[All]: The prothesis here involves the addition of a first element to the pers. n. Leifr to form the cpd Hjǫrleifr (Óleifr in W) fyrir atburðar sakir hreysti hans ‘because of the circumstances of his valour’ (TGT 1927, 62). Ingólfr and (Hjǫr-)leifr were the first permanent settlers in Iceland. According to Ldn (ÍF 1, 41), Leifr took a sword from a burial mound in Ireland, after which he was known as Hjǫrleifr (‘Sword-Leifr’).
References
- Bibliography
- ÍF 1 (parts 1 and 2) = Íslendingabók; Landnámabók. Ed. Jakob Benediktsson. 1968. Rpt. as one volume 1986.
- TGT 1927 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1927b. Óláfr Þórðarson: Málhljóða- og málskrúðsrit. Grammatisk-retorisk afhandling. Det kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. Historisk-filologiske meddelelser 13, 2. Copenhagen: Høst.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Anonymous, Landnámabók’ in Guðrún Nordal (ed.), Poetry on Icelandic History. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 4. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=25> (accessed 6 April 2025)