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Þul Óðins 5III/8 — Vingnir ‘Vingnir’

Hroptr, Herblindi         ok Herjafǫðr,
Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr,         Hveðrungr, Þriði,
Gǫllungr, Bileygr         ok Geirǫlnir,
Váfuðr, Valfǫðr,         Vingnir, Rǫgnir.

Hroptr, Herblindi ok Herjafǫðr, Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði, Gǫllungr, Bileygr ok Geirǫlnir, Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.

Hroptr, Herblindi and Herjafǫðr, Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði, Gǫllungr, Bileygr and Geirǫlnir, Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.

readings

[8] Vingnir: vingnir ok B

notes

[8] Vingnir: A mythical name for the god Þórr and for a giant (see Note to Þul Jǫtna I 5/8), and also a heiti for ‘ox’ (see Note to Þul Øxna 1/10). As a name for Óðinn, Vingnir occurs only in the present stanza (and in LaufE). According to Falk (1924, 34), the name could have been transferred to Óðinn owing to a misinterpretation of the line vitnis vígi at ‘in the fight with the wolf’ as vingnis vígi at ‘in the fight with Vingnir’ in the Codex Regius version of Vafþr 53/6 (NK 55).

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