[7] Hrosshársgrani: Lit. ‘horse-hair moustache’. The name is known from Gautreks saga (Gautr 1900, 14, 28) where Starkaðr’s foster-father Grani (from grǫn f. ‘moustache’), or Hrosshársgrani, is the disguised Óðinn who incites Starkaðr to kill King Víkarr (see Note to StarkSt Vík 4/3VIII). Cf. also the Óðinn-name Síðgrani ‘long-whisker’ (Alv 6/3).
References
- Bibliography
- Gautr 1900 = Ranisch, Wilhelm, ed. 1900. Die Gautrekssaga in zwei Fassungen. Palaestra 11. Berlin: Mayer & Müller.
- Internal references
- 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Gautreks saga’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 241. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=9> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite ()
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Gautreks saga 12 (Starkaðr gamli Stórvirksson, Víkarsbálkr 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 258.