[7] Hǫgstari: So A. Ms. B is damaged (‘h[…]gst[…]’) and 744ˣ has ‘hagstare’. The LaufE mss have Hogstari, which supports the A reading. Hǫgstari is a hap. leg. The name may be interpreted as ‘one stubborn with blows’ (Hǫg- for hǫgg n. ‘blow’ and the adj. starr ‘stiff, firm’). If the first element is Hug- rather than Hǫg- (so Gylf, SnE 2005, 16 and adopted in Skj B and Skald), the word would mean ‘bold one’ (cf. hugr m. ‘mind’; for both possibilities, see Gould 1929, 949). The dwarf-name Haugspori ‘mound-stepper’ in Vsp 15/3 may be a variant of Hǫgstari.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Gould, Chester N. 1929. ‘Dwarf-names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion’. PMLA 44, 938-67.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning’ 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=113> (accessed 25 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite ()
- (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 25 April 2024)