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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Dverga 3III/4 — Ǫnn ‘Ǫnn’

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

[4] Ǫnn Draupnir: ‘[…]raupnir’ B, ‘o᷎nn draupnir’ 744ˣ

notes

[4] Ǫnn: Or Ónn, Ánn? The form and meaning of this name are uncertain. Ms. A has ‘ǫnn’ (as does 744ˣ; B is illegible here), while the LaufE mss offer Onn and alphabetise the name under the letter ‘O’. It is difficult to infer anything from that form, however, since other names beginning with ON <ǫ> are also grouped here. Vsp 11/7 (NK 3) gives the variant Án. Finnur Jónsson believes that the correct form is Ónn (LP: ónn; Skj B). For tentative  (but not persuasive) attempts to explain this heiti, see Alexander Jóhannesson (1923-4, §272.2) and Gould (1929, 956). The heiti is possibly connected with another dwarf-name, Ánarr or Ónarr (see l. 6 below).

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