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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Viðar 1III

[6] fjallhrapi (m.) ‘dwarf birch’: Betula nana. The first element of this cpd is fjall- ‘mountain’ and the second is derived from Gmc. *hrep- ‘bend, catch’. The Modern Icelandic form (from C18th) is fjalldrapi (ÍO: fjalldrapi; so also RE 1665).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.

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