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Dverga heiti — Þul DvergaIII

Anonymous Þulur

Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Dverga 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. 692. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3227> (accessed 29 March 2024)

 

This þula (Þul Dverga), which contains names of dwarfs, is recorded in mss A (main ms.) and B (and 744ˣ) of SnE. In ms. A the þula has the chapter heading Dverga heiti ‘Names of dwarfs’ written in red ink. In both mss the þula is inserted into the initial section of the þulur-sequence devoted to the names of various mythical and legendary beings. In ms. A it is preceded by Þul Konunga and in ms. B by Þul Sækonunga, and in both mss it is followed by Þul Jǫtna I-II. About half of the ninety-four dwarf-names listed in this þula are also recorded in the so-called Dvergatal, the dwarf stanzas in Vsp 11-6, but not all the names mentioned there have been included in the present þula (e.g. Vestri, Fundinn, Náli, Haugspori, Fjalarr). That applies equally to the extant versions of Dvergatal recorded in Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda, in Hauksbók (Hb) and in SnE (Gylf, SnE 2005, 16-17); hence the relation of these lists to the þula is not quite clear. Most of the names in Þul Dverga, plus some additional ones, are recorded in alphabetical order in LaufE (mss papp10ˣ(39v), 2368ˣ(87) and 743ˣ(68v-69r), see LaufE 1979, 263-4, 339-40). The variants of the names in these mss show that the ms. of the þula used by Magnús Ólafsson is related to both A and B. Because the variants sometimes agree with the readings of A and sometimes with the readings of B, it appears that Magnús’s ms. may have been the common antecedent of A and B (see LaufE 1979, 170-1). Variants from the LaufE mss have therefore been included selectively in the present edition, but because the names are given in alphabetical order rather than in poetic form, the variants are discussed in the Notes and not included in the Readings. The LaufE version of the þula was copied in RE 1665(Ee2), which has not been considered here (see Resen 1977, 29).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Resen 1977 = Faulkes, Anthony. 1977a. Edda Íslandorum. Völuspá. Hávamál. Vol. II of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar. 1977-9.
  5. Internal references
  6. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  7. (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 29 March 2024)
  8. Not published: do not cite ()
  9. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Sækonunga 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. 677. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3183> (accessed 29 March 2024)
  10. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Konunga 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. 687. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3226> (accessed 29 March 2024)
  11. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ 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=10928> (accessed 29 March 2024)
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