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Note to Þul Hesta 4III

[2] róni (m.) ‘gelding’: A hap. leg. The form and meaning of this heiti are obscure. Róni could be related to MLG rūne ‘gelding’ (adopted in this edn; see AEW: róni and cf. New Norw. rone, ModNorw. råne ‘boar’) or it could be a corrupt form of reini m. ‘stallion’ (ÍO: róni 1). Alternatively, the horse-heiti could possibly be connected with rúni m. ‘confidant’ (see Þul Manna 6/7).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.
  4. Internal references
  5. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Manna heiti 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 781.

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