[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
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- 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)