Editing Dellingr (section)

==Theories==
[[Jacob Grimm]] states that Dellingr is the assimilated form of ''Deglingr'', which includes the name of Dellingr's son Dagr. Grimm adds that if the ''-ling'' likely refers to descent, and that due to this Dellingr may have been the "progenitor Dagr before him" or that the succession order has been reversed, which Grimm states often occurs in old genealogies.<ref name=STALLBYBRASS735>Stallybrass (1883:735).</ref> Benjamin Thorpe says that Dellingr may be dawn personified, similarly to his son Dagr, the personified day.<ref name=THORPE143>Thorpe (1851:143).</ref>

Regarding the references to "Delling's door" as used in ''Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks'', [[Christopher Tolkien]] says that:
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:What this phrase meant to the maker of these riddles is impossible to say. In ''Hávamál'' 160 it is said that the dwarf Thjódrørir sang before Delling's doors, which (as Delling is the father of Dag (Day) in ''Vafþrúðnismál'' 25) may mean that he gave warning to his people that the sun was coming up, and they must return to their dark houses; the phrase would then virtually mean 'at sunrise.' As regarding ''dǫglings'' for ''Dellings'' in ''H'', and ''Dǫglingar'' were the descendants of ''Dagr'' (according to ''[[Prose Edda|SnE]]''. 183).<ref name=TOLKIEN34>Tolkien (1960:34).</ref>
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[[John Lindow]] says that some confusion exists about the reference to Dellingr in ''Hávamál''. Lindow says that "Dellingr's doors" may either be a metaphor for [[sunrise]] or the reference may refer to the dwarf of the same name.<ref name=LINDOW93>Lindow (2001:93).</ref>

The English [[family name]] ''Dallinger'' has been theorized as deriving from ''Dellingr''.<ref name=BARBER126>Barber (1968:26).</ref> The English place name [[Dalbury Lees|Dalbury]] (south of [[Derbyshire]]) derives from ''Dellingeberie'', which itself derives from ''Dellingr''.<ref name=KERRY63>Kerry (1897:63).</ref>