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3. Anonymous Þulur, 31. Skipa heiti, 1 [Vol. 3, 861]

[4] askr (m.) ‘ash’: I.e. a small ship made of ash-wood (cf. LP: askr B.2 and ESkál Vell 4/2I). There is evidence that the word denoted ‘Viking ship’ in the older Germanic languages (Falk 1912, 87; Jesch 2001a, 135-6). Cf. Ascomannos ‘Ashmen’ used synonymously with Wichingos ‘Vikings’ by Adam of Bremen (Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum; Schmeidler 1917, Book II, ch. 29), OE æsc ‘light vessel’ and æscman ‘sailor, pirate’. Askr is used several times for Hjálmarr’s and Oddr’s ship in Ǫrvar-Odds saga (e.g. ch. 13, FSN II, 206) and also as the first element in the nickname askmaðr ‘ship-man’ (Finnur Jónsson 1907, 284).

references

FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian ed. 18… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

LP = Finnur Jónsson ed. 1931. Lex… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

Jesch, Judith. 2001a. Ships and Men in t… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

Schmeidler, Bernhard ed. 1917. Magistri … ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

Falk, Hjalmar. 1912. Altnordisches Seewe… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

Finnur Jónsson. 1907. Tilnavne i den isl… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

Ǫrvar-Odds saga ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

Eskál Vell 4 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Skipa 1, n. 4 (SkP 3)

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