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Þul Hauks 1III/5 — gamðir ‘amusing one’

Haukr, hamðir, harmr,         Hábrók, tregi,
heiðir, heimþér,         hrímnir, kǫglingr,
ginnarr, gamðir         ok geirlǫðnir,
gǫllungr, ginnungr         ok gaglhati.

Haukr, hamðir, harmr, Hábrók, tregi, heiðir, heimþér, hrímnir, kǫglingr, ginnarr, gamðir ok geirlǫðnir, gǫllungr, ginnungr ok gaglhati.

Hawk, hamðir, sorrow, Hábrók, grief, heath-dweller, heimþér, noise-maker, tracking one, deceiver, amusing one and spear-inviter, screamer, impostor and goose-hater.

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[5] gamðir (m.) ‘amusing one’: The word is a poetic term most likely referring to falconry and attested only once (KormǪ Lv 23/3V (Korm 25)). It is possibly related to gaman m. ‘amusement’ (cf. New Norw. gama seg, gamast ‘amuse oneself’; Falk 1925a, 246). If so, gamðir may have been derived from *gam(an)-þér (Holthausen 1948, 79; cf. Björn Magnússon Ólsen 1888, 42; ÍO: gamðir).

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