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Note to Ormarr Lv 4VIII (Heiðr 105)

[4] brúðargangi ‘the bridal procession’: Though Tolkien (Heiðr 1960, 54 n. 2) confidently explains, ‘the brúðargangr was the procession of the bride and ladies from the brúðarhús (bride’s chamber) to the stofa [main room] ... for the feast’, the word is not attested in Old Norse (either as a cpd or its separate components, cf. ONP: brúðr), though it is in later Icelandic (OHá: brúðargangur).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. ONP = Degnbol, Helle et al., eds. 1989-. A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog. 1-. Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission.
  3. OHá = Orðabók Háskólans.
  4. 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.

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