[1] þorði ‘dared’: Þorði could be 3rd pers. sg. pret. indic. or 3rd pers. sg. or pl. pret. subj. of þora ‘dare’ or dat. of Þórðr, a pers. n. (if the stem vowel is long). Kock (NN § 2810) suggests that the whole line could simply refer to a name, ‘Gold-Þórðr’.
References
- Bibliography
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.