Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on the cookies page.

Continue

skaldic

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

Menu Search

Note to Þul Sækonunga 5III

[3] Húnn: According to Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 290), the name is identical with húnn m. ‘young bear’ or ‘urchin’ (see Þul Bjarnar 2/1) and it may originally have been a nickname. Húnn is the name of several legendary persons (e.g. two of the champions who fought at the battle of Brávellir; see Saxo 2005, I, 8, 2, 7, pp. 512-13, I, 8, 3, 6, pp. 514-15, I, 8, 4, 5, pp. 520-1). As the name of a sea-king, Húnn does not occur in skaldic verse.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Saxo 2005 = Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed. 2005. Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum / Danmarkshistorien. Trans. Peter Zeeberg. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Det danske sprog- og litteraturselskab & Gads forlag.
  3. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
  4. Internal references
  5. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Bjarnar heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 895. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3213> (accessed 27 April 2024)

Close

Log in

This service is only available to members of the relevant projects, and to purchasers of the skaldic volumes published by Brepols.
This service uses cookies. By logging in you agree to the use of cookies on your browser.

Close