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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Dverga 3III/6 — Ónarr ‘Ónarr’

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

[6] Dulinn ok Ónarr: ‘dul[…]’ B, ‘dulenn ok onarr’ 744ˣ

notes

[6] Ónarr: The name is also recorded in this form in Gylf (SnE 2005, 16) and Hb 1892-6, 189, but Vsp 11/7 (NK 3) gives Ánarr. The LaufE mss have Anar. The meaning of this name may be ‘starer’ (Gould 1929, 953; cf. New Norw. ona ‘stare longingly at something’), but de Vries (AEW: Ónarr) explains it as a derivative from Ánn, Ónn (see l. 4 above). In Old Norse myth, this is also the name of the second husband of Nótt (‘night’) and the father of Jǫrð (‘earth’). For a discussion of Ónarr/Ánarr, see Note to ÞjóðA Sex 3/6II. As a dwarf-name, Ónarr is not attested elsewhere.

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