[7] dǫrr (n. acc. pl.) ‘spears’: Skj B translates this as sværdene ‘the swords’. The word darr means ‘spear’ or ‘pennant’, but it is never used for ‘sword’ (see AEW: darr; Holtsmark 1939, 84-93; Note to Gísl Magnkv 12/8).
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.
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
- Holtsmark, Anne. 1939. ‘Vefr Darraðar’. MM, 74-96.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Gísl Illugason, Erfikvæði about Magnús berfœttr 12’ 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. 424-5.