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Ormr Frag 1III/4 — Vindsvals ‘of Vindsvalr’

Ræðk þenna mǫg manni


Vindsvals unað blindum.

Ræðk blindum manni unað þenna mǫg Vindsvals

I devise pleasure for a blind man this son of Vindsvalr <giant> [= Vetr (vetr ‘winter’)] …

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[1, 4] mǫg Vindsvals ‘son of Vindsvalr <giant> [= Vetr (vetr ‘winter’)]’: This type of ofljóst kenning for ‘winter’ is not attested elsewhere, the favoured type being ‘death of the snake’ (Meissner 109); but perhaps a poet named Ormr ‘Serpent’ had reason to avoid the latter. The mythical figure Vindsvalr ‘Wind-cool One’ is mentioned among the names of giants in Þul Jǫtna I 5/3. In Vafþr 27/1-2 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 21) he is stated to be father of Vetr ‘Winter’.

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