Question

Blind the Malevolent notices the piercing eyes of one of these people who is really a crossdressing Helgi. In one lay, the lies of one of these people are revealed after she burns her hands in a boiling pot of gemstones. They’re not giants, but two of these people created the sea’s salt after using a magical grindstone (-5[1])to produce King (-5[1])Mysing’s army, as told in the Song of Grotti. Skadi names a snow-drift after one of these people named Bredi, (-5[1])a hunter whose murder at the hands of a jealous Sigi begins the (*) Volsunga Saga. The ancestor of these people is the first to be fathered by Heimdall (10[1])in the guise of Rig. (10[1])Nine of these people use scythes to kill (-5[1])each other after Odin (-5[1])tosses them a whetstone. (10[1]-5[1])Ugliness portrayed via dark-skin, a short-stature, and cowardice are common literary motifs used to describe these people, whose kin typically did not receive weregild. For 10 points, name this slave-like (10[1])Scandinavian social class. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: thralls [or þræll or þēow; accept Þír; accept ambatt or ambottar; accept bryti until read; prompt on slaves or serfs; prompt on bond-women, concubines, maids or mistresses by asking “what social class were they in?”] (The gemstones and boiling plot clues are from The Third Lay of Gudrun.)
<Kevin Thomas, Beliefs>
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Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y967%0%67%139.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Stephen LiuCurse you, Periplus the Platypus!The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)57-5
Ali HamzehI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too60-5
Jason GolfinosSaint Peter Andre 3000Evans Hall destruction awaiters80-5
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill10810
Adam FineThe Catastrophic Implosion of Packet SubQuasicrystal Silence11310
Kevin WangI would prefer not toTeam Name Think Detail121-5
Charles HangHang et al., Robert BrowningIn Search of Things Past125-5
Rob CarsonBHSU[moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?12910
Jaimie CarlsonTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladnesswave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp129-5
Matt BollingerTeam Name Think DetailI would prefer not to15910
Andrew WangThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)Curse you, Periplus the Platypus!16210
Swapnil GargEvans Hall destruction awaitersSaint Peter Andre 30001630
Justin WytmarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble1630
Halle FriedmanIn Search of Things PastHang et al., Robert Browning1630
Cyrus Zhouwave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gpTeach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness16310