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Note to Þul Hauks 1III

[2] Hábrók: Lit. ‘High Breeches’. This is the name of a mythical hawk in Grí 44/8 but the word is never used as a common noun. Kock (1898, 265-6) suggests that Hábrók was originally a loanword from another Germanic language, reinterpreted by popular etymology (cf. OHG habuh, OE hafoc ‘hawk’ and the Old Saxon pers. n. Habocasbrōc). In the þulur the word is also listed among the heiti for ‘hen’ (see Note to Þul Hana l. 8).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Kock, Axel. 1898. ‘Studier i de nordiska språkens historia’. ANF 14, 213-70.
  3. Internal references
  4. Not published: do not cite ()
  5. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hana heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 947. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3239> (accessed 3 May 2024)

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