[6] ógnrakkastir ‘extremely battle-bold’: Ógn is a battle-heiti with the specific sense ‘terror, threat’ (LP: ógn). In the ÓT mss, ógnrakkr ‘battle-bold’, the same adj. in the positive degree, is also possible, the extra syllable being supplied by þar ‘there’.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta’ 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. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=60> (accessed 10 May 2024)