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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 5III/5 — Gǫllungr ‘Gǫllungr’

Hroptr, Herblindi         ok Herjafǫðr,
Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr,         Hveðrungr, Þriði,
Gǫllungr, Bileygr         ok Geirǫlnir,
Váfuðr, Valfǫðr,         Vingnir, Rǫgnir.

Hroptr, Herblindi ok Herjafǫðr, Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði, Gǫllungr, Bileygr ok Geirǫlnir, Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.

Hroptr, Herblindi and Herjafǫðr, Hvatmóðr, Hléfreyr, Hveðrungr, Þriði, Gǫllungr, Bileygr and Geirǫlnir, Váfuðr, Valfǫðr, Vingnir, Rǫgnir.

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[5] Gǫllungr: The name means ‘clanging one’. See also Gǫllorr and Gǫllnir (sts 1/7, 3/7). As a name for Óðinn, Gǫllungr does not occur elsewhere, but it is also a heiti for ‘hawk’ (Þul Hauks 1/7). 

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