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Note to Þul Sea-kings 1III

[5] Mundill: Or Myndill. The latter reading is found in Flat 1860-8, I, 22, where a sea-king of this name is said to be the father of Ekkill and Skekkill (see Note to l. 1 above) and the son of Meiti (see l. 3). However, cf. Mundilfœri, father of the sun and the moon (see e.g. Vafþr 23/1-3; spelled Mundilfari in Flat 1860-8, I, 24), whose name must be connected with mund n. ‘the nick of time’, as well as Goth. Mundila, Mundo mentioned by Jordanes in Getica (Mommsen 1882, §58, ##300-1; see also Björn Sigfússon 1934, 135). The name of this sea-king never occurs in kennings.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
  3. Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
  4. Mommsen, Theodorus, ed. 1882. Iordanis. Romana et Getica. Monumenta Germaniae Historica 5.1. Berlin: Weidmann. Rpt. 1961.
  5. Internal references
  6. Not published: do not cite ()

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