[7] gramr (m.) ‘fierce one’: Also listed as a heiti for ‘sword’ (Þul Sverða 1/5). In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 101), this and the following two heiti for ‘king’, jǫfurr ‘prince’ and tyggi ‘chieftain’ (l. 8), along with harri ‘lord’ (st. 2/1), hilmir ‘helmet-provider’ (st. 2/3), þengill ‘chieftain’ (st. 2/7), ræsir ‘impeller’ (st. 3/2) and skyli ‘protector’ (st. 3/4), are given as the names of the sons of Hálfdan gamli (see also Ættartölur in Flat 1860-8, I, 24-5 and Introduction above).
References
- Bibliography
- Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=112> (accessed 14 April 2025)
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 790.
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