work, Daniel Anlezark characterised Orchard as 'one of the outstanding Beowulf scholars of the moment'. Orchard, Andy (1994). The poetic art of Aldhelm...

individual or family, the altered appearance of shape-shifters. Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja and...

subordinates by visiting their homes and demanding to be feasted". According to Andy Orchard, Ægir's role in Skáldskaparmál, where he attends a banquet rather than...

and Fenrir. In reference to Fenrir's presentation in the Prose Edda, Andy Orchard theorizes that "the hound (or wolf)" Garmr, Sköll, and Hati Hróðvitnisson...

meanings or "hinge words" in order to discover the answer to the riddle. Andy Orchard (ed and trans), The Old English and Anglo-Latin Riddle Tradition, Dumbarton...

etymology, listing the name Ratatoskr as meaning "drill-tooth" (Jesse Byock, Andy Orchard, Rudolf Simek) or "bore-tooth" (John Lindow). In the Poetic Edda poem...

wolf, his right foot in its mouth, and a large bird on his shoulder. Andy Orchard comments that this bird may be either Huginn or Muninn. Rundata dates...

respective tradition, the role of arousers of great battles and feuds. Andy Orchard and John Lindow contend however that a mythological parallel between...

the Æsir (gods). The etymology of the Old Norse name Hrym is unclear. Andy Orchard has proposed the meaning 'decrepit'. Jan de Vries argues that a relation...

('limp, weary') or humre ('whinny'; compare with MHG hummen 'hum'). Andy Orchard has proposed the translation 'creeper'. Hymir is often used in kennings...

of translations and adaptations are available, in poetry and prose. Andy Orchard, in A Critical Companion to Beowulf, lists 33 "representative" translations...

with scholar Gabriel Turville-Petre, scholars such as Rudolf Simek, Andy Orchard, and John Lindow have theorized that Gullveig/Heiðr is the same figure...

inspired by Icelandic eruptions, and that he was a volcano demon. Scholar Andy Orchard theorizes that the description of Surtr found in Gylfaginning "appears...

battle the eyes are the first to be conquered. According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and Rudolf Simek, connections are commonly drawn between the Harii and...

the bridge and another bridge in Norse mythology, Gjallarbrú. Scholar Andy Orchard suggests that Bifröst may mean "shimmering path." He notes that the first...

suggested that the personage Böðvarr Bjarki derived from Beowulf. In 2005, Andy Orchard theorized an etymology on the basis of the common Old Norse name Þórólfr...

the seemingly three different, seemingly conflicting, mentions of Eir, Andy Orchard says that the etymology of the name Eir may appear to fit the role of...

differences, translations of the stanza vary: Regarding this stanza, scholar Andy Orchard comments that the name Gjallarhorn may here mean "horn of the river Gjöll"...

unattested. Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek state that, as Snotra is unattested beyond the Prose Edda, Snotra may be an invention of Snorri's. Orchard theorizes...

identical with a frequently found suffix appearing in personal names. Andy Orchard comments "Snorri's etymologizing interpretation is scarcely profound...

them all, and that he, himself, is the sixth. According to John Lindow, Andy Orchard, and Rudolf Simek, scholars have commonly connected the einherjar to...

she joined Trinity College, Toronto as the 15th Provost, replacing Andy Orchard. He had taken up the position of Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of...

wolf, his right foot in its mouth, and a large bird on his shoulder. Andy Orchard comments that this bird may be either Huginn or Muninn. Rundata dates...

(cf. ON ýbogi 'yew bow'), has led to Ullr being seen as a bow-god." Andy Orchard comments that Ýdalir is an "aptly named dwelling-place [for the] archer-god...

Njörun is a "mysterious ... figure" of whom nothing else is known; Andy Orchard suggests that she may be fictitious. Several scholars have suggested...

Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515382-0 Orchard, Andy. 1997. Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2...

Juster, University of Toronto Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-4426-2892-2. Andy Orchard, 'Enigmata', in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England...

feature. Andy Orchard says that a vé may have surrounded a temple or have been simply a marked, open place where worship occurred. Orchard points out...

times the classics, whether by mistake or humor. Wonders of the East Orchard, Andy (2003) [1995]. Pride and prodigies: studies in the monsters of the Beowulf-manuscript...

me." Regarding the ceremonial marital reference to Vár in Þrymskviða, Andy Orchard opines that "the antiquity of such a ritual is far from clear." Britt-Mari...