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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Jǫtna II 2III

[1] Kyrmir: A hap. leg. The meaning of the name is uncertain, but the root may be the same as in New Norw. kyrmast ‘suffer from a difficulty breathing’, and hence a nomen agentis from a weak verb *kyrma ‘cause physical suffering’ (possibly ‘crusher’; Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 302). Alternatively, Kyrmir is related to OE cearm, cierm ‘cry, shout’ (cf. ON kurra ‘murmur, grumble’; AEW: Kyrmir).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.

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