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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 2III/5 — Herjan ‘Herjan’

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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[5] Herjan: Or Herjann, perhaps ‘army-leader’. Either an old Indo-European term for ‘ruler’ (cf. Gk κοίρανος; so Bugge 1896a, 422) or a new name derived from herr m. ‘army, people’. The name is mentioned in Grí 46/3 and appears in other eddic poems, e.g. Vsp 30/10 and Guðr I 19/4. It is also used in skaldic kennings.

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