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Víðarr the Silent

Víðarr the Silent

  • Creator: anonymous
  • Description: Víðarr, the god who will avenge the death of Oðinn at Ragnarök by killing the wolf Fenrir.
  • Source: AM 738 4to
  • Folio or Page: 38r.
  • Medium: ink drawing on paper with coloured ink wash
  • Date: 1680
  • Dimensions (mm): 40 x 100
  • Provenance:
    Árni Magnússon received the manuscript from Magnús Jónsson in Leirá, and he received it from Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir in Bæ. It was previously owned by Sigurður Gíslason in Bæ.
    Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi received the manuscript on September 30, 1991.
  • Rights:
    Images from ÁM 738 4to are displayed with permission from the Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum in Iceland. Link to E-manuscript. This image was cropped from f. 38r.
  • Bibliography:

    Primary Sources

    • Reykjavik: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum. AM 738 4to. 1680. Handcopied paper manuscript.

    Secondary Sources

    • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
  • Identity Number: AM738-038r-03
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AM 738 4to, Edda Oblongata   Víðarr, Vidar   EdduKvæði, Poetic Edda  

Primary Sources

  • Reykjavik: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum. AM 738 4to. 1680. Handcopied paper manuscript.

Secondary Sources

  • Cleasby, Richard and Vigfússon Guðbrandur. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957. Print.
anonymous
Víðarr (non.)
Vidar (en.)
Víðarr was the son of Óðinn and the giantess Gríðr. It was foretold that he would avenge Óðinn´s death at the Battle of Ragnarök by killing the Fenris Wolf. He not only killed the wolf but survived the Battle.
AM 738 4to Edda Oblongata This manuscript is known by its shelf mark AM 738. However, it is also known as the Edda Oblongata because because its height is unusually tall compared to its width. It was created circa 1680 by an unknown scribe.
EdduKvæði Poetic Edda This collection of eddic poems was compiled by an anonymous scholar in Iceland in the twelfth century. It was for a time mistakenly attributed to a scholar named Sæmundr hinn fróði (1056–1133) and thus was known as Sæmundar Edda.