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Note to ÞjJ Lv 2VIII (ÞJ 2)

[3] Gefnar stafns ‘the Gefn <goddess> of the headdress [WOMAN]’: The noun stafn in its common meaning ‘prow’ would be an unprecedented determinant in a woman-kenning. It is here considered to be used in a less common sense as a heiti for ‘headdress’ (cf. SnE 1848-87, II, 494; Fritzner IV: stafn; Heggstad et al. 2008: stafn 3.). Gunnlaugur Þórðarson (ÞJ 1857, 63) suggests that stafn can have a similar sense to bíkar ‘beaker’ and staup ‘cup’, but no evidence is adduced in support of this idea.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. SnE 1848-87 = Snorri Sturluson. 1848-87. Edda Snorra Sturlusonar: Edda Snorronis Sturlaei. Ed. Jón Sigurðsson et al. 3 vols. Copenhagen: Legatum Arnamagnaeanum. Rpt. Osnabrück: Zeller, 1966.
  3. Fritzner IV = Hødnebø, Finn. 1972. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog af Dr. Johan Fritzner: Rettelser og tillegg. Oslo, Bergen, Tromsø: Universitetsforlaget.
  4. ÞJ 1857 = Gunnlaugur Þórðarson, ed. 1857. Sagan af Þjalar-Jóni. Reykjavík: E. Þórðarson. 2nd edn 1907. Reykjavík: Jón Helgason.

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