[2] velgr (m.): Perhaps related to the weak verb velgja ‘warm’, but if so, it must be a secondary derivation (velgr ‘warmer’?). Falk (1914b, 164 n. 3) explains the heiti as a term for an ancient helmet with a mask (cf. also gríma ‘mask’ in the next line). The word is otherwise found only in GunnlI Lv 11/8V (Gunnl 17).
References
- Bibliography
- Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
- Internal references
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 17 (Gunnlaugr ormstunga Illugason, Lausavísur 11)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 853.