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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Galtar 1III

[3] svíntarr: A hap. leg. from svín n. ‘swine’ and tarr. The latter is an obscure word, which is found only in the present list, and whose meaning and etymology have not been established. For suggested explanations, see Holthausen (1942, 269), ÍO: ‑tarr and AEW: tarr. The variant svíntanni ‘swine-toothed one’ (not attested elsewhere) must be a lectio facilior.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  4. Holthausen, Ferdinand. 1942. ‘Etymologisches und Grammatisches’. BGDSL 66, 265-75.

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