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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Hesta 3III

[3] Alsviðr: Lit. ‘all-swift one’ (the second element is the adj. sviðr, svinnr ‘swift, quick’). This is the name of a horse that pulls the Sun (see Grí 37/1-3 and SnE 1998, I, 90: Árvakr ok Alsviðr *draga sólina ‘Árvakr and Alsviðr pull the sun’). See also sts 1/1, 2/2, 4/8 and l. 4 below. The name is not found in skaldic verse.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()

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