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Note to Þul Himins I 1III

[8] Andlangr (m.): The second heaven, ‘outstretched one’ or ‘stretching from one end to another’ (substanivised adj.). This name occurs in late Christian poetry (cf. Árni Gd 29/8IV). According to Falk (1925b, 35), who construes Andlangr with himinn ‘heaven’, Andlangr himinn is a result of the misinterpretation of Andlegr himinn ‘spiritual heaven’ (spirituale coelum), which may go back to the Old Norse Elucidarius (Eluc 1992, 4-5): Annarr andlegr, þar es andlegar scepnor bvggua, þat ero englar ‘The second [heaven is] spiritual, where live the spiritual beings, that are the angels’. See also Note to l. 1 above.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Eluc 1992 = Firchow, Evelyn S., ed. and trans. 1992. The Old Norse Elucidarius: Original Text and English Translation. Medieval Texts and Translations: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics and Culture. Columbia, SC.: Camden House.
  3. Falk, Hjalmar. 1925b. ‘Himmelsfaerene i vår gamle litteratur’. In [n. a.]. 1925. Heidersskrift til Marius Hægstad fraa vener og læresveinar, 15de juli 1925. Oslo: Norli, 34-8.
  4. Internal references
  5. Not published: do not cite (Árni Gd 29IV)

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