When the gods knew that Fenrir was fully bound, they took a cord called Gelgja (Old Norse “fetter”[15]) hanging from Gleipnir, inserted the cord through a large stone slab called Gjöll (Old Norse “scream”[16]), and the gods fastened the stone slab deep into the ground. After, the gods took a great rock called Thviti (Old Norse “hitter, batterer”[17]), and thrust it even further into the ground as an anchoring peg. Fenrir reacted violently; he opened his jaws very widely, and tried to bite the gods. The gods thrust “a certain sword” into Fenrir’s mouth, the hilt of the sword on Fenrir’s lower gums and the point his upper gums. Fenrir “howled horribly”, saliva ran from his mouth, and this saliva formed the river Ván (Old Norse “hope”[18]). There Fenrir will lie until Ragnarök.
