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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Bjarnar 1III

[3] ísolfr (m.) ‘ice-wolf’: From íss m. ‘ice’ and úlfr m. ‘wolf’. As a heiti for ‘bear’ the word is not found elsewhere in Old Norse poetry, but it occurs with that meaning in the later rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: ísólfr). It is also attested as a m. pers. n. (Ísólfr, Hyndl 21/1).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Finnur Jónsson. 1926-8. Ordbog til de af samfund til udg. af gml. nord. litteratur udgivne Rímur samt til de af Dr. O. Jiriczek udgivne Bósarímur. SUGNL 51. Copenhagen: Jørgensen.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()

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