Þul Ásynja 3III/4 — Hǫrn ‘Hǫrn’
Grét ok at Óði gulli Freyja;
heiti eru hennar Hǫrn ok Þrungva,
Sýr, Skjǫlf ok Gefn ok it sama Mardǫll;
dœtr eru hennar Hnoss ok Gersimi.
Freyja grét ok gulli at Óði; heiti hennar eru Hǫrn ok Þrungva, Sýr, Skjǫlf ok Gefn ok it sama Mardǫll; dœtr hennar eru Hnoss ok Gersimi.
Freyja also wept gold for Óðr; her names are Hǫrn and Þrungva, Sýr, Skjálf and Gefn, and likewise Mardǫll; her daughers are Hnoss and Gersimi.
readings
[4] Hǫrn ok Þrungva: hǫrn ok þungra A, B, C, ‘[…]’ R, ‘hio᷎rn þrungra’ Tˣ
notes
[4] Hǫrn: This name is usually connected with ON hǫrr m. ‘flax, linen’ (cf. ModSwed. dialects hör). Such place names as Härnevi (< ON *Hǫrnavé ‘temple of Hǫrn’) attested in Uppland, Sweden, as well as Järnevi (in Östergötland) of the same origin, most likely imply that there was an old and locally restricted cult of Hǫrn (Turville-Petre 1964, 178). The name is frequently used by skalds as a base-word in kennings for ‘woman’, and it is probably also listed in Þul Kvenna II 1/7 (by emendation; see Note there).