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Note to Þul Manna 3III

[6] ljónar ‘arbitrators’: In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 106), the word is explained as ‘arbitrators’: Ljónar heita þeir menn er ganga um sættir manna ‘Those men who bring about settlement of people’s disputes are called ljónar’. The heiti is frequently used in poetry in the general sense ‘men’. The etymology of the word is obscure. Bugge (1885, 218) derives it from *ljóðnar (from ljóðr m. ‘people’). For other suggested etymologies, see AEW: ljónar.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Bugge, Sophus. 1885. ‘Blandede sproghistoriske bidrag’. ANF 2, 207-53.
  5. Internal references
  6. (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 23 April 2024)

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