I like that you've included areas for notes and the translation of others.

It may be helpful if you listed the names alphabetically.

I found it hard to read and certianly hard to find specific names.

I find some of Hollander's notes confusing. How he got from the literal
translation of the name to some of his own notations is baffling. I'm sure
he had his reasons, I just wish he explained it somewhere.

EG: according to my dictionary:

Hár = lit. "high" but LH claims it means "One-Eyed"

Hárbarð = lit. "high-beard" but LH claims it means "Grey-Beard" which
doesn't make a lot of literal sense because going by his own translation
'Hárbarð' should mean "One-Eyed-Beard"

Most likely the term 'Hár' has come to mean anyone with only one eye and
'Hárbarð' has since come be a word for anyone with a grey beard, but those
are not literal.

-Laz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@...>
To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:09 AM
Subject: [norse_course] Re: Names of Odhinn


> On Monday 13 May 2002 20:18, you wrote:
> > Heill Steven,
> >
> > Of the names I know off hand:
> >
> > Gangleri - related to vb ganga; "walker, traveller"
> >
> > Bo:l(verkr) - from bal "misfortune, evil" = Archaic English "bale" (cf.
> > OIrish Balor, for another "evil eye" figure)
> >
> > Many of the others are translated in Hollander's Poetic Edda, check that
> > out first, then we'll see what's left.
>
> Thanks much for the pointer.
> Here's my current stab.
> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~hattons/asatru/odin-names.html
>
> I owe Laz a reply on this, but my brain has had all it can take right now.
I
> have some other sources as well. I am beginning to realize more than ever
> how important it is to show references. I am going to have to rework some
of
> this for that very purpose.
>
> >
> > Ver thu heill!
>
> Steven
>
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> - Keth
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