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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Dverga 3III/1 — Alþjófr ‘Alþjófr’

Alþjófr, Austri,         Aurvargr ok Dúfr,
Ái, Andvari,         Ǫnn, Draupnir,
Dóri ok Dagfinnr,         Dulinn ok Ónarr,
Alfr ok Dellingr,         Óinn ok Dúrnir.

Alþjófr, Austri, Aurvargr ok Dúfr, Ái, Andvari, Ǫnn, Draupnir, Dóri ok Dagfinnr, Dulinn ok Ónarr, Alfr ok Dellingr, Óinn ok Dúrnir.

Alþjófr, Austri, Aurvargr and Dúfr, Ái, Andvari, Ǫnn, Draupnir, Dóri and Dagfinnr, Dulinn and Ónarr, Álfr and Dellingr, Óinn and Dúrnir.

readings

[1] Alþjófr: ‘Alþi[…]fr’ B, ‘Alþíofr’ 744ˣ

notes

[1] Alþjófr: Lit. ‘wholly a thief’ (Gould 1929, 941), from the prefix al- ‘all, complete’ and þjófr m. ‘thief’ (hence interpreted as ‘master thief’ by Motz 1973, 113). The name is also recorded in Vsp 11/4. The variant Alþjólfr in the list of dwarf-names cited in Gylf (SnE 2005, 16) is most likely incorrect.

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