Þul Jǫtna I 3III/5 — Fornjótr ‘Fornjótr’
Geirrøðr, Fyrnir, Galarr, Þrívaldi,
Fjǫlverkr, Geitir, Fleggr, Blapþvari,
Fornjótr, Sprettingr, Fjalarr, Stígandi,
Sómr ok Svásuðr, Svárangr, Skrati.
Geirrøðr, Fyrnir, Galarr, Þrívaldi, Fjǫlverkr, Geitir, Fleggr, Blapþvari, Fornjótr, Sprettingr, Fjalarr, Stígandi, Sómr ok Svásuðr, Svárangr, Skrati.
Geirrøðr, Fyrnir, Galarr, Þrívaldi, Fjǫlverkr, Geitir, Fleggr, Blapþvari, Fornjótr, Sprettingr, Fjalarr, Stígandi, Sómr and Svásuðr, Svárangr, Skrati.
readings
[5] Fornjótr: ‘[…]orniotr’ B, ‘forníotr’ 744ˣ
notes
[5] Fornjótr: Father of the sea-giant Ægir and also the progenitor of wind and fire (Skm, SnE 1998, I, 39 and Notes to Þul Elds 1/3-4, Þul Veðra 1/8, Sveinn Norðrdr 2/2). In Hversu Nóregr byggðisk (Flat 1860-8, I, 21), Fornjótr is mentioned along with his three sons Hlér (= Ægir), Logi (i.e. ‘fire’) and Kári (i.e. ‘wind’). The origin of the name is unclear. Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 300) takes it to mean ‘desolator’ (the negative prefix for- and the agent noun ‑njótr ‘enjoyer, user’), while Kock (1899, 103-4) derives it from *forn-þjótr ‘old whistler’ (cf. þjótr m. ‘howler’ as a heiti for ‘wind’, Þul Veðra 2/8). Hellquist (1903) argues that the name means Urwesen ‘primeval being’ and he compares this giant with Ymir (see also AEW: Fornjótr). The name is found in poetic sources (LP: Fornjótr).