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Þul Óðins 5III/7 — Valfǫðr ‘Valfǫðr’

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.

readings

[7] Valfǫðr: om. B

notes

[7] Valfǫðr: So A and the LaufE mss; omitted in B. Lit. ‘father of the slain’. The first element of the cpd is derived from valr m. or val n. ‘the slain, fallen warriors’. For the second element ‑fǫðr, see Note to st. 1/4 above. The name is explained as follows in Gylf (SnE 2005, 21): hann heitir ok Valfǫðr, þvíat hans óskasynir eru allir þeir, er í val falla ‘He is also called Valfǫðr, because all those who fall in battle are his foster-sons’. The name is also recorded in Grí 48/3 and Vsp 1/5, 27/7.

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