[5] Hálfr: From Proto Nordic *hā(w)ulfʀ (< *haðwulfʀ), lit. ‘battle-wolf (AEW: Hálfr, Hôlfr). This is most likely the famous legendary king Hálfr, the protagonist of Hálf, but there are several legendary persons of this name, e.g. in Guðr II 13/3.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 303. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=75> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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