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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Ásynja 1III/5 — Gerðr ‘Gerðr’

Nú skal ásynjur         allar nefna:
Frigg ok Freyja,         Fulla ok Snotra,
Gerðr ok Gefjun,         Gná, Lofn, Skaði,
Jǫrð ok Iðunn,         Ilmr, Bil, Njǫrun.

Nú skal nefna allar ásynjur: Frigg ok Freyja, Fulla ok Snotra, Gerðr ok Gefjun, Gná, Lofn, Skaði, Jǫrð ok Iðunn, Ilmr, Bil, Njǫrun.

Now all the Ásynjur shall be named: Frigg and Freyja, Fulla and Snotra, Gerðr and Gefjun, Gná, Lofn, Skaði, Jǫrð and Iðunn, Ilmr, Bil, Njǫrun.

readings

[5] Gerðr: ‘gerd[…]’ B, ‘gerdr’ 744ˣ

notes

[5] Gerðr: This Ásynja is the daughter of the giant Gymir (see Þul Jǫtna I 1/8) and the wife of the god Freyr. For their marriage, see Skí, Hyndl 30 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 31). Olsen (1909) believed that the name Gerðr is related to garðr m. ‘farm, yard’, and that Freyr’s bride is the personification of a cornfield (on other possible interpretations of this name, see AEW: Gerðr).

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