Þul Dverga 1^III

Telk ‘I list’

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telja (verb): tell, count

[1] Telk (‘Tæl æk’): ‘[…]el ek’ B, ‘Tel ek’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom.

Mótsogni ‘Mótsognir’

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Mótsognir (noun m.)

[1] Mótsogni: ‘mótsog[…]’ B, ‘mótsognir’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [1] Mótsogni: So also (Mótsognir) in the list of dwarf-names in Vsp 10/1 (NK 3) in Codex Regius, where this name comes first as well. It is given as Moðsognir in Hb (Hb 1892-6, 188) and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 15). Gould (1929, 951) argues that the correct form of the name is Móðsognir, which he explains as ‘he who roars in rage’ (cf. móðr m. ‘rage’ and svagla ‘splash, ripple, gurgle’, sœgr m. ‘noise’; cf. OE swēg, swǣg ‘noise’). However, it is more likely that the second element of the cpd is derived from the strong verb súga ‘suck’ (p. p. soginn), hence ‘one who consumes rage’ (so Motz 1973, 115).

Mótsogni ‘Mótsognir’

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Mótsognir (noun m.)

[1] Mótsogni: ‘mótsog[…]’ B, ‘mótsognir’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [1] Mótsogni: So also (Mótsognir) in the list of dwarf-names in Vsp 10/1 (NK 3) in Codex Regius, where this name comes first as well. It is given as Moðsognir in Hb (Hb 1892-6, 188) and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 15). Gould (1929, 951) argues that the correct form of the name is Móðsognir, which he explains as ‘he who roars in rage’ (cf. móðr m. ‘rage’ and svagla ‘splash, ripple, gurgle’, sœgr m. ‘noise’; cf. OE swēg, swǣg ‘noise’). However, it is more likely that the second element of the cpd is derived from the strong verb súga ‘suck’ (p. p. soginn), hence ‘one who consumes rage’ (so Motz 1973, 115).

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[2] ok Mjǫklituð: ‘[…]’ B, ‘ok mio᷎klituð’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom.

Mjǫklituð ‘Mjǫklituðr’

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Mjǫklituðr (noun m.)

[2] ok Mjǫklituð: ‘[…]’ B, ‘ok mio᷎klituð’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [2] Mjǫklituð: A cpd not attested elsewhere. The name has been explained as ‘much coloured’ (Gould 1929, 951) or ‘multi-coloured’ (Motz 1973, 115), from the adv. mjǫk ‘much, very’ and the weak verb lita ‘dye’.

Mjǫklituð ‘Mjǫklituðr’

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Mjǫklituðr (noun m.)

[2] ok Mjǫklituð: ‘[…]’ B, ‘ok mio᷎klituð’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [2] Mjǫklituð: A cpd not attested elsewhere. The name has been explained as ‘much coloured’ (Gould 1929, 951) or ‘multi-coloured’ (Motz 1973, 115), from the adv. mjǫk ‘much, very’ and the weak verb lita ‘dye’.

Miðvið ‘Miðviðr’

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Miðviðr (noun m.)

[3] Miðvið: ‘[…]við’ B, ‘mid vid’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [3] Miðvið: A hap. leg. The name can be translated as ‘middle log, middle slat’, from mið n. ‘middle, center’ and viðr m. ‘log, board, slat, tree, wood’.

Miðvið ‘Miðviðr’

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Miðviðr (noun m.)

[3] Miðvið: ‘[…]við’ B, ‘mid vid’ 744ˣ

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [3] Miðvið: A hap. leg. The name can be translated as ‘middle log, middle slat’, from mið n. ‘middle, center’ and viðr m. ‘log, board, slat, tree, wood’.

Muninn ‘Muninn’

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Muninn (noun m.): Muninn

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [3] Muninn: ‘Reminding one’ (from muna ‘remember). This is the name of one of Óðinn’s ravens (see Þul Hrafns 1/7), but as a dwarf’s name the heiti does not occur elsewhere.

Muninn ‘Muninn’

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Muninn (noun m.): Muninn

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[1-3]: Telk Mótsogni | ok Mjǫklituð, | Miðvið, Muninn ‘I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn’. In A the first three heiti listed before the heading are all in the acc. case, but starting with Muninn all the names are in the nom. — [3] Muninn: ‘Reminding one’ (from muna ‘remember). This is the name of one of Óðinn’s ravens (see Þul Hrafns 1/7), but as a dwarf’s name the heiti does not occur elsewhere.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

Mjǫðvitnir ‘Mjǫðvitnir’

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Mjǫðvitnir (noun m.)

[4] Mjǫðvitnir: ‘[…]e’ B, ‘m. . . . .ne’ 744ˣ

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[4] Mjǫðvitnir: Perhaps lit. ‘mead-wolf’, i.e. ‘drunkard’ (from mjǫðr m. ‘mead’ and vitnir m. ‘wolf’; Gould 1929, 951). However, according to Gutenbrunner (1955, 62), the second element is a derivative from the weak verb vitja ‘call on, visit, seek’ and not a heiti for ‘wolf’, hence ‘mead-seeker’. The name is also known from Vsp 11/8, while ms. R of SnE (Gylf, SnE 2005, 16) gives the variant Mǫðvitnir.

