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Note to Eldj Lv 1II

[6] breiðhúfuðum (m. dat. sg.) ‘broad-hulled’: Hap. leg. Kock (NN §916) takes this adj., which he derives from húfa (f.) ‘cap’ with Giffarði (m. dat. sg.) (l. 8) ‘broad-capped Giffarðr’. For the second element in this cpd (húf- lit. ‘hull’), see Note to Mberf Lv 1/3.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
  3. Internal references
  4. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 385-6.

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