[4] Ǫnn: Or Ónn, Ánn? The form and meaning of this name are uncertain. Ms. A has ‘ǫnn’ (as does 744ˣ; B is illegible here), while the LaufE mss offer Onn and alphabetise the name under the letter ‘O’. It is difficult to infer anything from that form, however, since other names beginning with ON <ǫ> are also grouped here. Vsp 11/7 (NK 3) gives the variant Án. Finnur Jónsson believes that the correct form is Ónn (LP: ónn; Skj B). For tentative (but not persuasive) attempts to explain this heiti, see Alexander Jóhannesson (1923-4, §272.2) and Gould (1929, 956). The heiti is possibly connected with another dwarf-name, Ánarr or Ónarr (see l. 6 below).
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- NK = Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn (1899), eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 2 vols. I: Text. 5th edn. Heidelberg: Winter.
- Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
- Alexander Jóhannesson. 1923-4. Íslenzk tungu í fornöld. Reykjavík: Bókaverzlun Ársæls Árnasonar.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Áns saga bogsveigis’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=12> (accessed 6 April 2025)
- Not published: do not cite ()
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ 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=10928> (accessed 6 April 2025)