[2] Brandingi: An unknown legendary hero in Anon Mhkv 8/2 (see Note there), who is probably not identical with the giant listed here. Brandingi is derived from brandr m. ‘fire’ (cf. other names of giants with the same meaning, e.g. Eldr, st. 5/5).
References
- Internal references
- Roberta Frank (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Poems, Málsháttakvæði 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1222.