[4] gjaldhróinn: The meaning of this hap. leg. is not clear. The second element of the cpd, ‑hróinn, is especially problematic and earlier attempts to explain this word are conjectural (see Holthausen 1948, 129, Alexander Jóhannesson 1951-6, 229, AEW: gjaldhróinn, ‑hróinn and SnE 1998, II, 288 for tentative suggestions). See also hornhróinn (l. 7 below).
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- Alexander Jóhannesson. 1951-6. Isländisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2 vols. Bern: Franke.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Holthausen, Ferdinand. 1948. Vergleichendes und etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.