[8] Leifi: A pet-name for Áleifr, Þorleifr, etc., i.e. cpd names with the second element -leifr (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 134). See also Leifr, Helgi’s captain in Vǫlsunga saga (Vǫls 1965, ch. 9, 15). This name is frequently used in skaldic kennings. Like some other names of sea-kings, Leifi is also the name of a giant (Þul Jǫtna I 5/8).
References
- Bibliography
- Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
- Vǫls 1965 = Finch, R. G., ed. and trans. 1965. The Saga of the Volsungs. London: Nelson.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Jǫtna heiti I 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 715.
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Vǫlsunga saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 790. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10832> (accessed 23 April 2024)