[3] Salgofnir: This is the name of a rooster in Valhǫll (HHund II 49/7), but it is not found in poetry as a heiti for ‘rooster’. The first element of the cpd is salr m. ‘hall’ but the second element is obscure. It has been suggested that ‑gofnir (Skj B: ‑gófnir) might be connected with New Norw. guv(en) ‘cowering’, possibly ‘one ruffling up in the hall’ (cf. S-G II, 133) or with New Norw. gobb ‘spine, shoulder-blade’ (Holthausen 1948, 92). Alternatively, the correct form of the last element of the cpd may be ‑gopnir (RE 1665 has Salgopner here); for possible explanations of that word, see Bugge (1896b, 110-11) and AEW: Salgofnir.
References
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- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
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