[1] snót (f.): Skm (SnE 1998, I, 107) provides the following definition of this word: Snótir heita þær, er orðnæfrar eru ‘those who are clever of speech are called snótir’. Although it is possible that Snorri’s explanation of the poetic word influenced the Tˣ variant (snotr ‘wise’), his interpretation is nothing but a learned speculation and the etymology of the heiti is obscure (for details, see AEW, ÍO: snót).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Internal references
- (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 19 April 2024)