Þul Þórs 1III/5 — Hlórriði ‘Hlórriði’
Þórr heitir Atli ok Ásabragr;
sá es Ennilangr ok Eindriði,
Bjǫrn, Hlórriði ok Harðvéorr,
Vingþórr, Sǫnnungr, Véoðr ok Rymr.
Þórr heitir Atli ok Ásabragr; sá es Ennilangr ok Eindriði, Bjǫrn, Hlórriði ok Harðvéorr, Vingþórr, Sǫnnungr, Véoðr ok Rymr.
Þórr is called Atli and Ásabragr; he is Ennilangr and Eindriði, Bjǫrn, Hlórriði and Harðvéorr, Vingþórr, Sǫnnungr, Véoðr and Rymr.
readings
[5] Hlórriði: lórriði Tˣ, ‘hlór[...]’ B, ‘hlóridi’ 744ˣ
notes
[5] Hlórriði: This name for Þórr occurs in many sources (e.g. Hym 4/6, 16/3, 27/1, 29/1, 37/3, Þry 7/7, 8/1, 14/7, 31/1). It is also attested in the form Hlóriði, and as Loriði in the Prologue to SnE (2005, 5), although it is the name of Þórr’s son in the latter source. According to AEW: Hlóriði, Hlórriði, the first element is related to Hlóra, the name of Þórr’s foster-mother in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 14), and Hlói ‘roaring one’, the name of a giant (see Note to Þul Jǫtna II 2/7). The second element has been explained in different ways. (a) A derivative from the strong verb ríða ‘ride’, cf. Einriði (l. 4); if so, the name would mean ‘roaring rider’ (LP: Hlórriði; Kommentar II, 539). Kock (NN §2404) connects the first part of the name with an unattested adj. *hlór = Lat. clarus ‘bright’ and interprets it as ‘bright rider’. (b) A word related to the strong verb ráða (-riði < ‑rœði) ‘rule’ (ANG §151.6). (c) Derived from *hriþi (from hríð f. ‘storm’), hence ‘roaring thunderer’ (Gering 1894, 25). This name is used as a base-word in a kenning for ‘man’ in ESkál Vell 14/8I.