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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Jǫtna I 6III

[5] Nati: An obscure name not known from other sources. According to Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 302), it might be either a m. form of nata f. ‘nettle’ (cf. New Norw. ‑nata > netla ‘knit’) or the weak form of an adj. *natr ‘wet’ (OHG naz). Motz (1987, 310) derives the word from nata f. ‘spear’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Finnur Jónsson. 1934-5. ‘Þulur: Søkonge- og jættenavneremserne’. APS 9, 289-308.
  3. Motz, Lotte. 1987. ‘Old Icelandic Giants and Their Names’. FS 21, 295-317.

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