Hölgi

Old Norse Dictionary - hölgi

Meaning of Old Norse word "hölgi" (or hǫlgi)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hölgi (hǫlgi)
a, m. a pr. name, in the Hb. spelt Hœlgi; this is the old Norse form, whereas the old and mod. Icel. form is Helgi, and of a woman, Helga, u, f., Landn.; prob. contracted from Hálogi, cp. the Dan. Holger and Russian Olga: Hölgi was the name of a mythol. king, Edda 83, whence Hölga-brúðr, f. the bride of Hölgi, or Hölga-tröll, n. (Skálda 168, FmS. xi. 134), the giantess of H.: hölda-brúðr and hörga-brúðr are less correct forms, Nj. 131 (v. l.), Fb. i. 213; for the various readings in different MSS. see Jóms S. ch. 44, Nj. ch. 89: this is the name of two weird sisters worshipped by the earls of Hlaðir; the passage in Skálda l. c. refers to some lost myth concerning these sisterS.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hölgi may be more accurately written as hǫlgi.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

ch.
chapter.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
mythol.
mythology, mythologically.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper, properly.
prob.
probably.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hb.
Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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