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Þul Ása I 1III/7 — Yngvi ‘Yngvi’

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

[7] Yngvi‑Freyr: so R, , C, ‘ok ø̨lldnír’ A, ok ǫlnir B

notes

[7] Yngvi-Freyr: Or Yngvifreyr. This is one of the variant forms of Freyr’s name (cf. Hkr, ÍF 26, 4, 24-5, Introduction to Þjóð YtI and Þjóð Haustl 10/6). In the present stanza this god is mentioned among Óðinn’s sons, but according to Snorri in Yng (ch. 10, ÍF 26, 24-5), Yngvi-Freyr (= Freyr) was the son of Njǫrðr. Hence he did not belong to the family of the Æsir, but was one of the Vanir, another family of Old Norse gods. In two of the mss this name is replaced by Ǫldnir (A) and Ǫlnir (B). See also Note to Þul Dverga 4/4.

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