[13] Hlýrni (m.): This poetic name (nom. Hlýrnir) for ‘heaven’ is derived from hlýrn n. ‘sun’ or ‘moon’ (see Note to Þul Dœgra l. 1), hence it means ‘adorner of/with celestial bodies’, i.e. the sun and the moon (cf. Kommentar III, 330; AEW: hlýrn). In Alv 12/2 this heiti belongs to the language of the gods. The name occurs in Christian skaldic poetry of the C12th-14th (e.g. Ólsv Kristdr 2/3, Árni Gd 63/3 IV, 70/7IV).
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.
- Internal references
- Not published: do not cite (Árni Gd 63IV)
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Dœgra heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 914. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3231> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Edith Marold (ed.) 2017, ‘Óláfr svartaskáld Leggsson, Kristsdrápa 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 315.