[5] næmðir ‘deprived’: P.p. of næma ‘to deprive’, found in 8 mss including 166bˣ, as against papp15ˣ, 738ˣ, and the majority of mss which show næmir ‘able to be caught, taken’ (LP: næmr, in the passive sense). Both senses are possible.
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.