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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Ása I 1III/6 — Sigi ‘Sigi’

Burir ’ro Óðins         Baldr ok Meili,
Víðarr ok Nepr,         Váli, Áli,
Þórr ok Hildolfr,         Hermóðr, Sigi,
Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr         ok Ítreksjóð,
Heimdallr, Sæmingr,         Hǫðr ok Bragi.

Burir Óðins ’ro Baldr ok Meili, Víðarr ok Nepr, Váli, Áli, Þórr ok Hildolfr, Hermóðr, Sigi, Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr ok Ítreksjóð, Heimdallr, Sæmingr, Hǫðr ok Bragi.

Óðinn’s sons are Baldr and Meili, Víðarr and Nepr, Váli, Áli, Þórr and Hildólfr, Hermóðr, Sigi, Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr and Ítrekr’s offspring, Heimdallr, Sæmingr, Hǫðr and Bragi.

readings

[6] Sigi: so R, , C, siggi A, B

notes

[6] Sigi: Or Siggi. Diminutive of Sigmundr, Sigurðr (cf. siklingr ‘ruler’ and Note to Þul Konunga 3/1). According to the Prologue to SnE (SnE 2005, 5), Sigi is Óðinn’s third son and the ancestor of the Vǫlsungar whose story is told in Vǫlsunga saga (Vǫls 1965, 1-2). This name is not attested in poetic sources.

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