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Þul Dverga 1III/4 — Mjǫðvitnir ‘Mjǫðvitnir’

Telk Mótsogni         ok Mjǫklituð,
Miðvið, Muninn         ok Mjǫðvitnir,
Blindviðr, Burinn,         Bumburr, Nýi,
Bívurr, Blávurr,         Bláinn ok Norðri.

Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð, Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.

I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn and Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn and Norðri.

readings

[4] Mjǫðvitnir: ‘[…]e’ B, ‘m. . . . .ne’ 744ˣ

notes

[4] Mjǫðvitnir: Perhaps lit. ‘mead-wolf’, i.e. ‘drunkard’ (from mjǫðr m. ‘mead’ and vitnir m. ‘wolf’; Gould 1929, 951). However, according to Gutenbrunner (1955, 62), the second element is a derivative from the weak verb vitja ‘call on, visit, seek’ and not a heiti for ‘wolf’, hence ‘mead-seeker’. The name is also known from Vsp 11/8, while ms. R of SnE (Gylf, SnE 2005, 16) gives the variant Mǫðvitnir.

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