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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sverða 6III

[7] yfrir (m.) ‘overcomer’: A hap. leg. According to Falk (1914b, 64), it is probably related to a verb *yfra (OSwed. yfra sik ‘prosper’, ModSwed. dialects övra sej ‘flourish’; cf. þrór ‘thriver’, st. 3/5, with a similar meaning). Alternatively, this heiti could be interpreted as ‘that which is raised’ (cf. SnE 1998, II, 432).

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.

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