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Note to stanza8. Ketils saga hœngs 14 (Ketill hœngr, Lausavísur, 9) — Ketill [Vol. 8, 564] [1] Hjálmr … Stafnglámr: The names of the two vikings. Hjálmr means ‘Helmet’; Stafnglámr is attested only in Ket and as a cognomen in Ǫrv (see Lind 1905-15, 943; Lind 1920-1, 354). The first part of the cpd Stafnglámr means ‘stem’ (stafn) in the prow (or stern) of a ship; the second part (-glámr) may be etymologically related to words designating various luminous or shining objects (such as the moon, an eye, horse with a white spot) or meaning ‘stare’ (AEW: glámr; ÍO: gláma). The cpd could be understood as a kenning for ‘shield’, viz. ‘the shining object of the prow’; both names then designate defensive weapons, helmet and shield, and point to the protective role these vikings are supposed to be playing by backing Ketill up. LP: Stafnglámr understands the name to designate someone who keeps a sharp look-out in the prow of a ship. Kahle (1910, 197) regards Stafnglamr (with short a in glamr) as the correct form and considers glamr etymologically related to glam n. ‘noise’; he translates the name Stafnglamr as ‘Stem-noise’, a reference to the noise of waves through which a ship moves. referencesAEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnor… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) LP = Finnur Jónsson ed. 1931. Lex… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 19… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) Lind, Eric Henrik. 1920-1. Norsk-isländs… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) Lind, Eric Henrik. 1905-15. Norsk-isländ… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) Kahle, Bernhard. 1910. Die altwestnordis… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) Ǫrvar-Odds saga ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) Ketils saga hœngs ∙ is referred to in ∙ Keth Lv 9, n. 1 (SkP 8) |
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