauen and earth

19648 = blesse your Maiestie with many and happy dayes,

21799 = that as his Heauenly hand hath enriched your Highnesse

20534 = with many singular, and extraordinary Graces;

24271 = so you may be the wonder of the world in this later age,

14503 = for happinesse and true felicitie,

24291 = to the honour of that Great GOD, and the good of his Church,

    24380 = through IESVS CHRIST our Lord and onely Sauiour.

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¹ See V. Grettir Ásmundarsonn and Mary Magdalene, 29 September 2016.