[7] Hveðrungr: Judging from such kennings as mǫgr Hveðrungs ‘son of Hveðrungr’, i.e. the wolf Fenrir (Vsp 55/5; SnE 2005, 52), and mær Hveðrungs ‘daughter of Hveðrungr’, i.e. Hel (Þjóð Yt 24/3I), Hveðrungr is another name for Loki. The name may mean ‘descendant of Hveðra <giantess>’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 301; AEW: hveðra). The name is also mentioned in Þul Óðins 5/4.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Óðins nǫfn 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. 743.
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 24’ 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. 52.