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Note to Þul Sverða 3III

[1] hrǫnduðr (m.) ‘thruster’: An agent noun derived from an iterative weak verb *hranda ‘thrust, shove sth. repeatedly’ (from the strong verb hrinda ‘thrust, push, shove, throw’). Cf. hrunduðr in C and hrǫnduðr m. ‘distributor’, the base-word in a man-kenning: Ótt Lv 1/2I hrǫnduðr alinbranda ‘the distributor of arm-flames [GOLD > GENEROUS MAN = Óláfr]’ (see also SnE 1998, II, 321 and Falk 1914b, 52-3). As a sword-heiti, the word is found only in the present þula.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
  3. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  4. Internal references
  5. Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Lausavísur 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 784.

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