Hǫfuð

Hǫfuð ("man-head,"[1] akin to dialectal Norwegian hovud and modern German Haupt) is the sword of Heimdallr. It's mentioned in Gylfaginning chapter 26.

Anthony Faulkes's edition:

Heimdalar sverð er kallat Hǫfuð.[2]

Arthur Brodeur's translation:

Heimdallr's sword is called Head.

And Skáldskaparmál mentions a mysterious myth about Heimdall's head and sword in chapter 8.

Notes
  1. Simek (2007:155).
  2. Faulkes (1982:26).
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References
  • Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1.
  • Faulkes, Anthony (1982), edition of: Snorri Sturluson. Edda. Prologue and Gylfaginning. London: Viking Society for Northern Research. ISBN 0-903521-21-0.
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