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Note to Þul Orma 1III

[3] Ófnir: One of the mythical serpents that destroy the roots of the ash Yggdrasill (Grí 34/7; SnE 2005, 19). The root vowel is either long (Ófnir lit. ‘instigator’) or short (Ofnir lit. ‘weaver’). Ófnir is also an Óðinn-heiti (Þul Óðins 7/4; for a discussion of this word, see Note there). In poetry, the name is used as a heiti for ‘serpent’ in general.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  3. Internal references
  4. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Óðins nǫfn 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 748.
  5. Not published: do not cite ()

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