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Note to ǪrvOdd Ævdr 45VIII (Ǫrv 115)

[7] Glámi ‘Glámr’: This appears to be a reference to a short form of the nickname of Þórðr stafngláma ‘Prow-gleam’, but the exact form of the name varies from one ms. to another. Ms. 343a has Glámi, presumably the dat. sg. of Glámr, m. (for the etymology cf. AEW: glámr). Ms. 471 has Gláma, possibly influenced by the name of one of Hjálmarr’s bench companions, listed in Hjálm Lv 15/5 (Ǫrv 25) as Gláma, a nickname possibly meaning ‘bald, barren tract’. Ms. 173ˣ has Glám, acc. sg. of Glámr.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. Internal references
  4. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 25 (Hjálmarr inn hugumstóri, Lausavísur 15)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 839.

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