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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Á 4III

[2] hnipul (f.) ‘seizer’: The origin of this name is unclear. The heiti may be related to New Norw. nipla, ModSwed. dialects nippla, ModGer. dialects nipfeln ‘touch, feel, tear, catch’ (ÍO: Hnipul)). Finnur Jónsson (1933-4, 266) interprets the name as ‘slowly streaming one’ (from hnip- in hnipinn, p. p. of the strong verb hnípa ‘be downcast’), but that etymology is rejected in ÍO: Hnipul. Cf. also the next heiti.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  3. Finnur Jónsson. 1933-4. ‘Þulur’. APS 8, 262-72.

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