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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Veðra 2III

[7] ganrekr (m.) ‘one driven by witchcraft’: The correct form of this heiti is most likely gandrekr ‘one driven by witchcraft’ (a gale brought about by witchcraft; cf. LP: gandrekr, so also Skald). Alternatively, the word could be interpreted as ‘noise-driver’ (if so, from gan n. ‘yawn, shout, noise, foolish behaviour’ and the verb gana ‘open up, gape’, ‘be greedy, pursue sby greedily’, ‘stare’). Mss A(14v, 20v) and B have gan- without any variants.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.

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