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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ǪrvOdd Lv 11VIII (Ǫrv 44)

[6] með Skolla ‘with Skolli’: See Note to [All]. The pers. n. Skolli, probably originally a nickname (Janzén 1947b, 44-5), means lit. ‘skulking one, fox’. As a common noun skolli can also mean ‘trickery’ (cf. Hharð Lv 8/6II).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Janzén, A. 1947b. Personnavne. Nordisk Kultur VII. Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen: Bonniers, Aschehoug and Schultz.
  3. Internal references
  4. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Haraldr harðráði Sigurðarson, Lausavísur 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 49-50.

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