Þul Sólar 1III/5 — ifrǫðull ‘doubt-disc’
Sól ok sunna, sýn, fagrahvél,
leiptr, hrjóðr, leika, líknskin, rǫðull,
leiptr, ifrǫðull ok ljósfari,
drífandi, alfrǫðull ok Dvalins leika.
Sól ok sunna, sýn, fagrahvél, leiptr, hrjóðr, leika, líknskin, rǫðull, leiptr, ifrǫðull ok ljósfari, drífandi, alfrǫðull ok leika Dvalins.
Sun and sunlight, sight, fair-wheel, lightning, coverer, plaything, grace-shine, disc, lightning, doubt-disc and light-bringer, driving one, elf-disc and Dvalinn’s <dwarf’s> plaything.
readings
[5] ifrǫðull: ‘í […]ull’ B, ‘ífro᷎dull’ 744ˣ
notes
[5] ifrǫðull (m.) ‘doubt-disc’: The first element of this cpd is obscure. In ÍO: ifröðull, ifrǫðull, it is suggested that if- may be identical with ON if n., ifi m. ‘doubt’ (lit. ‘doubt-disc’). According to Falk (1925a, 242), however, if- is connected with the root element in such terms as ifingr ‘head bandage’ and the hawk-heiti ifjungr, ifli, ifill ‘hooded one, blindfolded one, bound’ (see Note to Þul Hauks 2/3-4 as well as Þul Bjarnar l. 12). Ifrǫðull would then denote the covered sun (cf. hrjóðr ‘coverer’ in l. 3 above). Other than in this þula, the heiti is found only in the list of sun-heiti in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 85) with the variants ‘ifr ravðvll’ R(37r), ‘ifr.raudoll’ Tˣ(38v), ‘ifr rø̨ðvll’ A(14v) and ‘ífraudull’ C(6r).