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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sverða 7III

[2] skerðingr (m.) ‘notcher’: An agent noun from the weak verb skerða ‘notch, diminish’. A derivation from the adj. skarðr ‘notched, damaged, diminished’ or the noun skarð n. ‘notch’ (see Falk 1914b, 59; SnE 1998, II, 391) is less attractive. Cf. skarðr ‘notched one’ (st. 5/8), skerðir ‘diminisher’ (st. 8/6) and neðanskarðr ‘end-notched one’ (st. 1/6).

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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