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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Ólhv Hryn 5II

[8] hertoga ‘of the duke’: The title hertogi ‘duke’ (lit. ‘army-leader’) is a late borrowing from MLG hertoge, hertoch ‘duke’. For the disputed origin and history of the word hertogi and its cognates in Gmc, see RGA 14: Herzog. See also Note to Sturl Hákkv 23/8.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. RGA = Beck, Heinrich and Holger Arbmann, eds. 1973-2008. Reallexikon der germanischen Altertumskunde. 37 vols. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2nd rev. edn of Hoops 1911-19.
  3. Internal references
  4. Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 23’ 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. 716-17.

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