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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to StarkSt Vík 8VIII (Gautr 16)

[6] Skúmi ‘Skúmr’: This pers. n. is assumed to be the dat. sg. of skúmr ‘brown gull, skua, chatterer, gossip’, but some eds (Gautr 1900; Edd. Min.; FSGJ) prefer the form Skúmu, from the nom. sg. Skúma ‘Dusky’ (?). There is certainly evidence for the existence of skúma as a nickname; cf. Biography of the poet Þorleifr skúma in SkP I, where various forms of skúma and skúmr and their likely meanings are discussed.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. FSGJ = Guðni Jónsson, ed. 1954. Fornaldar sögur norðurlanda. 4 vols. [Reykjavík]: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan.
  3. SkP I = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Ed. Diana Whaley. 2012.
  4. Edd. Min. = Heusler, Andreas and Wilhelm Ranisch, eds. 1903. Eddica Minora: Dichtungen eddischer Art aus den Fornaldarsögur und anderen Prosawerken. Dortmund: Ruhfus. Rpt. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft.
  5. Gautr 1900 = Ranisch, Wilhelm, ed. 1900. Die Gautrekssaga in zwei Fassungen. Palaestra 11. Berlin: Mayer & Müller.

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