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.
[4] Dofri: ‘dof[…]’ B, dofri 744ˣ
[4] Dofri: Lit. ‘one who lives on Dovrefjell (Dofrafjall)’ (a mountain range in Norway). This is a giant in Haralds þáttr hárfagra (Flat 1860-8, I, 564-6, 571), with whom the future king spent five years (see also Illuga saga Tagldarbana ch. 1-3, Guðni Jónsson 1946-9, 3, 23-43). The name is derived from dofra-, gen. pl. of Dofrar, which was perhaps reanalysed as a gen. sg. of dofri (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 300). The name does not occur in Old Norse poetry but is found in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: dofri) and in modern Scandinavian folklore (see Motz 1984, 177 n. 12).