Note to Þul Hesta 4^III

[6] Hófvarpnir: Lit. ‘hoof-thrower’, from húfr m. ‘hoof’ and a nomen actionis from the strong verb verpa ‘throw’. The mythical horse belonging to Frigg’s messenger Gná, which is said to gallop across the sky and the sea (rendered as Hófvarfnir in Gylf, SnE 2005, 30). The name does not occur in skaldic poetry.

References

Bibliography
SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
Internal references
(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 25 April 2024)

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