[6] Dulinn: Perhaps lit. ‘hidden’, p. p. of the weak verb dylja ‘conceal, hide’ (AEW: Dulinn). Gould (1929, 944), however, interprets the name as ‘slow, weak one’, connecting it with ModIcel. dulinn ‘mistaken, conceited’, New Norw. dule ‘lazy, slovenly person’, ModSwed. dialects dulen ‘sickly, unhealthy’. The name is not mentioned in the list in Vsp, but it is known from Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks (Heiðr ch. 2, FSN I, 514).
References
- Bibliography
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 367. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=23> (accessed 17 May 2024)
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