[11, 13] gröf; stein ‘grave; stone’: The gröf ‘grave’ is presumably a sacred or ritual place; the steinn ‘stone’ may be too (see Heiðr 1960, xxv). Kock (NN §§2376, 2044) compares MHG stein ‘castle’ and suggests that meaning here, but a sacred stone (ARG I, 347-9; cf. Guðr III 3/4) would be possible in the context (cf. Heiðr 1956, 85 n.) A boundary marker would also be plausible.
References
- Bibliography
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- ARG = Vries, Jan de. 1956-7. Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte. 2 vols. 2nd edn. Berlin: de Gruyter.
- Heiðr 1960 = Tolkien, Christopher, ed. and trans. 1960. Saga Heiðreks konungs ins vitra / The Saga of King Heidrek the Wise. Nelson Icelandic Texts. London etc.: Nelson.
- Heiðr 1956 = Turville-Petre, Gabriel, ed. 1956. Hervarar saga ok Heidreks. Viking Society for Northern Research Text Series 2. With Notes and Glossary by G. Turville-Petre; Introduction by Christopher Tolkien. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London. Rpt. 2014 with minor corrections. Exeter: Short Run Press.