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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Hjálms 1III

[4] hraunn: A hap. leg. This is an obscure word whose form is uncertain. Mss R, and C have hraunn, and A and B have the variants (normalised) hrør (A; cf. hrør ‘corpse’) and ‘hramr’ (B; cf. OS hrama ‘frame’). According to de Vries (AEW: hraunn) hraunn is related to the strong verb hrjóða ‘cover’. Alternatively, the term might be connected with hraun n. ‘lava field’ (ÍO: hraunn).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.

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