Note to Bjbp Jóms 26I
[2] ólmr Goll-Búi ‘furious Gull-Búi (“Gold-Búi”)’: The ÓT reading álmr gall for ólmr Gull- gives ‘the elm-bow resounded’. This makes sense in itself (cf. Ótt Knútdr 8/2 almr gall hátt ‘the bow cried loudly’) but does not fit the remainder of the helmingr, and it produces aðalhending with hjálma where only skothending is normal in Jóms (see Introduction). Búi’s nickname Gull- ‘Gold-’ presumably alludes, albeit in anticipation at this point in Jóms, to his famous leap from his ship with a chest of gold in each hand, as described in sts 36-7; the nickname occurs in that context in st. 37/4.
References
- 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 16 May 2024)
- Emily Lethbridge 2012, ‘ Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa’ 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. 954. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1122> (accessed 16 May 2024)
- Matthew Townend (ed.) 2012, ‘Óttarr svarti, Knútsdrápa 8’ 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. 777.