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Note to Þul Dverga 5III

[1] Fíli: Other than in this þula, the name is recorded in Vsp 13/1 and Gylf (SnE 2005, 16; spelled Fili). The meaning of this word is uncertain and the quantity of the root vowel ([i] or [i:]) cannot be established with certainty. ÍO: Fíli derives it from the strong verb fela ‘hide’ (either ‘hiding one’ or ‘one who conceals sth.’), but that explanation is doubtful because it cannot account for the [i:]. According to Gould (1929, 946), the name could mean ‘file’ or ‘filer’, i.e. a smith with a file (related to ModNorw., ModSwed., ModDan. fil, a loan word from Old Frisian or Middle Low German). This explanation is doubtful as well, because the Old Norse word for ‘file’ was þél f. If the vowel is short (Fili), the word could be a m. formation from the weak f. noun fila ‘board, plank’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  3. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
  5. Internal references
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=113> (accessed 16 May 2024)
  7. Not published: do not cite ()

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