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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Himins II 1III/4 — vetrímnir ‘winter-fighter’

Heimr, Hreggmímir,         himinn, Skatyrnir,
Víðbláinn, Andlangr         ok vetrímnir,
Gimir, Vindbláinn,         Víðfeðmir, Hrjóðr,
Hlýrnir, leiptrhrjóðr         ok Heiðornir.

Heimr, Hreggmímir, himinn, Skatyrnir, Víðbláinn, Andlangr ok vetrímnir, Gimir, Vindbláinn, Víðfeðmir, Hrjóðr, Hlýrnir, leiptrhrjóðr ok Heiðornir.

World, Hreggmímir, heaven, Skatyrnir, Víðbláinn, Andlangr and winter-fighter, Gimir, Vindbláinn, Víðfeðmir, Hrjóðr, Hlýrnir, lightning-coverer and Heiðornir.

readings

[4] vetrímnir: ‘v[…]’ B, ‘vétt . ı mir’ 744ˣ

notes

[4] vetrímnir ‘winter-fighter’: A hap. leg. The second element of this cpd, ‑ímnir, is usually considered a corrupt form of ‑mímir in either Vetmímir or Vetrmímir (see LP: vetrímnir, Skj B: vetrmímir and Note to Þul Himins I l. 15). The form ‑ímnir, however, has a parallel among the heiti for ‘sword’ (from íma f. ‘battle’; see Þul Sverða 9/3 and Note there). Hence, ‑ímnir in vetrímnir may be explained either as a result of confusion with the sword-heiti or as a figurative name for the stormy sky (lit. ‘winter-fighter’).

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