[3] fagrbláinn (m.) ‘fair-dark one’: Possibly a tarred shield, cf. bláar, svartar randir ‘dark, black shields’ (Falk 1914b, 147; see also SnE 1998, II, 268). Alternatively, the word may be derived from the adj. fagrblár ‘fair-blue’ (so LP: fagrbláinn). The cpd is not attested elsewhere as a heiti for ‘shield’.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- 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.