Þul Dverga 4III/4 — Ǫlni ‘Ǫlni’
Vindalfr ok Vitr, Vífir, Óri,
Varr, Gullmævill, Viðr ok Ǫlni,
Ginnarr ok Þrór, Gandalfr, Þorinn,
Þekkr, Þrár, Þulinn, Þrasir ok Fullangr.
Vindalfr ok Vitr, Vífir, Óri, Varr, Gullmævill, Viðr ok Ǫlni, Ginnarr ok Þrór, Gandalfr, Þorinn, Þekkr, Þrár, Þulinn, Þrasir ok Fullangr.
Vindálfr and Vitr, Vífir, Óri, Varr, Gullmævill, Viðr and Ǫlni, Ginnarr and Þrór, Gandálfr, Þorinn, Þekkr, Þrár, Þulinn, Þrasir and Fullangr.
readings
[4] Ǫlni: ‘o᷎ln[…]’ B, ‘ǫlne’ 744ˣ
notes
[4] Ǫlni: Or, possibly, Ǫlnir. Ms. A has ‘ø̨lni’. The ending in B is illegible (‘o᷎ln[…]’), but 744ˣ has ‘ǫlne’ and the LaufE mss Olni. As a dwarf-name, the heiti does not occur elsewhere, but cf. the name of a son of Óðinn (Þul Ása I l. 7, see variant readings there), which is spelled ‘o᷎lnir’ in B and ‘ø̨lldnir’ in A. Geirǫlnir is also listed among the names of Óðinn (see Note to Þul Óðins 5/6), where ‑ǫlnir is most likely derived from the strong verb ala ‘nourish, feed’ (AEW: ǫlnir). Gould (1929, 956) prefers the reading Ǫlni, which he connects with ǫln f. ‘the forearm from the end of the fingers to the elbow’.