Dúrnir (Durnir)

No narrative origin or life-story for Dúrnir survives in the cited sources. The name functions primarily as an onomastic item in skaldic poetry and in later name-lists (Dverga heiti; Nafnaþulur in Snorri’s Skáldskaparmál). Some modern readings suggest Durnir might be an emendation of Durinn (attested in Dvergatal as a father-figure of dwarves), but this is presented in the sources as a possible emendation rather than an established identity.

The surviving attestations provide no physical description or iconography for Dúrnir. What is preserved are occurrences of the name in three skaldic poems (for example Ynglingatal and a poem preserved in the Laufás-Edda) and in medieval name-lists (the anonymous Dverga heiti and Snorri’s Nafnaþulur). Beyond classification as a dwarf in some poems and appearance among giant-names in Snorri’s list, no corporeal or visual attributes are recorded in the cited material.

There are no explicit accounts of deeds, powers, or behaviors attributed to Dúrnir in the provided sources. Any suggestion of functional significance rests on etymology: the name Durnir/Durinn is glossed in the sources as meaning "door" or "door-warden," which may imply a liminal or guardian semantic field, but this is interpretive and not supported by descriptive or narrative evidence in the quoted texts.