Note to Brúlf Lv 1I
[2] Vettaland: Some mss of ÓH have Vettalandir here and in the prose. Although land is normally n., with lǫnd as nom./acc. pl., it occurs in place names with -ar or -ir plurals, and indeed a Vettalandir is recorded from Bohuslän, present-day Sweden, as noted in Rygh’s entries for Vetteland in Vest-Agder (Rygh et al. 1897-1936, IX, 200) and Vetteland in Rogaland (ibid., X, 98-9); it is suggested in those that these names may derive from *Vetti, a shortening of the pers. n. Vetrliði. Finnur Jónsson (LH I, 460) identified the Vettaland of Brynjólfr’s couplet with the Bohuslän place, and this would be compatible with the location of the ÓH-Hkr narrative in Ranríki (modern Bohuslän).
References
- Bibliography
- Rygh, Oluf et al. 1897-1936. Norske gaardnavne. 21 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Cammermeyer etc.
- LH = Finnur Jónsson. 1920-4. Den oldnorske og oldislandske litteraturs historie. 3 vols. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Gad.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga helga’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=53> (accessed 3 June 2024)