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Þul Dverga 6III/3 — Lofarr ‘Lofarr’

Hljóðolfr, Kíli,         Hildingr ok Litr,
Ráðspakr, Lofarr,         Reginn ok Ljómi,
Ráðsviðr, Lóinn,         Rekkr ok Eitri,
Jaki, Eggmóinn,         Eikinskjaldi.

Hljóðolfr, Kíli, Hildingr ok Litr, Ráðspakr, Lofarr, Reginn ok Ljómi, Ráðsviðr, Lóinn, Rekkr ok Eitri, Jaki, Eggmóinn, Eikinskjaldi.

Hljóðólfr, Kíli, Hildingr and Litr, Ráðspakr, Lofarr, Reginn and Ljómi, Ráðsviðr, Lóinn, Rekkr and Eitri, Jaki, Eggmóinn, Eikinskjaldi.

readings

[3] Ráðspakr Lofarr: ‘rad[…]’ B, ‘radspakr lofar’ 744ˣ

notes

[3] Lofarr: According to Vsp 14/4, 16/8, a forefather of the dwarfs (so also Gylf, SnE 2005, 16). The name may mean ‘stooper’ (cf. New Norw. luva ‘bend down, walk or sit bent over’ and luv adj. ‘one with a bowed head, with hair over the forehead’; so Gould 1929, 950). However, Lofarr may also be connected with the weak verb lofa ‘praise’; so Dronke 1997, 10).

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