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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þjóðólfr Frag 1III

[1] hǫfuðbaðm ‘chief kinsman’: Lit. ‘head-tree’, acc. sg. of hǫfuðbaðmr. Þul Manna 8/8 lists the word among terms for family relations (for an explanation, see Note there). It probably refers to the closest relative on the father’s side (LP: hǫfuðbaðmr); cf. Egill Arkv 18/1, 2V (Eg 114) and Egill Aðdr 1/3-4V (Eg 21). The first letter of the cpd is now only partly legible in W, but the <H> is confirmed by 761bˣ as well as by the h-alliteration.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. 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.
  3. Internal references
  4. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Manna heiti 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 783.
  5. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar 21 (Egill Skallagrímsson, Aðalsteinsdrápa 1)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 206.
  6. Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2022, ‘Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar 114 (Egill Skallagrímsson, Arinbjarnarkviða 18)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 356.

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