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Note to Þul Sverða 8III

[6] blær (m.): The origin and meaning of this heiti are unclear. According to Falk (1914b, 47-8), it is derived either from the adj. blár ‘dark, blue’ (cf. blár eggjar ‘dark edges’) or from blær m., a heiti for ‘ram’ (see Þul Hrúts l. 8; cf. MHG blæjen ‘bleat’). The word occurs only in the þulur. The meaning ‘bleater’, i.e. ‘noise-maker’, might be supported by other sword-heiti (cf. gjallr ‘clamouring one’ st. 1/6, galmr ‘clanging one’ st. 2/5, skerkir ‘noise-maker’ st. 2/1), as well as by semantically similar heiti listed in other þulur (see Gurevich 1992c, 40-4).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Gurevich, Elena A. 1992c. ‘Þulur in Skáldskaparmál: An Attempt at Skaldic Lexicology’. ANF 107, 35-52.
  3. Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
  4. Internal references
  5. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hrúts heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 890. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3211> (accessed 25 April 2024)

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