[2] leiptr (m.) ‘white-sided dolphin’: Lit. ‘lightning’. According to Nordgaard (1920, 107), this is a kind of a dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus or Lagenorhynchus albirostris) or a pilot whale (cf. SnE 1998, II, 344). See also Kgs (Holm-Olsen 1983, 15), where it is mentioned along with the porpoise (hnísa).
References
- Bibliography
- Holm-Olsen, Ludvig, ed. 1983. Konungs skuggsiá. 2nd rev. edn. Norrøne tekster 1. Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Nordgaard, O. 1920. ‘Forklaringer til de viktigste av Kongespeilets dyrenavne’. In Brenner 1920, 107-17.