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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Óðins 8III/1 — Jǫrmunr ‘Jǫrmunr’

Sigtryggr, Jǫrmunr,         Saðr, Gunnblindi,
Jafnhár, Óski,         Jǫlfǫðr ok Þrór,
Ýrungr, Skilfingr,         Óðinn, Tveggi,
Veratýr, Sigþrór,         Valgautr ok Yggr.

Sigtryggr, Jǫrmunr, Saðr, Gunnblindi, Jafnhár, Óski, Jǫlfǫðr ok Þrór, Ýrungr, Skilfingr, Óðinn, Tveggi, Veratýr, Sigþrór, Valgautr ok Yggr.

Sigtryggr, Jǫrmunr, Saðr, Gunnblindi, Jafnhár, Óski, Jǫlfǫðr and Þrór, Ýrungr, Skilfingr, Óðinn, Tveggi, Veratýr, Sigþrór, Valgautr and Yggr.

readings

[1] Jǫrmunr: jǫrundr B

notes

[1] Jǫrmunr: So A and the LaufE mss. The name means ‘mighty one’. As an Óðinn-heiti this name is not attested in other Old Norse sources. Jǫrmunr is derived from Gmc *ermunaz ‘powerful, great’ (AEW: Jǫrmunr). See also jǫrmun- ‘great’ as the first element in various compounds and jǫrmuni ‘mighty one’, a heiti for ‘horse’ and ‘ox’ (Þul Hesta 3/8, Þul Øxna 2/7). Ms. B has Jǫrundr (cf. jara f. ‘battle’), which is known from Þjóð Yt 12/1I and Yng (ch. 24, ÍF 26, 46) as the name of a son of King Yngvi. Jǫrundr was hanged, i.e. sacrificed to Óðinn (Falk 1924, 21).

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