Re: [tied] Voluspa characters

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From: Brian M. Scott

To: João Simões Lopes Filho

Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:18 PM

Subject: Re: [tied] Voluspa characters

'Witches' translates <vo,lur>, singular <vo,lva>
'prophetess, sibyl, wise woman, witch'; 'warlocks'
translates <vitkar>, singular <vitki> 'wizard'; and
'soothsayer' translates <seiðberendr>, singular
<seiðberandi> 'sorcerer', a compound of <seiðr> 'spell,
charm, enchantment, incantation' and the present participle
of <bera> 'to bear, to carry'.

<Svartho,fði>: <svartr> 'black' and <ho,fuð> 'head'.

<Viðólfr>: <viðr> 'a tree, a wood' and <úlfr> 'a wolf'.

<Vilmeiðr>: <Vil-> presumably goes with <vili> 'will, wish,
  desire; mind' and <meiðr> 'a tree; a gallows-tree; a
  longitudinal beam; a sledge-runner; a pole, a log'.

Brian