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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Ása I 1III/2 — Baldr ‘Baldr’

Burir ’ro Óðins         Baldr ok Meili,
Víðarr ok Nepr,         Váli, Áli,
Þórr ok Hildolfr,         Hermóðr, Sigi,
Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr         ok Ítreksjóð,
Heimdallr, Sæmingr,         Hǫðr ok Bragi.

Burir Óðins ’ro Baldr ok Meili, Víðarr ok Nepr, Váli, Áli, Þórr ok Hildolfr, Hermóðr, Sigi, Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr ok Ítreksjóð, Heimdallr, Sæmingr, Hǫðr ok Bragi.

Óðinn’s sons are Baldr and Meili, Víðarr and Nepr, Váli, Áli, Þórr and Hildólfr, Hermóðr, Sigi, Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr and Ítrekr’s offspring, Heimdallr, Sæmingr, Hǫðr and Bragi.

readings

[2] Baldr ok: ‘ba[…]’ B, ‘balldr ok’ 744ˣ

notes

[2] Baldr: A god, Óðinn’s son, whose name is possibly related to OE bealdor ‘lord’ (AEW: Baldr; for a discussion of this name and the god, see Liberman 2004). The myth of Baldr’s death is known from eddic poems (cf. Bdr, Vsp 31-3, 62/4-7, Hyndl 29-30/1, etc.) and also from Gylf (SnE 2005, 45-8) and Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 3, 2, 3-3, 7, pp. 190-203). See also Note to Anon Eirm 3/5I.

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