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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Veðra 2III

[1] gǫnsurr (m.) ‘rushing one’: A hap. leg., most likely related to the weak verb gana ‘rush’ (cf. New Norw. gona ‘a strong gust’; AEW: gǫnsuðr, gǫnsurr). Cf. gǫnsuðr ‘rusher’ (l. 5 below). Neither heiti is used in Old Norse poetry, but gǫnsuðr appears several times as a term for ‘wind’ in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: gǫnsuðr).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. 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.

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