[8] barlak: A hap. leg. This word is borrowed from Old English (< OE bærlic ‘barley’; cf. Bugge 1875, 229 and ÍO: barlak), whereas the Old Norse common word for ‘barley’ is bygg (l. 6 above).
References
- Bibliography
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
- Bugge, Sophus. 1875. ‘Biskop Bjarne Kolbeinssøn og Snorres Edda’. ÅNOH, 209-46.