[5] Hjarrandi: This is also the name of a legendary hero, father of Heðinn (see Skm, SnE 1998, I, 72). Cf. OE Heorrenda (in the Old English Deor l. 39), OHG Herrant as well as the pers. n. Hjarrandr, perhaps ‘croaker, clatterer’ (see AEW: Hjarrandi).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 3 June 2024)
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