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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ESk Øxfl 3III

[1] hróðrbarni Hǫrnar ‘glory-child of Hǫrn <= Freyja> [= Hnoss (hnoss ‘treasure’)]’: Hnoss is the daughter of the goddess Freyja in Old Norse myth, and hnoss also means ‘treasure’, thus allowing for an ofljóst ‘too transparent’ construction here and in the next helmingr. Cf. SnE 2005, 29: Dóttir þeira heitir Hnoss. Hon er svá fǫgr at af hennar nafni eru hnossir kallaðar þat er fagrt er ok gersemligt ‘Their daughter is called Hnoss. She is so beautiful that what is beautiful and precious is called hnossir [‘treasures’] from her name’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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