Völuspá 15

15.

Þar var Draupnir / ok Dólgþrasir,

There were Draupnir, / and Dólgthrasir,

  • Þar adv. there, in that place
  • var 3sg. past vera
  • Draupnir drjúpa ‎(“to drip”), therefore meaning “Dripper” (of rings, thus a metaphor for goldsmith)
  • Dólgþrasir  dólgr ‎(“enemy, fiend”) +‎ þrasir ‎(“snorter, one in rage”), the second element deriving from þrasa ‎(“to snort, rage”), thus meaning “Battle-eager”.

Hár, Haugspori, / Hlévangr, Glóinn,

Hár, Haugspori, / Hlévangr, Glóinn,

  • Hár hár ‎(“high”), thus meaning “High One”
  • Haugspori  haugr ‎(“burial mound, cairn”) +‎ spor ‎(“track, footprint”), thus meaning “Howe-treader”
  • Hlévangr hlé ‎(“shelter, lee”) +‎ vangr ‎(“wong, plain, meadow”), thus meaning “Sheltered Plain”.
  • Glóinn glóa ‎(“to glow”), thus meaning “Glowing One”

Dóri, Ori, / Dúfr, Andvari,

Dori, Ori, / Dúfr, Andvari,

  • Dóri Etymology obscure, although a meaning “The Borer” is proposed.
  • Ori óra ‎(“to rave, wrangle”), thus meaning “Raving One”
  • Dúfr dúfa ‎(“dove”), thus meaning “Dove-like One”.
  • Andvari andvari ‎(“gentle breeze; watchfulness, vigilance”), thus possibly meaning “Wind-wary” / A gentle breeze. Cp. andvari, (1) ‘a variety of fish, gurnard, miluus, (2) a gentle breeze, (3) watchfulness, vigilance,’ andi, ‘breath, breathing, a current of air,’ varr, ‘attentive, careful, watchful,’ andbldsinn, ‘in- flated,’ andhlaup, ‘suffocation,’ andlauss, ‘breathless, dead,’ andldt, ‘loss of breath, death / andvari care, anxiety

Skirfir, Virfir, / Skáfiðr, Ái.

Skirfir, Virfir, / Skafidr, Ai.

  • Skirfir skirpa =skyrpa ‎(“to spit”), thus meaning “The Spitter”.
  • Virfir Possibly related to Old Frisian verver ‎(“dyer”), thus meaning “The Dyer”, or created as a rhyme for Skirfir.
  • Skáfiðr Skafiðr Slanting board or slat. Cp. MnI skár, ‘slanting, crooked,’ viðr, ‘board, slat, rung.’ / skár ‎(“open, good”) +‎ viðr ‎(“tree wood, board”), thus possibly meaning “Good Tree”
  • Ái Great-grandfather. Cp. ai, idem.

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