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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sea-kings 1III

[1] Eitill: Perhaps originally a nickname, either ‘short, stout fellow’ (cf. ModIcel. eitill m. ‘a nodule in stone, iron, or the like’; Björn Sigfússon 1934, 128) or ‘hard as flint’ (for further explanations, see ÍO: eitill). In Old Norse, Eitill is attested only as the name of Atli’s young son who was killed by his mother, Guðrún (Akv 37/3, Hamð 8/3), but it is found as an element in Swedish and Norwegian farm names (e.g. Etilstun, Eitilstadir).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  3. Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
  4. Internal references
  5. Not published: do not cite ()
  6. Not published: do not cite ()

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