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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 2III

[3] Hræsvelgr: Lit. ‘corpse-swallower’ (from hræ n. ‘corpse, carrion’ and the agent noun svelgr m. ‘swallower’ from the strong verb svelga ‘swallow’). A giant in an eagle’s shape sitting at the northernmost end of heaven (also mentioned in Þul Ara l. 3). When he flies, his wings produce the winds (Vafþr 37/1 and SnE 2005, 20; not mentioned elsewhere).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()
  5. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ara heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 949. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3240> (accessed 25 April 2024)

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