[2] Eimnir: The name does not occur elsewhere, but is possibly cognate with eimr, eimi m. ‘fire’, hence ‘flamer’ (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 128; Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 292). Cf. eimnir ‘flamer’ among the sword-heiti (Þul Sverða 9/6) and the giant-name Eimgeitir (Þul Jǫtna II 1/3).
References
- Bibliography
- Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti II 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 719.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 9’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 806.