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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 6III/4 — Sigðir ‘Sigðir’

Sviðurr ok Skollvaldr,         Siggautr ok Viðurr,
Sviðrir, Báleygr,         Sigðir, Brúni,
Sigmundr, Svǫlnir,         Síðskeggr ok Njótr,
Olgr, Biflindi         ok Ennibrattr.

Sviðurr ok Skollvaldr, Siggautr ok Viðurr, Sviðrir, Báleygr, Sigðir, Brúni, Sigmundr, Svǫlnir, Síðskeggr ok Njótr, Olgr, Biflindi ok Ennibrattr.

Sviðurr and Skollvaldr, Siggautr and Viðurr, Sviðrir, Báleygr, Sigðir, Brúni, Sigmundr, Svǫlnir, Síðskeggr and Njótr, Ólgr, Biflindi and Ennibrattr.

readings

[4] Sigðir: so B, ‘sigþær’ A

notes

[4] Sigðir: Perhaps ‘victorious one’. The name is likely a cpd (Sigðir < Sigþér; cf. the A variant ‘sigþær’ and ‘sigþer’ in the LaufE mss), formed from sigi (Sig(g)i is the name of Óðinn’s son) and ‑þér, which is the second element in many personal names (e.g. Hamðir). In Old Norse, the name occurs only in this þula, but it may be cognate with the Old High German pers. n. Sigideo, Sigitheo (AEW: sigðir 2). Falk (1924, 25) suggests that this Óðinn-heiti originally could have been the name of a legendary king. Cf. also Siggautr (l. 2 above).

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