[8] Helreginn: A hap. leg. The first element of this cpd is either the proper name Hel (see the previous Note) or the common noun hel f. ‘death’. The second element is reginn m. sg. from regin n. pl. ‘divine powers, gods’. See Þul Dverga 6/4, Þloft Glækv 9/10I and Notes there.
References
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Dverga heiti 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 704.
- Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Þórarinn loftunga, Glælognskviða 9’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 875.