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Note to Þul Á 2III

[4] hǫllfara (f.) ‘sloping-goer’: In this form (which is also adopted in Skj B, Skald and SnE 1998), the name is found only in ms. C. The cpd is spelled as two separate words in all other mss, and it could be that these were two distinct heiti rather than one, i.e. the adj. hǫll f. ‘sloping’ and fara ‘goer, traveller’. Hǫll (from the adj. hallr ‘sloping’) is listed among the names of mythical rivers in Grí 27/10. Hǫllfara is not attested elsewhere as a heiti for ‘river’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  4. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
  5. Internal references
  6. Not published: do not cite ()

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