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Note to Þul Dverga 5III

[5] Hannarr: So B and the LaufE mss (Hanar). The word may be the same as the adj. hannarr ‘skilled’ (so Gould 1929, 948), although in Vsp 13/4 (NK 3) the name occurs as Hánarr or Hanarr. Motz’s (1973, 114) suggestion that it may be connected with hani m. ‘rooster’ and mean ‘chanter’, is untenable because the metre requires a long root syllable (Hán- or Hann-).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. NK = Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn (1899), eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 2 vols. I: Text. 5th edn. Heidelberg: Winter.
  3. Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
  4. Internal references
  5. Not published: do not cite ()
  6. (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 19 April 2024)

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