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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 4III/2 — virkr ‘virkr’

Hléfǫðr, Hávi,         Hagvirkr, Sviðuðr,
Síðhǫttr, Sváfnir,         Sigfǫðr, Þrasarr,
Hrami, Hjarrandi         ok Hengikeptr,
Hrosshársgrani,         Hrjótr, Tvíblindi.

Hléfǫðr, Hávi, Hagvirkr, Sviðuðr, Síðhǫttr, Sváfnir, Sigfǫðr, Þrasarr, Hrami, Hjarrandi ok Hengikeptr, Hrosshársgrani, Hrjótr, Tvíblindi.

Hléfǫðr, Hávi, Hagvirkr, Sviðuðr, Síðhǫttr, Sváfnir, Sigfǫðr, Þrasarr, Hrami, Hjarrandi and Hengikeptr, Hrosshársgrani, Hrjótr, Tvíblindi.

readings

[2] ‑virkr: ‘‑yrkr’ A, B

notes

[2] Hagvirkr: Perhaps ‘skilful-doer’. Both mss have ‑yrkr (so also the LaufE mss), but the generally accepted form is -virkr. The name is not attested elsewhere, but cf. hagvirki n. ‘master-work’ and the adj. hagvirkr ‘workman-like’ (CVC: hag-virkr). According to Falk (1924, 15), this Óðinn-heiti might have been formed as an antonym to Bǫlverkr ‘evil-doer’ (st. 7/1).

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