Note to Þul Orma 2III
[3] grettir (m.) ‘grimacer’: An agent noun derived from the weak verb gretta ‘grimace, grin, frown’. The heiti is attested only once in skaldic poetry (HǫrðG Lv 7/8V (Harð 14)) and is otherwise best known as the name of the famous saga hero and skald, Grettir Ásmundarson (Grett). In the rímur, the heiti is used rather frequently in kennings for ‘gold’ (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: grettir), and it is implied four times in the self-referential snake-kennings in Gr which refer to Grettir’s name by ofljóst (see Grett Lv 13/8V, 19/2-3V (Gr 26, 34), Grett Ævkv II 4/5-6V (Gr 42) and HallmGr Lv 1/5-6V (Gr 43)).
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
- 2022, ‘ Anonymous, Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 640-806. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=70> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (GrettV)
- Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 42 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Ævikviða II 4)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 734.
- Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 26 (Grettir Ásmundarson, Lausavísur 13)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 693.
- Jonathan Grove (ed.) 2022, ‘Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar 43 (Hallmundr, Lausavísur 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 737.
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Harðar saga 14 (Hǫrðr Grímkelsson, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 937.