Vsp. St. 23, footnote: "The Wanes used magic spells to defeat the Ease."

[jgnewman]

I see you have chosen not to side with Simek on this one haha. I do think it might be nice to have a footnote regarding the debate though. Either way, I'm hesitant to agree that this stanza tells us definitively that anyone was defeated. After all, Weden remains in charge afterward, Saxo notes that the Æsir won the primordial war, and there is no victor in either of Snorri's accounts (Heimskringla calls it a draw).