Note to Þul Sækonunga 5III
[2] Vandill: The name is known from the sagas (e.g. the viking Vandill Snæúlfsson in Nj ch. 29, ÍF 12, 77-8) and as a second element of other proper names (cf. Aurvandill in Skm, SnE 1998, I, 22 and perhaps the sword Dragvandill, Þul Sverða 1/4). Vandill may be cognate with Wandalus, Vandali, the name of a Germanic tribe, cf. Vendill in Denmark (see Björn Sigfússon 1934, 138 and Note to Þul Sverða 1/4). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 291) suggests that Vandill is a nickname derived from vǫndr m. ‘wand’. The name is attested in a kenning for ‘sea’ on the Karlevi stone (Run Öl 1VI), but it does not occur elsewhere in poetry other than in the rímur, where it appears in kennings for ‘sea’ and ‘ship’ (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Vandill). Vandill is also listed among the giant-names in Þul Jǫtna II 1/6.
References
- Bibliography
- Finnur Jónsson. 1926-8. Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. nord. litteratur udgivne Rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne Bósarímur. SUGNL 51. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- ÍF 12 = Brennu-Njáls saga. Ed. Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. 1954.
- Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Njáls saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 1220-1313. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=55> (accessed 23 April 2024)
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 23 April 2024)
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti II 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. 719.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 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. 790.
- Not published: do not cite (Run Öl 1VI)