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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 3III

[6] Fjalarr: Perhaps lit. ‘concealer’, from the strong verb fela ‘hide, conceal’. Cf. Fjǫlnir among Óðinn’s names (see AEW: Fjalarr; Noreen 1892, 198; Kahle 1903, 143-4). As a giant-name, Fjalarr occurs twice in eddic poems (as another name for Útgarðaloki in Hárb 26/9 and for Suttungr in Hávm 14/3). It is also the name of other mythical beings, such as a dwarf and a giant’s rooster (Vsp 16/3, 42/8).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Noreen, Adolf. 1892. ‘Mytiska beståndsdelar i Ynglingatal’. In Uppsalastudier tillegnade Sophus Bugge på hans 60-åra födelsedag den 5 januari 1893. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 194-225.
  4. Kahle, Bernhard. 1903. ‘Altwestnordische Namenstudien’. IF 14, 133-224.
  5. Internal references
  6. Not published: do not cite ()
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