[5] Blindviðr: This must be the correct form of the name (‘blin-’ in A, defective in B), and it is supported by Blindvidur in the LaufE mss. An otherwise unattested cpd, lit. ‘blind-wood’ (from the adj. blindr ‘blind’ and viðr m. ‘wood’; cf. Miðviðr in l. 3 and Víðblindi in Þul Jǫtna I 5/7), which has been explained as ‘concealed board’ (Gould 1929, 942) or ‘hidden tree’ (Motz 1973, 113).
References
- Bibliography
- Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
- Motz, Lotte. 1973. ‘New Thoughts on Dwarf-Names in Old Icelandic’. FS 7, 100-17.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti I 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 715.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ 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=10928> (accessed 24 April 2024)