In Norse mythology, Óðrerir, Óðrørir or Óðr?rir refers either to one of the vessels that contain the mead of poetry (along with Boðn and Són) or to the mead itself.Óðrerir is mentioned in two ambiguous passages of the Hávamál. In a first stanza (107), it is sometimes assumed that Óðrerir is synonymous with mead of poetrySimek 1996., but both interpretations are possible.
Of a well-assumed form
I made good use:
few things fail the wise;
for Odhrærir
is now come up
to men?s earthly dwellings
:?Hávamál (108), Thorpe's translation
In another stanza (140), the meaning of Óðrerir depends on the translation.In most translations, Óðrerir seems to refer to a vessel, but other interpretations of ausinn Óðreri are possibleLindow 2002., which can lead to understand Óðrerir to be the mead itself.For Snorri Sturluson, Óðrerir is the name of the kettle in which Kvasir's blood was mixed with honey to create the mead:
[1] went up and down the earth to give instruction to
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