[3] full burar Billings ‘the cup of the son of Billingr <dwarf> [DWARF > POEM]’: A dwarf named Billingr is mentioned in the Hauksbók text of Vsp 13 (NK 3 n.). A person or being of that name is also mentioned in Hávm 97/1 but cannot be definitely identified as a dwarf (cf. Evans 1986, 58). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 448) explains burar Billings ‘of the son of Billingr’ as meaning ‘any dwarf or giant’ in the context of the myth of the mead of poetry, where dwarfs and giants were among the beings to hold possession of the mead at various points.
References
- Bibliography
- Evans, David A. H., ed. 1986. Hávamál. Viking Society Text Series 7. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- NK = Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn (1899), eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 2 vols. I: Text. 5th edn. Heidelberg: Winter.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
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