[4] Nífengr: So all mss. A hap. leg. According to Gould (1929, 952), this is probably an error for Nípingr, one of the dwarfs listed in Vsp 11 (as a variant reading in Hb 1892-6, 188-9, see Note to l. 3 above; cf. ModIcel. nípingur ‘a pinch on the nose’, New Norw. nypa ‘to pinch’). According to Sijmons and Gering (S-G I, 13), the name may be related to OE genīpan ‘become dark’. For alternative explanations, see Gutenbrunner (1955, 67) and Motz (1973, 115).
References
- Bibliography
- Hb 1892-6 = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1892-6. Hauksbók udgiven efter de Arnamagnæanske håndskrifter no. 371, 544 og 675, 4° samt forskellige papirshåndskrifter. Copenhagen: Det kongelige nordiske oldskrift-selskab.
- S-G = Gering, Hugo. 1927-31. Kommentar zu den Liedern der Edda. Nach dem Tode des Verfassers herausgegeben von B. Sijmons. I: Götterlieder. II: Heldenlieder. Halle: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses.
- Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
- Gutenbrunner, Siegfried. 1955a. ‘Eddastudien I. Über die Zwerge in der Völuspa Str. 9-13’. ANF 70, 61-75.
- Motz, Lotte. 1973. ‘New Thoughts on Dwarf-Names in Old Icelandic’. FS 7, 100-17.
- Internal references
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