[2-3] hnipul, hnǫpul ‘seizer, grasper’: Neither name is attested elsewhere, but Grí 27/6-7 has the pair gipul and gǫpul. The suffixes ‑ull, ‑all (f. nom. sg. -ul, -al) are quite common in adjectiva agentis (see ANG §173.1 and Anm. 1). See also Geirvimul in st. 6/6.
References
- Bibliography
- ANG = Noreen, Adolf. 1923. Altnordische Grammatik I: Altisländische und altnorwegische Grammatik (Laut- und Flexionslehre) unter Berücksichtigung des Urnordischen. 4th edn. Halle: Niemeyer. 1st edn. 1884. 5th unrev. edn. 1970. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
- Internal references
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