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Note to Þjóð Yt 21I

[7] sonr Fornjóts ‘the son of Fornjótr <giant> [FIRE]’: Fornjótr’s sons Ægir, Logi and Kári personify the sea, fire and wind, respectively; see Sveinn Norðrdr 2/2III and Note. The etymology of the name is controversial; cf. Hellquist (1903).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Hellquist, Elof. 1903. ‘Om Fornjótr’. ANF 19, 134-40.
  3. Internal references
  4. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Sveinn, Norðrsetudrápa 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 400.

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