Þul Jǫtna II 3^III

Hrossþjófr, Dúrnir,         Hundalfr, Baugi,
Hrauðungr, Fenrir,         Hróarr ok Miði.

Hrossþjófr, Dúrnir, Hundalfr, Baugi, Hrauðungr, Fenrir, Hróarr ok Miði.

Hrossþjófr, Dúrnir, Hundálfr, Baugi, Hrauðungr, Fenrir, Hróarr and Miði.

Mss: R(42r), Tˣ(44r), C(11v), A(17v), B(8r), 744ˣ(58r-v) (SnE)

Readings: [2] Hundalfr: so A, 744ˣ, hundallr R, Tˣ, C, ‘hunnd[…]lfr’ B    [3] Hrauðungr: ‘hr[…]udunngr’ B, ‘fraudungr’ 744ˣ;    Fenrir: ‘f[…]nrir’ B, fenrir 744ˣ    [4] ok: om. Tˣ;    Miði: ‘niði’ A, ‘m[…]d[…]’ B, ‘miðe’ 744ˣ

Editions: Skj AI, 658, Skj BI, 660, Skald I, 325; SnE 1848-87, I, 555, II, 471, 554, 616, SnE 1931, 197, SnE 1998, I, 114.

Notes: [1] Hrossþjófr: Lit. ‘horse-thief’. This giant was a descendant of Hrímnir mentioned in Hyndl 32/5. Hrossþjófr is also the name of a berserk in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar (chs 16-17, 20, FSN III, 114-16, 128-32). — [1] Dúrnir: From dúrr m. ‘nap, slumber’. This giant is not mentioned in other sources, but Dúrnir is the name of a dwarf (see Þul Dverga 3/8). — [2] Hundalfr: Lit. ‘hound-elf’ (a hap. leg.). So A and 744ˣ (B); the R, Tˣ, C redaction has Hundallr. According to Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 303), the correct form is Hundólfr ‘hound-wolf’. — [2] Baugi: Brother of the giant Suttungr (see Skm, SnE 1998, I, 4). This is the weak form of m. baugr ‘ring’, and it does not appear in poetic sources other than in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Baugi). — [3] Hrauðungr: Perhaps ‘destroyer’, from the strong verb hrjóða in the sense ‘clear out, empty’ (AEW: Hrauðungr; see also Note to Hharð Lv 11/1^II). The name occurs in Hjþ Lv 2/8^VIII (HjǪ 3) and in the prose introduction to Grí (NK 56), where Hrauðungr is the father of Óðinn’s opponent. It is most likely a variant of Hrauðnir (see Þul Jǫtna I 1/6), which is also the name of a sea-king (see Note to Þul Sækonunga 2/8). — [3] Fenrir: The famous mythical monster wolf (also known as Fenrisúlfr), the son of Loki and a giantess. Fenrir is also a heiti for ‘wolf’ (Þul Vargs 1/6). — [4]: At the end of this stanza, ms. C adds þá er nú lokit þursa heitum ‘then the names of giants have now come to an end’ (see Introduction above), while A adds nú eru upp talið ámáttligra jǫtna heiti ‘now the names of mighty giants have been enumerated’ (closely similar in B). See Note to Þul Jǫtna I 6/6-8. — [4] Hróarr: This giant is not known from other sources, but Hróarr is the name of a sea-king in Ǫrvar-Odds saga (FSN II, 533) and also the name of other legendary persons (e.g. a king in Hrólfs saga kraka and Flat 1860-8, I, 27). This is an old Germanic pers. n. (from Proto-Nordic *hrōðigaiʀaʀ ‘praise/fame-spear’). See also OE Hrōðgār (Beowulf 2008, 470). — [4] Miði: A hap. leg. The m. weak form of the adj. miðr ‘middle’ (cf. Miðjungr, Þul Jǫtna I 6/4).

References

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16. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 30 April 2024)
17. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sækonunga heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 680.
18. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti I 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 707.
19. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti I 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 716.
20. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Vargs heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 903.
21. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Dverga heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 697.
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24. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 11’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 52-3.
25. Richard L. Harris (ed.) 2017, ‘Hjálmþés saga ok Ǫlvis 3 (Hjálmþér Ingason, Lausavísur 2)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 495.
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