[3] Verr: The name is not mentioned elsewhere, and it is difficult to interpret. It is probably not identical with verr m. ‘husband’, which would be an odd name for a giant (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 303). It may perhaps be connected with the weak verb verja ‘defend’ (hence ‘defender’). See also Note to Þul Sverða 4/3.
References
- Bibliography
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 796.