The Poetic Edda on Sigrdrifa
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Notes
attestation: The word 'sigrdrifa' meaning 'victory-bringer' was mistakenly treated as a proper name by the manuscript compiler, creating the false Valkyrie 'Sigrdrifa'
"The compiler of the collection, not being familiar with this word, assumed that it was a proper name, and in the prose following stanza 4 of the Sigrdrifumol he specifically states that this was the Valkyrie's name."
attestation: The word 'sigrdrifa' was an epithet meaning 'victory-bringer' that was mistakenly taken as the Valkyrie's proper name
"Sigrdrifa: on the error whereby this epithet, "victory-bringer," became a proper name cf. Fafnismol, 44 and note."
The > part in a few of the Eddic poems. > Introductory Note
attestation: The passage provides naming or identification for Sigrdrifa.
"Even if the collection of stanzas were in any real sense a poem, which it emphatically is not, it is certainly not the "Ballad of Sigrdrifa" which it is commonly called."
attestation: Sigrdrifa slew Hjalmgunnar.
"4. "Long did I sleep, | my slumber was long, And long are the griefs of life; Othin decreed | that I could not break The heavy spells of sleep."
Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings"
- attestation: The stanza describes warfare or combat involving Sigrdrifa, Othin.
"4. "Long did I sleep, | my slumber was long, And long are the griefs of life; Othin decreed | that I could not break The heavy spells of sleep."
Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings"
- attestation: The stanza describes an act of creation involving Sigrdrifa.
"4. "Long did I sleep, | my slumber was long, And long are the griefs of life; Othin decreed | that I could not break The heavy spells of sleep."
Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings"
- attestation: Sigrdrifa is characterized by power in the verse.
"4. "Long did I sleep, | my slumber was long, And long are the griefs of life; Othin decreed | that I could not break The heavy spells of sleep."
Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings"
- attestation: Sigrdrifa is characterized by age in the verse.
"4. "Long did I sleep, | my slumber was long, And long are the griefs of life; Othin decreed | that I could not break The heavy spells of sleep."
Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings"
- attestation: The stanza references rulership or authority involving Sigrdrifa.
"4. "Long did I sleep, | my slumber was long, And long are the griefs of life; Othin decreed | that I could not break The heavy spells of sleep."
Her name was Sigrdrifa, and she was a Valkyrie. She said that two kings"