[2] lǫgðir (m.) ‘stabber’: A poetic term for ‘sword’ (most likely from the noun lag n. ‘thrust, stab’; so Falk 1914b, 55 and SnE 1998, II, 350). Cf. Løgthi, the name of Oli’s sword in Saxo (Saxo 2005, I, 7, 11, 10, pp. 504-5). Alternatively, Sturtevant (1940-1, 262) derives lǫgðir from *lagu (> lǫg-) ‘water, fluid’; hence ‘one that makes blood flow’.
References
- Bibliography
- Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
- Sturtevant, Albert Morey. 1940-1. ‘Semantic and Etymological Notes on Old Norse Words Pertaining to War’. SS 16, 257-63.