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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Jǫtna I 1III/7 — Hveðrungr ‘Hveðrungr’

Ek mun jǫtna         inna heiti:
Ymir, Gangr, Mímir,         Iði ok Þjazi,
Hrungnir, Hrímnir,         Hrauðnir, Grímnir,
Hveðrungr, Hafli,         Hripstoðr, Gymir.

Ek mun inna heiti jǫtna: Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði ok Þjazi, Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir, Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.

I shall tell the names of giants: Ymir, Gangr, Mímir, Iði and Þjazi, Hrungnir, Hrímnir, Hrauðnir, Grímnir, Hveðrungr, Hafli, Hripstoðr, Gymir.

readings

[7] Hveðrungr: grímnir C, ‘[…]unngr’ B, ‘hveðrunngr’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] Hveðrungr: Judging from such kennings as mǫgr Hveðrungs ‘son of Hveðrungr’, i.e. the wolf Fenrir (Vsp 55/5; SnE 2005, 52), and mær Hveðrungs ‘daughter of Hveðrungr’, i.e. Hel (Þjóð Yt 24/3I), Hveðrungr is another name for Loki. The name may mean ‘descendant of Hveðra <giantess>’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 301; AEW: hveðra). The name is also mentioned in Þul Óðins 5/4.

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