[2] hornbogar ‘horn bows’: A hap. leg. in poetry, not recorded in LP since Finnur Jónsson does not include this fragment in Skj. Kgs (Holm-Olsen 1983, 61) explains that hornbogar, presumably bows made from or covered with horn (cf. Fritzner: hornbogi) are useful weapons for men on horseback. There is also an Old English cognate: cf. Beowulf 2437, Judith 220 and the Paris Psalter 75/3. Hornbogi appears as a proper name in Þiðr (Þiðr 1905-11, I, 139).
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.
- Holm-Olsen, Ludvig, ed. 1983. Konungs skuggsiá. 2nd rev. edn. Norrøne tekster 1. Oslo: Norsk historisk kjeldeskrift-institutt.
- Þiðr 1905-11 = Bertelsen, Henrik, ed. 1905-11. Þiðriks saga af Bern. SUGNL 34. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Þiðr = Þiðreks saga af Bern.
- Internal references
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