Note to Þul Jǫtna I 6III
[5] Søkkmímir: Or Sǫk- (so Skj B). In Grí 50/2, Søkkmímir is an old giant visited by Óðinn (cf. Sǫkmímir in Þjóð Yt 2/10I). For the second element of the cpd, see Mímir (st. 1/3). The first element is perhaps søkkr m. ‘sunken position’ or derived from the strong verb søkkva ‘sink’ (< Gmc *sinkvan) or from the weak verb søkkva ‘cause sth. to sink’ (< Gmc *sankwian). In CVC: sǫkk the name is glossed as ‘the giant of the deep’. Although variant spellings with <ǫ> occur, the stem vowel is <ø> (see also the spelling in ms. R ‘sekmimir’). In ms. C, Søkkmímir is replaced by Sægrímnir ‘sea-Grímnir’ (cf. Grímnir in st. 1/6, 2/4 above and Sæhrímnir, a mythical boar in Grí 18/3).
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Internal references
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2012, ‘Þjóðólfr ór Hvini, Ynglingatal 2’ 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. 10.