Note to Hjálm Lv 1VIII (Ǫrv 5)
[6] tveir Haddingjar ‘the two Haddingjar’: A pair of heroes, possibly brothers, mentioned in a number of sources (cf. Simek 1993, 127-8; ARG II, 249, 253). Eyv Hál 9/4I (see Note there) refers to the Haddingjar in a warrior-kenning, and the names Haddingr (sg.) and Haddingjar (pl.) are mentioned several times in eddic poetry (cf. Kommentar IV, 810). Etymologically the name Haddingr denotes female head hair (cf. AEW: haddr) and may indicate that those who bore the name were identified by the wearing of long hair or other distinctive hair styles. In Book I of Saxo’s Gesta Danorum (Saxo 2015, I, i. 5. 1 ‑ 6. 9, pp. 40-51) Hadingus is the son of the Danish king Gram and a favourite of the god Óðinn.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- Kommentar = See, Klaus von et al. 1997-2012. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. 7 vols. Heidelberg: Winter.
- Simek, Rudolf. 1993. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. Trans. Angela Hall. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer.
- ARG = Vries, Jan de. 1956-7. Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte. 2 vols. 2nd edn. Berlin: de Gruyter.
- Saxo 2015 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2015. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes. Trans. Peter Fisher. Oxford Medieval Texts. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon.
- Internal references
- Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Eyvindr skáldaspillir Finnsson, Háleygjatal 9’ 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. 207.
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