[1] Hlín: This name means ‘defending one’ (cf. hlein f. ‘peaceful refuge’ and the weak verb hleina ‘save, protect’; AEW: Hlín). In Vsp 53/1-2 (see Dronke 1997, 149 and SnE 2005, 52, 70 n. 52/5), Hlín is a name for Frigg (see st. 1/3 above), although according to Gylf (SnE 2005, 30) she is Frigg’s messenger and her function is to protect people.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Dronke, Ursula, ed. and trans. 1997. The Poetic Edda. II: Mythological Poems. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 3 June 2024)
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