Nú skal yppa Óðins nǫfnum:
Atríðr, Auðun, ok Aldafǫðr,
Gizurr, Kjalarr, Gautr, Viðrímnir,
Gǫllorr, Grímnir, Ginnarr, Hnikuðr.
Nú skal yppa Óðins nǫfnum: Atríðr, Auðun, ok Aldafǫðr, Gizurr, Kjalarr, Gautr, Viðrímnir, Gǫllorr, Grímnir, Ginnarr, Hnikuðr.
Now I shall announce Óðinn’s names: Atríðr, Auðun and Aldafǫðr, Gizurr, Kjalarr, Gautr, Viðrímnir, Gǫllorr, Grímnir, Ginnarr, Hnikuðr.
[7] Grímnir: ‘[…]nnir’ B, ‘ginnir’ 744ˣ
[7] Grímnir: This heiti means ‘masked one’ (from gríma f. ‘mask’). This is also Óðinn’s name in Grí 47/6, 49/1 (see also the prose introduction, NK 57). The name hints at the god’s many travels in disguise and it is found in other poetic sources as well. Grímnir is also the name of a giant (Þul Jǫtna I 1/6) and a heiti for ‘goat’ (Þul Hafrs 1/1). Cf. the Óðinn-name Grímr (st. 3/1).