Þul Óðins 5III/2 — Herja ‘Herja’
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
[2] Herja‑: herjans‑ B
notes
[2] Herjafǫðr: So A and the LaufE mss. Lit. ‘father of hosts’. The first part of the cpd is gen. pl. of herr m. ‘men, army’, hence like many of his names this heiti characterises Óðinn as a war-god. The name is known from eddic poems (e.g. Vsp 43/4, Vafþr 2/2, Grí 19/3, 25/2, 26/2). According to Falk (1924, 17), the B variant Herjansfǫðr may be influenced by Herjans fǫður (acc.) in the Flat redaction of Hyndl 2/1 (NK 288), while Strandberg (2008, 108-9) also entertains the possibility that the first part of that cpd may be identical with the Óðinn-name Herjann (see st. 2/5 above). Cf. also Herfǫðr, Óðinn’s name in Vsp 29/1, Aldafǫðr (see Note to st. 1/4 above) and such Óðinn-heiti as Hertýr (Eskál Vell 5/2I) and Hergautr (Bragi Rdr 5/8)