[1] hnegg ‘core’: Spelled ‘negg’ in the ms. (see ANG §290 Anm. 2). In Old Norse, this is a poetic term for ‘heart’ and a rare word; cf. Skm (SnE 1998, I, 108): Hjarta heitir negg ‘The heart is called core’. According to Alexander Jóhannesson (1932, 40-1), hnegg n. is related to ModIcel. hnaggur ‘small rock’ and also connected with hnakki m. ‘nape of the neck, back of the head’. See also Note to Hhárf Snædr 1/1, 2I.
References
- Bibliography
- ANG = Noreen, Adolf. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik I: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen. 4th edn. Halle: Niemeyer. 1st edn. 1884. 5th unrev. edn. 1970. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- Alexander Jóhannesson. 1932. Die Mediageminata im Isländischen. Sonderdruck aus Árbók Háskóla Íslands 1929-30. Halle (Saale): Niemeyer.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 26 April 2024)
- Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Haraldr hárfagri Hálfdanarson, Snæfríðardrápa 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 68.