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Note to Þul Á 4III

[5] Vín: Or Vin, a mythical river (Grí 27/9; Gylf, SnE 2005, 33). Neither variant (Vín, Vin) occurs in other sources, and the length of the vowel cannot be determined. This river-name is either the same as vín n. ‘wine’ or vin f. ‘meadow’ (cf. strǫnd ‘beach’ and the A, B variant strind ‘bank’, st. 3/2). Finnur Jónsson (1933-4, 263) opts for the latter interpretation. Alternatively, Vín may be a variant of Vína ‘the Dvina’ mentioned in l. 4 (ÍO: Vin, Vín) or it could be connected with the Indo-European root *-uei ‘wither, dry (up)’ and thus refer to a river that dries up during the summer (Hale 1983, 174).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Finnur Jónsson. 1933-4. ‘Þulur’. APS 8, 262-72.
  5. Hale, Christopher. 1983. ‘The River Names in Grímnismál 27-29’. In Glendinning et al. 1983, 165-86.
  6. Internal references
  7. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 18 April 2024)
  8. Not published: do not cite ()

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