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Note to Ormr Frag 1III

[1, 4] mǫg Vindsvals ‘son of Vindsvalr <giant> [= Vetr (vetr ‘winter’)]’: This type of ofljóst kenning for ‘winter’ is not attested elsewhere, the favoured type being ‘death of the snake’ (Meissner 109); but perhaps a poet named Ormr ‘Serpent’ had reason to avoid the latter. The mythical figure Vindsvalr ‘Wind-cool One’ is mentioned among the names of giants in Þul Jǫtna I 5/3. In Vafþr 27/1-2 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 21) he is stated to be father of Vetr ‘Winter’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Internal references
  5. (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 24 April 2024)
  6. Not published: do not cite ()

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