[4] Slungni ‘Slungnir’: In Hkr (ÍF 26, 57, cited above in Note to st. 3 [All]), the name of Aðils’s horse is Sløngvir, which is also the name given in the mss of LaufE (and it could be reflected in the corrupt form ‘slaavngni’ in ms. C). However, all the other mss have Slungni (nom. Slungnir) and that form has been retained in the present edn (so also in SnE 1998). Slungnir is derived from the p. p. slunginn of the strong verb slyngja ‘hurl, fling’ (see AEW: Slungnir), and Sløngvir, nomen agentis from the weak verb sløngva ‘hurl, fling’, appears to be a lectio facilior.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- ÍF 26-8 = Heimskringla. Ed. Bjarni Aðalbjarnarson. 1941-51.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Heimskringla’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=4> (accessed 26 April 2024)
- (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 26 April 2024)