[2] hamlan ‘obstacle’: This noun (from the weak verb hamla ‘injure, hinder’) is a hap. leg. and the meaning is uncertain (cf. LP: hamlan, translated as hindring (eller lemlæstelse?) ‘obstacle (or mutilation?)’).
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.