Þul Þórs 1III/7 — Vingþórr ‘Vingþórr’
Þórr heitir Atli ok Ásabragr;
sá es Ennilangr ok Eindriði,
Bjǫrn, Hlórriði ok Harðvéorr,
Vingþórr, Sǫnnungr, Véoðr ok Rymr.
Þórr heitir Atli ok Ásabragr; sá es Ennilangr ok Eindriði, Bjǫrn, Hlórriði ok Harðvéorr, Vingþórr, Sǫnnungr, Véoðr ok Rymr.
Þórr is called Atli and Ásabragr; he is Ennilangr and Eindriði, Bjǫrn, Hlórriði and Harðvéorr, Vingþórr, Sǫnnungr, Véoðr and Rymr.
readings
[7] Vingþórr: ‘vingþær’ A
notes
[7] Vingþórr: One of the names for Þórr found in eddic poems (Þry 1/1, Alv 6/1). It is given as Vingeþórr in the Prologue to SnE (2005, 5), but there it is the name of a son of Einriði (see Note to l. 4 above). Vingþórr has been associated with runic Wigiþonar in an inscription on a clasp from Nordendorf (C7th), which probably means ‘consecrating Þórr’ or ‘slaying Þórr’ (either an invocation or a name; see ARG I, 311, II, 123). The first element in this name has been interpreted in different ways, namely, as related (a) to the strong verb vega, hence ‘fighting one’ (cf. Lat. vincere ‘win’); (b) to vé n. ‘sanctuary’, cf. Véorr and Véoðr in ll. 6, 8; (c) to Vingnir, in the latter case Vingþórr may be explained as ‘Þórr, who brandishes his weapon’ (for details see AEW: Vingþórr; Kommentar II, 527-8). On Vingnir, a name for Óðinn and a giant, see Notes to Þul Óðins 5/8 and Þul Jǫtna I 5/8.