Note to Þul Manna 1^III

[3, 4] gumnar, gumar: Both heiti are variant pl. forms of the word gumi m. (cf. Lat. homo ‘man’). Both words are commonly used poetic terms for ‘men’ in general, despite the following explanation given in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 105): Gumnar eða gumar heita flokkstjórar, svá sem gumi er kallaðr í brúðfǫr ‘The leaders of a troop are called gumnar or gumar, just as one in a bridal party is called gumi (“groom”)’.

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