[2] Giffarðr: The variant form of the personal name (Gíparðr; so F, J2ˣ, E, 42ˣ) is retained in Skj B and Skald, but it is incorrect. Giffarðr is the ON rendering of the Norman family name Giffard (see Gade 2001). For his possible identity, see Note to Mberf Lv 2/2.
References
- Bibliography
- Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
- Skald = Kock, Ernst Albin, ed. 1946-50. Den norsk-isländska skaldediktningen. 2 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- Gade, Kari Ellen. 2001a. ‘Morkinskinna’s “Giffarðsþáttr”: Literary Fiction or Historical Fact?’. Gripla 11, 181-97.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Magnús berfœttr Óláfsson, Lausavísur 2’ 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, p. 386.