The Prose Edda · Part 3
Skáldskaparmál 61
61.1"What are the names of fire? Even as is written here: Not seldom does the fire blaze Which Magnús sets: the stalwart Ruler burns habitations: Houses blow reek before him.
61.2Glow, as Valgardr sang: Fierce Glow, with red-hot embers, Swiftly from the soot flared, Straight o'er the tottering dwellings Stood up the dense smoke-columns.
61.3Bale, as here: Haki was burned on Bale, Where the sea's broad wake weltered.
61.4Gledes, as Grani sang: I think the Gledes diminished... Glammi's tracks; thus the king kindled.
61.5Embers, as Atli sang: With blood the axe is reddened, Embers wax, burn many houses, Halls stand aglow; now rages The Gem; good men are falling.
61.6Here fire is called Gem also.
61.7Vapor, as here: Half-built, by the Nid's side Burn the All-Ruler's dwellings; I think fire razed the hall's pride: Vapor shot rime on the people.
61.8Hot Ashes, as Arnórr sang: The Isle-Danes' wrathful Harmer With the Raumar spared not hard counsel: Hot Ashes made them calmer; The Heinir's threatening words hushed.
61.9Flames, as Einarr sang: Flame soon was alight, And swiftly took flight All Hísing's host: The fight they lost.
61.10Flare, as Valgardr sang: The sturdy king's bright Flare soared Above the castle's bulwark; The vikings burst in grimly: Grief on the maid descended.
61.11Lowe, as Haldórr sang: There did ye share their jewels, While o'er the host the Shield's Lowe, The sword, shrieked fiercely: never Wert thou spoiled of conquest.