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Name Meaning Name occurs in:
Brynhildr Armour Battle Skáldskaparmál
Eir Peace, Clemency Nafnaþulur
Geirahöð Spear Battle Appears in some manuscripts of Grímnismál in place of the valkyrie name Geirölu
Geiravör Spear-vör Nafnaþulur
Geirdriful Spear-finger Nafnaþulur
Geirskögul Spear-shaker Hákonarmál, Völuspá, Nafnaþulur
Göll Tumult Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Göndul Wand-wielder Nafnaþulur, Völuspá
Guðr or Gunnr War or Battle Darraðarljóð, Gylfaginning, Nafnaþulur, Völuspá
Herfjötur Army-fetter Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Herja Devestate Nafnaþulur
Hlaðguðr svanhvít Hlaðguðr swan-white Völundarkviða
Hildr Battle Darraðarljóð, Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur, Völuspá
Hjalmþrimul Helmet clatterer Nafnaþulur
Hervör alvitr Hervör Allwise Völundarkviða
Hjörþrimul Sword Battle Noise Darraðarljóð, Nafnaþulur
Hlökk Battle Noise Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Hrist the quaking one Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Hrund Pricker Nafnaþulur
Kára the wild, stormy one Helgakviða Hundingsbana II
Mist Mist Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Ölrún Ale-rune [?] Völundarkviða
Randgríðr, Randgrid Sheild-destroyer Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Ráðgríðr Council-truce Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Reginleif Power.trace or Daughter of the Gods Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Róta Sleet and Storm Gylfaginning
Sanngriðr Very Violent or Very Cruel Darraðarljóð
Sigrdrífa Inciter to Victory Sigrdrífumál
Sigrún Victory Rune Helgakviða Hundingsbana I, Helgakviða Hundingsbana II
Skalmöld Sword-time Nafnaþulur
Skeggöld or Skeggjöld Axe-age Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur
Skögul Shaker Grímnismál, Hákonarmál, Nafnaþulur, Völuspá
Skuld Fate or Future Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur, Völuspá
Sveið Vibration [?] or Noise [?] Nafnaþulur
Svipul Changeable Darraðarljóð, Nafnaþulur
Þögn Silence Nafnaþulur
Þrima Fight Nafnaþulur
Þrúðr Strength or Power Grímnismál, Nafnaþulur

Footnotes:

Darraðarljóð: Darraðarljóð is a skaldic poem in Old Norse found in chapter 157 of Njáls saga. The song consists of 11 stanzas, and within it twelve valkyries weave and choose who is to be slain at the Battle of Clontarf (fought outside Dublin in 1014). Of the twelve valkyries weaving, six of their names are given: Hildr, Hjörþrimul, Sanngriðr, Svipul, Guðr, and Göndul. ↩

Grímnismál: Grímnismál (Old Norse: ‘The Lay of Grímnir’)[1] is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda. It is preserved in the Codex Regius manuscript and the AM 748 I 4to fragment. It is spoken through the voice of Grímnir, one of the many guises of the god Odin. The very name suggests guise, or mask or hood. Through an error, King Geirröth tortured Odin-as-Grímnir, a fatal mistake, since Odin caused him to fall upon his own sword. The poem is written mostly in the ljóðaháttr metre. ↩

Gylfaginning: Gylfaginning (Old Norse: ‘The Beguiling of Gylfi’ or ‘The Deluding of Gylfi’ is the first part of Snorri Sturluson’s 13th century Prose Edda after the Prologue. ↩

Hákonarmál: Hákonarmál (Old Norse: ‘The Song of Hákon’) is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla. This poem emulates Eiríksmál and is intended to depict the Christian Hákon as a friend to the pagan gods. The poem is preserved in its entirety and is widely considered to be of great beauty. ↩

Helgakviða Hundingsbana I: “Völsungakviða” or “Helgakviða Hundingsbana I” (“The First Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane”) is an Old Norse poem found in the Poetic Edda. It constitutes one of the Helgi lays, together with Helgakviða Hundingsbana II and Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar. ↩

Helgakviða Hundingsbana II: “Völsungakviða in forna” or “Helgakviða Hundingsbana II” (“The Second Lay of Helgi Hundingsbane”) is an Old Norse poem found in the Poetic Edda. It constitutes one of the Helgi lays together with Helgakviða Hundingsbana I and Helgakviða Hjörvarðssonar. ↩

Nafnaþulur: Sigrdrífumál (also known as Brynhildarljóð) is the conventional title given to a section of the Poetic Edda text in Codex Regius. ↩

Sigrdrífumál: Sigrdrífumál (also known as Brynhildarljóð) is the conventional title given to a section of the Poetic Edda text in Codex Regius. ↩

Skáldskaparmál: Skáldskaparmál (Old Norse: ‘The Language of Poetry’;) is the second part of Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda. ↩

Völundarkviða: Volundarkviða (Old Norse: ‘The lay of Völund’) is one of the mythological poems of the Poetic Edda. ↩

Völuspá: Voluspá (also Völuspá, Volospá or Voluspo´; Old Norse: ‘Prophecy of the Seeress’) is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end, related to the audience by a völva addressing Odin. ↩