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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sækonunga 5III

[5] Hómarr: A hap. leg., perhaps related to ModIcel. hvoma ‘to swallow’, hence ‘glutton’ (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 132; AEW: Hómarr). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 295-6) suggests that it is possibly a cpd formed from the elements -, - (from the adj. hár ‘high’) and ‑marr (from *māriʀ > mærr ‘famous’; cf. Bjartmarr etc.).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
  4. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.

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