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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Ník Kristdr 1III

[2] beitnôrungar ‘ship-nourishers [SEAFARERS]’: Nôrungar occurs as a base-word in kennings for ‘men’, but always in compounds in which the first element serves as the determinant (see LP: nôrungar). The word is etymologically related to Njǫrðr (the name of a god) and the weak verb nœra ‘nourish, refresh’ (AEW: nárungar). ‘Seafarers’ seems an odd choice of referent both for the Jews in the desert and for the tormentors of Christ.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  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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