Þul Sækonunga 5III/2 — Vandill ‘Vandill’
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi,
Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr and Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. I see no more sea-kings.
readings
[2] Vandill: ‘vand[…]’ B, ‘vanndi . .’ 744ˣ
notes
[2] Vandill: The name is known from the sagas (e.g. the viking Vandill Snæúlfsson in Nj ch. 29, ÍF 12, 77-8) and as a second element of other proper names (cf. Aurvandill in Skm, SnE 1998, I, 22 and perhaps the sword Dragvandill, Þul Sverða 1/4). Vandill may be cognate with Wandalus, Vandali, the name of a Germanic tribe, cf. Vendill in Denmark (see Björn Sigfússon 1934, 138 and Note to Þul Sverða 1/4). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 291) suggests that Vandill is a nickname derived from vǫndr m. ‘wand’. The name is attested in a kenning for ‘sea’ on the Karlevi stone (Run Öl 1VI), but it does not occur elsewhere in poetry other than in the rímur, where it appears in kennings for ‘sea’ and ‘ship’ (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Vandill). Vandill is also listed among the giant-names in Þul Jǫtna II 1/6.