Þul Jǫtna I 5III/8 — Vingnir ‘Vingnir’
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.
notes
[8] Vingnir: This mythical name is of uncertain origin. It is possibly related to the weak verbs vingsa ‘swing round’ and vingla ‘confound, disturb’ (hence perhaps ‘swinger’; see ÍO: Vingnir). Vingnir is a giant in a kenning for ‘giantess’ (herja Vingnis ‘the female troop member of Vingnir’) in Þjóð Haustl 19/2 and perhaps also in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 14), where Þórr is said to be a foster-son of Vingnir. Otherwise Vingnir seems to be a name for Þórr in Gylf (SnE 2005, 54), Vafþr 51/6, 53/6 (NK 55, in both stanzas as variant readings); cf. also Vingþórr in Þul Þórs l. 7. Vingnir is also a name for Óðinn (Þul Óðins 5/8; see also Note to Þul Øxna 1/10).