[1] Skollvaldr: Lit. ‘skulking-ruler’. A hap. leg. from the m. noun skollr ‘skulking, deceit’ (cf. the adj. skollvíss ‘skulking, wily’ and skolli m. ‘fox’; Falk 1924, 26). The second element is valdr m. ‘ruler’. This nickname refers to Óðinn’s deceitful character.