Þul Ása I 1III/10 — Bragi ‘Bragi’
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
[10] Hǫðr ok Bragi: ‘hau[…] ok br[…]’ B, ‘haudr ok bragi’ 744ˣ
notes
[10] Bragi: The Old Norse god of poetry whose name coincides with that of the first historical Norwegian skald, Bragi Boddason, with whom this god was probably identified. In Gylf (SnE 2005, 25) Bragi is characterised as a wise god especially renowned for his eloquence and poetic ability, and it is said that the word bragr m. ‘poetry’ derives from his name (af honum er bragr kallaðr skáldskapr ‘from him bragr is called poetry’). It is more likely, however, that the name Bragi is derived from bragr (ÍO: Bragi; for another interpretation see S-G I, 209-10). Cf. Grí 44/7, Sigrdr 16/2 and Lok 8, 11-16. On the relationship between god and skald, see Lindow (2006). In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 1-5, 13-4, 19-20, 24), Bragi is the narrator who talks about the language of poetry and relates the myth of its origin. See also Anon Eirm 4I and Note to Hermóðr in l. 6 above.