[5] bensœgr (m.) ‘wound-strip’: So R and the majority of the ms. witnesses. An otherwise unattested cpd from ben f./n. ‘wound’ and sœgr m. ‘strip’ (cf. SnE 1998, II, 242). The C variant bensigr m. ‘wound-victory’ must be a lectio facilior.
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.