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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 2III/2 — Arnhǫfði ‘Arnhǫfði’

Fjǫlnir, Dresvarpr,         Fengr, Arnhǫfði,
Fráríðr, Alfǫðr         ok Farmatýr,
Herjan, Fjǫlsviðr,         Hnikarr, Fornǫlvir,
Hroptr, Hjalmberi,         Hárr, Fjallgeiguðr.

Fjǫlnir, Dresvarpr, Fengr, Arnhǫfði, Fráríðr, Alfǫðr ok Farmatýr, Herjan, Fjǫlsviðr, Hnikarr, Fornǫlvir, Hroptr, Hjalmberi, Hárr, Fjallgeiguðr.

Fjǫlnir, Dresvarpr, Fengr, Arnhǫfði, Fráríðr, Alfǫðr and Farmatýr, Herjan, Fjǫlsviðr, Hnikarr, Fornǫlvir, Hroptr, Hjálmberi, Hárr, Fjallgeiguðr.

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[2] Arnhǫfði: Lit. ‘eagle-head’ (from ǫrn f. ‘eagle’ and hǫfuð n. ‘head’). This cpd, which is not attested elsewhere, may refer to wooden effigies of the god Óðinn, a so-called stolpegud ‘pole-god’, a pole with an eagle’s head (see Falk 1924, 3). It is also possible that the name alludes to the myth according to which Óðinn, in the shape of an eagle, transported the mead of poetry back to Ásgarðr (see Skm, SnE 1998, I, 4-5).

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