[1] Sigtryggr: Lit. ‘battle-faithful one’ or ‘victory-faithful one’. The name of several legendary kings (cf. Hyndl 15/3, Ættartölur, Flat 1860-8, I, 24 and Af Upplendinga konungum, FSN II, 104). As the name of the god, it occurs only in this þula (it is omitted in LaufE). See also Sigfǫðr, Siggautr, Sigðir and Sigmundr (sts 4/4, 6/2, 4, 5), as well as Sigþrór (l. 7 below). The second element of the cpd is the adj. tryggr ‘faithful, trustworthy, safe’.
References
- Bibliography
- FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
- 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.
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- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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