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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Óðins 6III

[5] Sigmundr: As an Óðinn-heiti, this pers. n. occurs only in this þula and in the later rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Sigmundr). In heroic legend Sigmundr, the father of Sigurðr Fáfnisbani ‘Slayer of Fáfnir’, was a famous hero who descended from Óðinn.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. 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.

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