[6] Brimir: Lit. ‘flickerer’. A poetic term for ‘sword’, originally a proper name. In Sigrdr 14/2, Brimir is the name of Óðinn’s sword, and in Grí 44 (ms. A; NK 66) it is praised as the best of swords. The heiti is probably related to brimi m. ‘fire’; alternatively, it could be identical with a giant’s name (see LP: 2. Brimir; Falk 1914b, 48; SnE 1998, II, 450).
References
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- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- NK = Neckel, Gustav and Hans Kuhn (1899), eds. 1983. Edda: Die Lieder des Codex Regius nebst verwandten Denkmälern. 2 vols. I: Text. 5th edn. Heidelberg: Winter.
- Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
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