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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Jǫtna I 5III/5 — Eldr ‘Eldr’

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi         ok Alfarinn,
Vindsvalr, Víparr         ok Vafþrúðnir,
Eldr, Aurgelmir,         Ægir, Rangbeinn,
Vindr, Víðblindi,         Vingnir, Leifi.

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi ok Alfarinn, Vindsvalr, Víparr ok Vafþrúðnir, Eldr, Aurgelmir, Ægir, Rangbeinn, Vindr, Víðblindi, Vingnir, Leifi.

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi and Alfarinn, Vindsvalr, Víparr and Vafþrúðnir, Eldr, Aurgelmir, Ægir, Rangbeinn, Vindr, Víðblindi, Vingnir, Leifi.

readings

[5] Eldr: so all others, eldr ok R

notes

[5] Eldr: The personification of fire and a son of Fornjótr (= Logi ‘fire’, Flat 1860-8, I, 21; cf. Gylf, SnE 2005, 40, 43 and Þjóð Yt 21/7I). He is the brother of the sea-giant Ægir (cf. Þjóð Yt 4/3I niðr sævar ‘relative of the sea [FIRE]’ and Þul Elds 1/3 bróðir Ægis ‘brother of Ægir [FIRE]’) and also of Vindr ‘wind’. Both Ægir and Vindr are mentioned in the following two lines. Eldr is also a heiti for ‘sword’ (Þul Sverða 8/2).

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