[7] gǫllungr (m.) ‘screamer’: The heiti occurs several times in poetry but not earlier than in C12th skaldic verse, namely, in ESk Hardr II 5/4II and HaukrV Ísldr 23/2IV. In the former stanza, the word is given as gollungr (for a discussion of that word, see Note to ESk Hardr II 5/4II). Gǫllungr is also a name for Óðinn (see Note to Þul Óðins 5/5).
References
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Óðins nǫfn 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 743.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa II 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 548.
- Not published: do not cite (HaukrV Ísldr 23IV)