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Note to Þul Valkyrja 1III

[6] Guðr: Or Gunnr. This valkyrie is a personification of battle, since guðr/gunnr f. is the most common poetic term for ‘battle’. The heiti is conspicuously absent from the þula that enumerates heiti for ‘battle’ (Þul Orrostu), however. As the name of a valkyrie, Guðr/Gunnr is used in kennings for ‘woman’ and ‘battle’; in other types of kennings it is often difficult to determine whether the word denotes ‘valkyrie’ or is a heiti for ‘battle’. This valkyrie is mentioned in Vsp 30/7 and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 30), where it is said that Guðr, together with Rota and Skuld, ride to choose the slain and decide the outcome of battles.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  3. Internal references
  4. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  5. Not published: do not cite ()
  6. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Orrostu heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 786. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3193> (accessed 25 April 2024)

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