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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 2III/6 — ǫlvir ‘ǫlvir’

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.

readings

[6] ‑ǫlvir: ‑olfr B

notes

[6] Fornǫlvir: A hap. leg. The B variant ‑olfr appears to be a lectio facilior (LP: Fornǫlvir); the LaufE mss have ‘fornolfner’. The first element of the name, the adj. forn, means ‘old, ancient’ (cf. the Óðinn-name Forni mentioned in Note to st. 1/5 Kjalarr) and the second part, Ǫlvir, may be derived from Ǫlvér (= OHG, OS Alawīh ‘very holy’; cf. , the name of Óðinn’s brother). For other possible explanations, see AEW: Ǫlvér. Along with Óðinn, the name Ǫlvér occurs in an Icelandic magic formula invoking heathen gods (Ølver, Óðenn, Ille; see N. Lindqvist 1921, 64).

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