[3] Óski: The name most likely denotes one who is carrying out somebody’s wishes (‘the god Wish’, CVC: Óski), from the noun ósk f. ‘wish’ (cf. the Old English pers. n. Wūscfrea ‘wish-woman’). According to Falk (1924, 24), this heiti refers to Óðinn’s relations with his ‘chosen’ (óskasonr, óskmǫgr ‘foster-son’; óskmær ‘chosen maiden’, i.e. valkyrie). Other than in the present stanza the name is found only in Grí 49/8, where Óski is also found close to Jafnhár, but it is also used as an Óðinn-name in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Óski).
References
- Bibliography
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- 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.
- Falk, Hjalmar. 1924. Odensheite. Skrifter utg. av Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania. II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1924, 10. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
- Internal references
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