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In Norse mythology Beli is probably a giant. He was killed by Freyr.
In scaldic and Eddic poetry, Freyr is sometimes called "Beli's enemy" (Belja dólgr, in Eyvindr skáldaspillir's Háleygjatal, 3) or "Beli's slayer" (bani Belja in Völuspá, 53). How Freyr killed Beli is told by Snorri Sturluson in Gylfaginning (37) during the recounting of the wooing of Gerðr. The circumstances surrounding the event are not given but it is stated that since Freyr had given his sword to his servant Skírnir before sending him to court Gerðr, he was weaponless and therefore used the antler of a hart to kill the giant. When Gylfi expressed wonder that Freyr would give up his sword, Hárr dismissed his concern by saying that Freyr could have killed Beli with just his bare hands if he so wished, but then added that he would indeed regret his decision during the upcoming time of Ragnarök when Freyr would have to fight the sons of Muspell.
The only textual evidence of Beli being a giant is found in Þjóðólfr of Hvinir's, Haustlöng (18). Þjóðólfr indeed uses the kenning "Beli's bale-troop" (bölverðung Belja) to refer to the giants.
It is sometimes assumed that Beli was Gerðr's brother, based on stanza 16 of Skírnismál where Gerðr expresses her fear that the unknown man who has come to visit is her "brother's slayer".
Beli may refer to:
Usage examples of "beli".
Yet there is a third: those who desperately want to believe, but reason won't allow it.
It is the freedom of believers to shout aloud what doubters dare not confess.
The fuss he made over the marinated beets and bulgar wheat was not to be believed.
They stared at me, and at the head I held, as if unwilling to believe their eyes at either curiosity.
It was rude and crude, exhibiting none of the magnificence I believed existed in the Otherworid.
If Nettles was to be believed-and he had not led me far astray so far-then this place, this Albion, was the Form of forms, the original pattern for all that flowed into creation of the unique and magnificent wonder known as the Celtic spirit.
As I walked, a contentment I had never known, and never would have believed could exist, drew over me, enfolded me.
Even after the most casual perusal, I could well believe Simon's boast that the Llwyddi were the pre-eminent clan in the land.
Most academics totally discount such stories, believing them to be nonsensical boasts on the part of a shabby tribe attempting to further itself by professed descent from an illustrious forebear.
He had worked long and hard for this day, and could scarcely believe that it had come at last.
Ollathir wanted it that way, I believe, though it made for a long, hungry wait.
The peace of Beli was such that Albion became the fairest realm that is in all the world.
For ~ once Beli had set his mind on a thing, that thing would he have and not another.
Next, Beli gathered up all the embers and ashes from the fire and threw these into the sky also.
He intoned softly, "Here ends the tale of Lord Nudd, believe it who will.