Þul Dverga 4III/6 — Gandalfr ‘Gandálfr’
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
[6] Gandalfr: gandalf A, ‘[…] alfr’ B, ‘gannalfr’ 744ˣ
notes
[6] Gandalfr: The first part of the name is illegible in B (‘[…] alfr’) but 744ˣ has ‘gannalfr’, which cannot be interpreted. The LaufE mss give Gunnalfr ‘battle-elf’, which is a lectio facilior. Gandalfr means either ‘elf concerned with magic’ (cf. gandr m. ‘stick, magic wand, magic’ and álfr m. ‘elf’) or ‘wolf-elf’, ‘outlaw-elf’ (cf. gandr = vargr ‘wolf, outlaw’), perhaps an evil elf (both possibilities are considered by Gould 1929, 948). As a dwarf-name, Gandalfr otherwise occurs only in Vsp 12/1 and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 16), but it is attested as a pers. n. in Ynglinga saga and Hálfdanar saga svarta (Gandálfr Álfgeirsson, a king in Vingulmǫrk in southern Norway; Hkr, ÍF 26, 81, 84, 94-5).