Note to Eil Þdr 2^III

[8] setrs Iðja ‘towards the seat of Iði <giant> [MOUNTAINS]’: For the giant-name Iði, see Note to Þul Jǫtna I 1/4. Because Þórr is visiting the giant Geirrøðr at his home, setrs Iðja ‘towards the dwelling of the giant’ could be taken literally, in which case Iði would be a heiti for ‘giant’. In the present edn ‘dwelling of Iði’ is interpreted as a kenning for ‘mountain’, however (cf. vegr jǫtna ‘path of the giants [MOUNTAINS]’ in Eskál Vell 14/5^I). The gen. is taken as a gen. of place, indicating that Þórr is heading in the direction of the mountains, the dwelling of Iði (Kock NN §444, cf. NS §141 and examples given there); one of several comparable constructions is found in gengo þeir fagra | Freyio túna ‘they went to the fair estates of Freyja’ in Þry 3/1-2 (NK 111). Finnur Jónsson (1900b, 377; Skj B) connects Iðja with his conjectural emendation garðvenjuðr to form a giant-kenning (‘one who is accustomed to visiting the court of Iði’), but Kock (NN §444) rightly objects both to the conjecture and to the resulting complicated word order.

References

1. Bibliography
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7. Internal references
8. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti I 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 707.
9. Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Einarr skálaglamm Helgason, Vellekla 14’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 301.
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