[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
- Bibliography
- Motz, Lotte. 1987. ‘Old Icelandic Giants and Their Names’. FS 21, 295-317.
- 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.
- Internal references
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.