Þul Hafrs 2^III

Heitir ok Heiðrún,         haðna ok kiðlingr;
es kolmúla         ok kið saman.

Heitir ok Heiðrún, haðna ok kiðlingr; es kolmúla ok kið saman.

One is also called Heiðrún, nanny-goat and young kid; there is coal-muzzle along with a kid.

Mss: R(44r), Tˣ(46r), C(13r), A(20r), B(9v), 744ˣ(80v-81r) (SnE)

Readings: [1] Heitir ok: om. A, B;    Heiðrún: ‘[…]eidrunn’ B, Heiðrunn 744ˣ    [2] haðna: ‘hadn[…]’ B, haðna 744ˣ;    ok: om. Tˣ, ‘[…]’ B, ok 744ˣ;    kiðlingr: kiðlingar B    [3] es (‘er’): er ok A, B;    ‑múla: so Tˣ, C, A, ‘‑mvsa’ R, ‘‑m[…]la’ B, ‘mula’ 744ˣ    [4] ok: om. Tˣ;    saman: ‘[…]man’ B, saman 744ˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 676, Skj BI, 670, Skald I, 334; SnE 1848-87, I, 589, II, 484, 567, 626, SnE 1931, 211, SnE 1998, I, 131.

Notes: [1] Heiðrún: The mythical she-goat that stands on the roof of Valhǫll and from whose udder the mead of the gods flows (see Grí 25, Hyndl 46/8, 47/8 and Gylf, SnE 2005, 33). The meaning of the cpd depends on the interpretation of the first element heið- (cf. the adj. heiðr ‘bright’ and the nouns heiðr m. ‘honour’ and heiðr f. ‘heath’). In this cpd name, heið- has been interpreted as a ritual word for mead used during sacrifice, i.e. heið ‘shining mead’ (see Höckert 1926-30, I, 53-4 and ARG II, 384). Cf. also the pers. n. Heiðdraupnir in Sigrdr 13/9. The second element, ‑rún f. ‘secret, hidden lore, mystery’, is frequently found as a part of f. personal names (cf. the Frankish f. pers. n. Chaiderūna). See also haidʀrūnō f. gen pl. ‘of shining runes’ in the Björketorp inscription (Run S Blekinge 1/1^VI (KJ97)). Heiðrún does not occur in skaldic verse. — [3] kolmúla (f.) ‘coal-muzzle’: A cpd not attested elsewhere (from kolr m. ‘coal’ and múla f. ‘muzzle’), and possibly a proper name (see SnE 1998, II, 336).

References

1. Bibliography
2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
4. SnE 1931 = Snorri Sturluson. 1931. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar. Ed. Finnur Jónsson. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.
5. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
6. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
7. ARG = Vries, Jan de. 1956-7. Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte. 2 vols. 2nd edn. Berlin: de Gruyter.
8. Höckert, Robert. 1926-30. Völuspá och Vanakulten. 2 vols. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell.
9. Internal references
10. (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 20 April 2024)
11. Not published: do not cite ()
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14. Not published: do not cite (Run KJ97^VI)