Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—H

Ham

and Heyd. Storm demons or weather-sprites. (Scandinavian mythology.)

Though valour never should be scorned.
Yet now the storm rules wide;
By now again to live returned
I'll wager Ham and Heyd.

Frithiof Saga, lay xi.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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