Blindviðr ‘Blindviðr’

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Blindviðr (noun m.)

[5] Blindviðr: ‘blinviðr’ A, ‘b[…]vidr’ B, ‘b. . .vidr’ 744ˣ

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[5] Blindviðr: This must be the correct form of the name (‘blin-’ in A, defective in B), and it is supported by Blindvidur in the LaufE mss. An otherwise unattested cpd, lit. ‘blind-wood’ (from the adj. blindr ‘blind’ and viðr m. ‘wood’; cf. Miðviðr in l. 3 and Víðblindi in Þul Jǫtna I 5/7), which has been explained as ‘concealed board’ (Gould 1929, 942) or ‘hidden tree’ (Motz 1973, 113).

Burinn ‘Burinn’

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Burinn (noun m.)

[5] Burinn: búinn B

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[5] Burinn: A hap. leg. Cf. burr m. ‘son’ and Buri or Búri in Vsp 13 (NK 3 nn.), one of the names added in Hb (Hb 1892-6, 189), perhaps lit. ‘son-like one’. Ms. B has Búinn (adopted in Skj B and Skald), which could be translated as ‘one prepared (for burial)’ (cf. at búa um lík ‘to prepare a corpse for burial’; Gould 1929, 943). See also other names that describe dwarfs as the living dead: Nár ‘corpse’ (st. 2/1), Náinn ‘corpse-like one’ (st. 2/3) and Dáinn ‘dead one’ in Vsp 13 (Hb 1892-6, 188-9; see Gould 1929, 959). The LaufE mss offer Býrnir (papp10ˣ(39v)), Birner (2368ˣ(87)) and Byrner (743ˣ(68v)), none of which is attested elsewhere.

Bumburr ‘Bumburr’

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Bumburr (noun ?)

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[6] Bumburr: A variant of Bǫmburr (Vsp 11/6). Gould (1929, 943) explains the name as ‘swollen one’ (cf. bumba f. ‘drum’, New Norw. bumba ‘pregnant female with a swollen figure’). Gutenbrunner (1955, 64) and Motz (1973, 113) translate it as ‘drummer’.

Nýi ‘Nýi’

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Nýi (noun m.)

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[6] Nýi: Ný n. is ‘the new moon’, and Nýi means ‘one connected with the new moon’ (Gould 1929, 952). The name is also recorded in Vsp 11/1 (NK 3): Nýi oc Niði (for Niði see st. 2/1). 

Bívurr ‘Bívurr’

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Bívurr (noun m.): Bívurr

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[7] Bívurr: Or Bifurr. The name is also known from Vsp 11/5 and it is attested in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Bífur). The meaning is not clear – probably ‘trembler, shaker’ from the verb bifast ‘tremble’ (Motz 1973, 113). Gould (1929, 942) connects the name with bifurr m. ‘beaver’, i.e. ‘one who does things with zeal’, whereas according to Gutenbrunner (1955, 63, 68), it may be connected with bif n. ‘ornament on a shield’ (cf. Þjóð Haustl 13/7, 20/7).

Blávurr ‘Blávurr’

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Blávorr (noun m.)

[7] Blávurr (‘blavorr’): ‘bauorr’ B

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[7] Blávurr: Or Blǫvurr ‘shining one’ (cf. New Norw. blava ‘shine, glitter, glisten’; Gould 1929, 943 and Motz 1973, 113). The B variant is ‘bauor’ (‘Bavor’ in papp10ˣ(39v), ‘Bäuor’ in 2368ˣ(87) and ‘bavor’ in 743ˣ(68v)), which can be normalised as Bávorr. The pair Bívorr, Bávorr is also given in Vsp 11/5 (NK 3).

Bláinn ‘Bláinn’

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Bláinn (noun m.): Bláinn

[8] Bláinn ok Norðri: ‘[…]’ B, ‘blainn ok norðre’ 744ˣ

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[8] Bláinn: Cf. the adj. blár ‘black’; hence lit. ‘dark, black one’ (Motz 1973, 113). As the name of a dwarf, Bláinn is mentioned only here. According to Vsp 9/8 (NK 2) and Gylf (SnE 2005, 16), the dwarfs were made from Bláinn’s ‘limbs’ (leggiom), i.e. from stone.

ok ‘and’

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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also

[8] Bláinn ok Norðri: ‘[…]’ B, ‘blainn ok norðre’ 744ˣ

Norðri ‘Norðri’

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Norðri (noun m.): Norðri

[8] Bláinn ok Norðri: ‘[…]’ B, ‘blainn ok norðre’ 744ˣ

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[8] Norðri: Lit. ‘one in the North’ or ‘northerly one’, from norðr ‘north’. Norðri is one of the dwarfs who hold up the sky (see Vsp 11 and Gylf, SnE 2005, 12, 16). The name is repeated in st. 2/6. This is the only dwarf-name listed in this stanza which is attested in skaldic verse (in a sky-kenning in Hfr ErfÓl 26a/3^I).