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Note to Þul Bjarnar 1III

[2] elgviðnir (m.) ‘elk-forest-dweller’: A hap. leg. The second element of this cpd is probably derived from viðr m. ‘wood’; cf. viðnir ‘forest-dweller’, a heiti for ‘serpent’, ‘wolf’ and ‘hawk’ (Þul Orma 4/3, Þul Vargs 1/5, Þul Hauks 2/5). The first element is either elgr m. ‘elk’ or, less likely, él n. ‘storm’ (cf. the C variant élviðnir, which translates as ‘storm-forest-dweller’ but has no support in the other mss).

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Vargs heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 903.
  3. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Orma heiti 4’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 933.
  4. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Hauks heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 943.

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