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Note to Þul Óðins 3III

[4] Gangleri: Lit. ‘walk-weary one’, from the strong verb ganga ‘walk’ or the f. noun ganga ‘walking’ plus the depreciating suffix ‑leri (see AEW: ‑leri; løra). According to Falk (1924, 11), the actual meaning of the name is ‘poor walker’ (cf. gǫngumaðr ‘vagrant’; see CVC: ganga), hence it possibly denotes a beggar. In Gylf, Gangleri is the name that King Gylfi assumes when visiting Ásgarðr. As an Óðinn-name the heiti is also mentioned in Grí 46/2 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 21), where it is given in the variant form Ganglari (but also Gangleri and Gangari; see SnE 2005, 21, 74).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
  4. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  5. Falk, Hjalmar. 1924. Odensheite. Skrifter utg. av Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania. II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1924, 10. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
  6. Internal references
  7. (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 26 April 2024)
  8. Not published: do not cite ()

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