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Note to Þul Ásynja 3III

[5] Skjǫlf: The origin of Skjǫlf is uncertain. According to Schröder (1941, 155), the name means ‘pod’ (cf. OHG sceliva ‘husk, shell’), thus referring to Freyja as a goddess of fertility. ÍO: Skjálf 2 connects the name with skjálf ‘shelf, seat’. For a discussion of the etymology of this name, see Gade (1985b). As a name for Freyja, Skjǫlf is found only in the present þula, but it is the name of a legendary queen in Þjóð Yt 9/3I.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Gade, Kari Ellen. 1985b. ‘Skjalf’. ANF 100, 59-71.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  4. Schröder, Franz Rolf. 1941. Untersuchungen zur germanischen und vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte. 2 vols. Tübingen: Verlag J. C. B. Mohr.
  5. Internal references
  6. Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 9’ 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. 22.

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