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Þul Jǫtna I 5III/7 — Víðblindi ‘Víðblindi’

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi         ok Alfarinn,
Vindsvalr, Víparr         ok Vafþrúðnir,
Eldr, Aurgelmir,         Ægir, Rangbeinn,
Vindr, Víðblindi,         Vingnir, Leifi.

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi ok Alfarinn, Vindsvalr, Víparr ok Vafþrúðnir, Eldr, Aurgelmir, Ægir, Rangbeinn, Vindr, Víðblindi, Vingnir, Leifi.

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi and Alfarinn, Vindsvalr, Víparr and Vafþrúðnir, Eldr, Aurgelmir, Ægir, Rangbeinn, Vindr, Víðblindi, Vingnir, Leifi.

readings

[7] Vindr Víðblindi: ‘vinnd[…]di’ B, ‘vinndr viðblínndi’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] Víðblindi: In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 63), it is told that Víðblindi was a giant who pulled whales out of the sea like fish, and whales are therefore called geltir Víðblinda ‘Víðblindi’s boars’ (for similar kennings for ‘whale’, see LP: Víðblindi). The meaning of the name is uncertain. The last element of the cpd, ‑blindi, means ‘blind’, but the quantity of vowel in the first element ([i:] or [i]) cannot be established. If the vowel is long, Víð- can be connected with the adj. víðr ‘wide’ (so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 299). If the first vowel is short (Við-), the word may be derived from viðr m. ‘tree, forest, wood’ (so Motz 1987, 304), but in that case the meaning of this giant-name is difficult to make sense of. See also the dwarf-name Blindviðr in Þul Dverga 1/5.

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