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Note to Þul Sverða 11III

[2] Ǫlrøðarnautr ‘Ǫlrøðr’s gift’: A hap. leg. and the name of a sword received from a person whose name was Ǫlrøðr (= Alfred). The second element of the cpd, ‑nautr m. ‘gift, possession’ is found in many sword-names (cf. Konungsnautr ‘King’s gift’ and Aðalráðsnautr ‘Æthelred’s gift’ in Gunnl chs 7, 12, ÍF 3, 73, 102; Falk 1914b, 57; see also l. 7). An object is called the nautr (nautr also means ‘mate, fellow, giver’) of the person from whom it comes as a gift or is taken as booty.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍF 3 = Borgfirðinga sǫgur. Ed. Sigurður Nordal and Guðni Jónsson. 1938.
  3. Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
  4. Internal references
  5. 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 824-865. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=62> (accessed 25 April 2024)

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