Note to Þul Dverga 3III
[8] Dúrnir: Also found in Þjóð Yt 2/2I (cf. Durinn in Vsp 10/4 and Gylf, SnE 2005, 15-6). According to Gould (1929, 944), the name means ‘sleeper’ (from dúrr m. ‘nap, slumber’, dúra ‘to sleep’; cf. other dwarf-names meaning ‘sleepy, lazy’ such as Dvalinn in st. 2/2). For other interpretations see (Sjöros 1912, 3-6 and Gutenbrunner 1955, 74). The name is also recorded in Þul Jǫtna II 3/1.
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.
- Sjöros, Bruno. 1912. ‘Till tolkningen av Ynglingasagans visor’. Studier i nordisk filologi 3, 2. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland 103. Helsingfors: Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland.
- Gutenbrunner, Siegfried. 1955a. ‘Eddastudien I. Über die Zwerge in der Völuspa Str. 9-13’. ANF 70, 61-75.
- 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 19 April 2024)
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti II 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 722.
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 2’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 10.