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Note to Þul Hrafns 2III

[1] krummi, krumsi ‘crook-clawed one, crooked one’: The first of these heiti is a pet name for ‘raven’ (krummi m. lit. ‘crook-clawed one’ or ‘crook-beak’, CVC: krummi). Cf. krumma f. ‘crooked hand, paws’ and New Norw. krump, krumt ‘raven’. The heiti is frequently used in popular folk songs (see, e.g. Krummavísur, Jón Þórarinsson 2012, 368), but it does not occur in skaldic poetry. Krumsi m. is a hap. leg. derived from krummi. Krummi is omitted in B, but it is included in LaufE (krumli papp10ˣ, 743ˣ, krummle eda krumme ‘krummle or krumme’ 2368ˣ). Neither krummi nor krumsi is attested in the rímur.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. CVC = Cleasby, Richard, Gudbrand Vigfusson [Guðbrandur Vigfússon] and W. A. Craigie. 1957. An Icelandic-English Dictionary. 2nd edn. Oxford: Clarendon.
  3. Jón Þórarinsson. 2012. Íslensk tónlistarsaga 1000-1800. Reykjavík: Tónlistarsafn Íslands and Menntamálaráðuneytið.
  4. Internal references
  5. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 23 April 2024)

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