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Note to Þul Jǫtna II 2III

[2] Kaldgrani: So C, A, B. Lit. ‘Cold-mouth’, from the adj. kaldr ‘cold’ and grǫn f. ‘mouth, moustache’. In R, the first element of this cpd is spelled Kall-, which may be the assimilated form of karl m. ‘old man’, the reading of and the LaufE mss (papp10ˣ(45r), 2368ˣ(102), 743ˣ(79v)). In Ketils saga hœngs (chs 2, 5, FSN II, 115-16, 131), Kallrani is a giant killed by Ketill; other names from that saga mentioned in the present stanza are Gusir and Ófóti (l. 6).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FSN = Rafn, Carl Christian, ed. 1829-30. Fornaldar sögur nordrlanda. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Popp.
  3. Internal references
  4. 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Ketils saga hœngs’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 548. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=71> (accessed 27 April 2024)
  5. (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 27 April 2024)

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