[7] Þekkr: The name has been interpreted as ‘beloved one’ (Gould 1929, 955) or ‘friendly one’ (Gutenbrunner 1955, 66) from the adj. þekkr ‘liked, pleasant’. Þekkr is paired with Þorinn in Vsp 12/3; it is also a heiti for Óðinn and ‘ship’ (see Þul Óðins 7/3, Þul Skipa 4/7).
References
- Bibliography
- Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
- Gutenbrunner, Siegfried. 1955a. ‘Eddastudien I. Über die Zwerge in der Völuspa Str. 9-13’. ANF 70, 61-75.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Óðins nǫfn 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 748.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Skipa heiti 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 867.
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