[6] Hroptatýr: See Hroptr (st. 2/7), and also the other pair of Óðinn-names, Gautr (st. 1/6) and Gautatýr (Eyv Hák 1/2I; see Note there). The second element ‑týr ‘god’ occurs in a number of Óðinn names, e.g. Farmatýr (st. 2/4) and Veratýr (st. 8/7). See Note to st. 1/7 above. Hroptatýr is found in Hávm 160/6, Grí 54/5 and in skaldic poetry.
References
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- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Gautreks saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 241. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=9> (accessed 26 April 2024)
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- R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Hákonarmál 1’ 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. 174.