“And such well-being followed ever upon their footsteps, that in whatsoever lands they dwelt were good seasons and peace; and all believed that they caused these things, for the lords of the land perceived that they were unlike other men whom they had seen, both in fairness and also in wisdom. The fields and the choice lands in that place seemed fair to Odin, and he chose for himself the site of a city which is now called Sigtun.”

— The Prose Edda (Brodeur 1916), Prologue V · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan