[citation needed] In the 13th century's Poetic Edda (Völuspá 12), the Dvergatal lists Reginn as a dvergr (dwarf). Among the heroic lays of the Poetic...
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dwarfs recorded in the Dvergatal section of Völuspá, which include Álfr ('Elf'), Gandálfr ('Wand-elf'), Vindálf ('Wind-elf'). Dvergatal further lists Yngvi...
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or merged with other poems. For example, stanzas 9–16 of Völuspá, the "Dvergatal" or "Roster of Dwarfs", is considered by some scholars to be an interpolation...
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Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" (Dvergatal) in the Völuspá. As a wizard and the bearer of one of the Three Rings...
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Arnórr jarlaskáld. The four dwarfs are listed in the section of Völuspá, Dvergatal. Scholars have proposed that Austri, Vestri, Norðri and Suðri are depicted...
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price to pay for Gandalf's help. Tolkien adopted Thorin's names from the Dvergatal, the list of Dwarves, in the Old Norse poem "Völuspá", which is part of...
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Tolkien took the name "Gandalf" from the Old Norse "Catalogue of Dwarves" (Dvergatal) in the Völuspá; its meaning in that language is "staff-elf". Originally...
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of Actaeon's dogs (Book I) and of trees (Book X). In the Völuspá, the "Dvergatal" or catalogue of dwarfs. In The Faerie Queene, the list of trees I.i.8-9...
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"obstinate person", and a name found in the Norse list of Dwarf-names, the Dvergatal in the Völuspá. Tolkien took it for the name, Thráin, of two of Thorin...
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Dvalinn, Bláin, Dain, Nain, Þorin, Eikinskialdi, and Gandálfr in the Dvergatal, the list of Dwarves in the Völuspá within the Poetic Edda. Hodge, James...
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Tolkien borrowed Old Norse Dwarf-names for The Hobbit Dvergatal Translation (borrowed names in bold) 11.... Nár ok Náinn Nípingr, Dáinn Bívurr, Bávurr...
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to Freyr, based on the association between Freyr and elves seen in the Dvergatal, in which both Yngvi and Álfr are listed, and in Grímnismál, when he is...
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Durnir is an emendation of Durinn, mentioned as the father of dwarves in Dvergatal. Both names mean door, or door-warden. The names Durinn and Durnir do...
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to life by Odin and his brothers in the verses following the so-called Dvergatal (Völuspá v. 9-16), which is commonly seen as an interpolation into the...
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calendar with numerous references to Norse mythology particularly the Dvergatal of the Poetic Edda. Among his latest work are his illustrations for the...
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