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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Jǫtna I 6III/1 — Bjǫrgolfr ‘Bjǫrgólfr’

Beinviðr, Bjǫrgolfr         ok Brandingi,
Dumbr, Bergelmir,         Dofri ok Miðjungr,
Nati, Søkkmímir;         nú eru upp talið
ámáttligra         jǫtna heiti.

Beinviðr, Bjǫrgolfr ok Brandingi, Dumbr, Bergelmir, Dofri ok Miðjungr, Nati, Søkkmímir; nú eru upp talið heiti ámáttligra jǫtna.

Beinviðr, Bjǫrgólfr and Brandingi, Dumbr, Bergelmir, Dofri and Miðjungr, Nati, Søkkmímir; now the names of mighty giants have been enumerated.

readings

[1] Bjǫrgolfr: ‘bio᷎r[…]fr’ B, ‘bio᷎rgolfr’ 744ˣ

notes

[1] Bjǫrgolfr: Not mentioned elsewhere in skaldic poetry, but it is attested in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Bjǫrgólfr). According to Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 303), the name (from bjǫrg n. pl. ‘mountains and úlfr ‘wolf’) is modelled on the same pattern as such giant-kennings as fjallgylðir ‘mountain-wolf [GIANT]’ Þjóð Haustl 4/1. Less convincing is Motz’s (1984, 181) suggestion that the first element of the cpd is derived from bjǫrg f. ‘help, salvation’ (or ‘stores, provisions, food’; ÍO: Bjǫrg- 2), hence perhaps ‘help-wolf’.

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