Þul Jǫtna I 6III/3 — Dumbr ‘Dumbr’
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
[3] Dumbr: so Tˣ, C, 744ˣ, ‘dvmr’ R, ‘dvmbr’ or ‘dvnbr’ A, ‘dum[…]’ B
notes
[3] Dumbr: So Tˣ, C, 744ˣ. Lit. ‘dumb one’, or derived from dumba f. ‘mist’. If the latter derivation is correct, Dumbr, like the preceding name, Brandingi, is one of the giant-names connected with atmospheric phenomena or natural forces (Motz 1987, 304). The R variant ‘dvmr’ must be a scribal error. As a giant-name, Dumbr occurs only here, in Allra flagða þula (see Introduction) and in the rímur (Frinnur Jónsson 1926-8: Dumbr), but there is a king of this name in Egils saga einhenda (ch. 3, FSN III, 398: Dumbr konungr úr Dumbshafi ‘King Dumbr from Dumbshaf’). The p. n. Dumbshaf (lit. ‘Dumbr’s Sea’) is known from other sources (e.g. Flat 1860-8, I, 22).