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Note to Þul Hvala 1III

[8] blæjuhvalr (m.) ‘nordcaper’: Lit. ‘covered whale’. This species is not mentioned in Kgs. Blæjuhvalr may denote a nordcaper or right whale (Balaena glacialis; cf. SnE 1998, II, 247). Alternatively, it may be the same as stökkull, a fabulous whale that hunts for seafarers (so Sigfús Blöndal 1920-4, I, 91; stökkull is also a bottlenose dolphin).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Sigfús Blöndal. 1920-4. Islandsk-dansk ordbog / Íslensk-dönsk orðabók. Reykjavík, Copenhagen and Kristiania (Oslo): Verslun Þórarins B. Þorlákssonar / Aschehoug.
  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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