[1] Alþjófr: Lit. ‘wholly a thief’ (Gould 1929, 941), from the prefix al- ‘all, complete’ and þjófr m. ‘thief’ (hence interpreted as ‘master thief’ by Motz 1973, 113). The name is also recorded in Vsp 11/4. The variant Alþjólfr in the list of dwarf-names cited in Gylf (SnE 2005, 16) is most likely incorrect.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- 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
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ 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=113> (accessed 24 April 2024)
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