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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 4III

[6] Anduðr: Or Ǫnduðr. Cf. also Andaðr in Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (ch. 9, Heiðr 1960, 37) and the minstrel of the same name in Þhorn Harkv 22/4 I, 23/1I. The name is derived from *Anda-haðuz ‘opponent, enemy’ (cf. OHG Anthad), with the Old Norse prefix and- ‘against’ and ‑hǫðr used as a second element in personal names (cf. Niðuðr, Starkaðr). Hǫðr m. is cognate with hǫð f., a poetic term for ‘battle’ (Motz 1987, 309 and Note to Þul Ása I l. 10). The C variant Ǫndóttr does not occur elsewhere, but it must be the same as ǫndóttr ‘fiery’ (a poetic adj. qualifying words for ‘eye’).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Motz, Lotte. 1987. ‘Old Icelandic Giants and Their Names’. FS 21, 295-317.
  3. Heiðr 1960 = Tolkien, Christopher, ed. and trans. 1960. Saga Heiðreks konungs ins vitra / The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise. Nelson Icelandic Texts. London etc.: Nelson.
  4. Internal references
  5. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 367. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=23> (accessed 5 May 2024)
  6. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ása heiti I’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 754. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3187> (accessed 5 May 2024)
  7. R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorbjǫrn hornklofi, Haraldskvæði (Hrafnsmál) 22’ 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. 116.

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