Note to Þul Jǫtna I 3III
[4] Blapþvari: A hap. leg. The meaning of blap- is unclear. De Vries (AEW: Blapþvari) suggests that it might be cognate with ModEngl. blab ‘chatter’ (OHG blabbizōn), but that explanation hardly sheds light on the meaning of the name as a whole. The second part, ‑þvari m. ‘borer, gimlet’, is a frequent element in poetic names and heiti. Cf. the horse-heiti bǫlþvari ‘evil borer’ (Þul Hesta 3/5), the dwarf-name Dólgþvari (SnE 2005, 16), the ox-heiti eyþvari ‘island-borer’ (Þul Øxna 1/6), the sword-heiti vindþvari ‘wind-borer’ (Þul Sverða 6/4), etc. The B variant hlap- cannot be construed as an Old Norse word (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 300).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- SnE 2005 = Snorri Sturluson. 2005. Edda: Prologue and Gylfaginning. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2nd edn. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða 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. 800.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Øxna heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 885.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Hesta heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 937.