[6] beinn (m.) ‘holly’: A hap. leg. The heiti is either a variant of beinviðr ‘holly’ (see l. 8 below and ÍO: beinn 1) or derived from the adj. beinn ‘straight’ (see AEW: beinn 1). The B variant ‘basinn’ is not attested elsewhere (Finnur Jónsson 1917, 190), but cf. New Norw. bas, base ‘bushes, underbrush’ (< Gmc *basīna-; see ÍO: basinn). The LaufE mss have baun ‘bean’, which appears to be a lectio facilior but could indicate that the A variant is corrupt as well.
References
- Bibliography
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
- Finnur Jónsson. 1917. Review of Hjalmar Falk. 1914. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter II, Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, no. 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad. ANF 33, 189-92.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 25 April 2024)