Talk:Geri and Freki

Shallow etymology
Gerl and Freki are most certainly meaning something more than what is attested in the article, per date of 13th of December. Freki cognates with 'Frekan' of Alvismal, where the dwarf Allvis smiths the name of fire in the six worlds. Frekan is Fire in the world of the Giants. I do not know of Geri, but find it similar to Geirr, which I believe means sharp, perhaps alluding to the sharpness of the wolf's teeths, for instant, poetically understood: in the world of giants as well, meaning more than sharp. I, as Norwegian, thus read Geri and Freki as the 'Fiercness and Sharpness' of Odin. --Xact (talk) 00:16, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Inconsistency
"Snorri Sturluson in the Gylfaginning indicates that it is to these wolves that Odin gives his food when in Valhalla, for he has no need of it himself, subsisting solely on mead."

A small inconsistency here. In the article about Odin it says that He drinks nothing but wine, not mead. Anyone know which one is true?

Serdan 09:27:51, 2005-08-15 (UTC)


 * The correct word is wine. In the original manuscripts of Gylfaginning where these wolves are mentioned, the relevant term is "vín" (wine) as opposed to "mjöð" (mead). Cerdic 12:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Mjöð does not merely mean what is today understood by the name of the beer-like brew. It is also implies the sacred, or cultic medicine. Source is Allvismal and the story of Suttungs Mead, where it is pretty obvious.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xact (talk • contribs) 00:22, 13 December 2009 (UTC)