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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Á 4III/3 — hnǫpul ‘grasper’

Rǫgn, Hrǫnn ok raun,         Raumelfr, hnipul,
hnǫpul, hjalmunlá,         Humra, Vína,
Víl, Vín, vella,         valin, semð, salin,
Nepr, Drǫfn, strauma,         Nis, mynt, gnapa.

Rǫgn, Hrǫnn ok raun, Raumelfr, hnipul, hnǫpul, hjalmunlá, Humra, Vína, Víl, Vín, vella, valin, semð, salin, Nepr, Drǫfn, strauma, Nis, mynt, gnapa.

Rǫgn, Hrǫnn and ordeal, Glomma, seizer, grasper, rudder-wave, Humber, Dvina, Víl, Vín, boiling one, chosen one, calm, salin, Dnieper, Drammenselva, torrent, Nissan, mouthed one, leaning one.

readings

[3] hnǫpul: ‘hniopul’ C, ‘hno᷎p […]’ B, ‘hno᷎pul’ 744ˣ

notes

[2-3] hnipul, hnǫpul ‘seizer, grasper’: Neither name is attested elsewhere, but Grí 27/6-7 has the pair gipul and gǫpul. The suffixes ‑ull, ‑all (f. nom. sg. -ul, -al) are quite common in adjectiva agentis (see ANG §173.1 and Anm. 1). See also Geirvimul in st. 6/6. — [3] hnǫpul (f.) ‘grasper’: The name must be a f. form of an adj. *hnapall, but the root hnap- is unattested. It is most likely related to ModNorw. nappe ‘snatch, seize’ (see ÍO: Hnöpul, Hnǫpul; Hnipul and Finnur Jónsson 1933-4, 266).

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