[1] siklingr (m.) ‘prince’: In Skm, the Siklingar are the descendants of Sigarr, a son of Hálfdan gamli (see Introduction above), or, as Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 387) suggests, the descendants of Óðinn’s son Sigi/Siggi. According to AEW, siklingr is derived from the pers. n. Sikki (cf. OHG Siccho).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 26 April 2024)