Note to Gsind Hákdr 1I
[7] Giljaðar ‘of Giljaðr <= Óðinn>’: Giljaðar and Gyljaðar are both hap. leg. in gen. sg. and both could denote Óðinn. Giljaðr would be an agentive from gilja ‘to seduce, beguile, entice’ (Fritzner: gilja; SnH Lv 8II; ÞjóðA Lv 8II), hence ‘seducer’, etc. This would be congruent with the god’s behaviour toward women, e.g. Gunnlǫð, daughter of Suttungr (Hávm 105-10), and with the Óðinn-heiti Glapsviðr ‘strong at enticement, seduction’ (so LP: Glapsviðr, and see Note to Þul Óðins 3/3III). Gyljaðr could be an agentive from a verb *gylja ‘blow’ (?) or ‘howl’ (cf. AEW: Gyljaðr and Gyljandi), which might be comparable with another Óðinn-heiti, Viðrir, which associates the god with winds and storms (cf. AEW: Viðrir). Óðinn-heiti also occur in l. 6 (Jalfaðar) and st. 5/7 (Sveigðir).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Óðins nǫfn 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 739.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sneglu-Halli, Lausavísur 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 329-30.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2009, ‘Þjóðólfr Arnórsson, Lausavísur 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 173.