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Note to Þul Sækonunga 4III

[4] Nóri: The weak form of Nórr. Both forms of the name are known from various sources. In the Holm18 version of ÓTOdd, King Nóri is said to be the first settler of Norway (ÓTOdd 1932, 83; hence, Nóregr is interpreted as ‘the way of Nóri’), but another version of the saga and Hversu Nóregr byggðisk (Flat 1860-8, I, 22) have Nórr. In the latter source Nórr is the son of king Þorri and the brother of Górr. Björn Sigfússon (1934, 135-6) argues that the relationship between Nórr and Górr is likely to have been the product of their similar-sounding names and identical meaning (cf. ModIcel. nóri ‘a small bit of something, a little shaver’; for the meaning of Górr, see Note to st. 2/6). None of these names is used in kennings. Nóri is also the name of a dwarf (Vsp 11/6). See also Note to Þul Konunga 2/4.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Flat 1860-8 = Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and C. R. Unger, eds. 1860-8. Flateyjarbók. En samling af norske konge-sagaer med indskudte mindre fortællinger om begivenheder i og udenfor Norge samt annaler. 3 vols. Christiania (Oslo): Malling.
  3. ÓTOdd 1932 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1932. Saga Óláfs Tryggvasonar af Oddr Snorrason munk. Copenhagen: Gad.
  4. Björn Sigfússon. 1934. ‘Names of Sea-Kings (heiti sækonunga)’. MP 32, 125-42.
  5. Internal references
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Oddr Snorrason, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar by Oddr Snorrason’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=66> (accessed 26 April 2024)
  7. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Konunga heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 689.
  8. Not published: do not cite ()

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