Þul Óðins 1III/8 — Ginnarr ‘Ginnarr’
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.
readings
[8] Ginnarr: gunnar B
notes
[8] Ginnarr: Lit. ‘deceiver, impostor’ (related to the weak verb ginna ‘deceive, fool, entice’. This name probably refers to Óðinn as the great seiðmaðr ‘sorcerer, performer of spells’ (Falk 1924, 13). Ginnarr is also recorded as the name of a dwarf (Þul Dverga 4/5) and as a heiti for ‘hawk’ (Þul Hauks 1/5), but as a god’s heiti it occurs only in ms. A of the present þula (the LaufE mss have Ginar). The name Ginnungr (either a name for Óðinn or a giant) is recorded in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Ginnungr), and that name may well be a variant of Ginnarr. The B variant Gunnar (the pers. n. Gunnarr or gen. sg. of gunnr f. ‘battle’ or Gunnr, a valkyrie) appears to be a lectio facilior.