[2] bleikhaddaðar ‘pale-haired’: The cpd is a hap. leg., but similar compounds in ‑haddaðar ‘-haired’ are attested: see e.g. Án 5/3 hvíthaddaðar ‘fair-haired’ and Note. Cf. also Heiðr 68/4 hadda bleika (acc. pl.) ‘pale hair’, which describes an attribute of waves.
References
- Internal references
- Hannah Burrows (ed.) 2017, ‘Hervarar saga ok Heiðreks 68 (Gestumblindi, Heiðreks gátur 21)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 433.
- Beatrice La Farge (ed.) 2017, ‘Áns saga bogsveigis 5 (Án bogsveigir, Lausavísur 5)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 12.