[2] Gestill: Perhaps a diminutive form of gestr m., hence ‘little guest’ (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 130; Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 291). Cf. also OHG Gestilo, a m. pers. n. The name occurs in kennings for ‘ship’ and is also listed in Þul Sækonunga 1/6.
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, Sækonunga heiti 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. 678.