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Note to Þjóð Haustl 6III

[4] faðir Mǫrnar ‘father of Mǫrn <giantess> [= Þjazi]’: The same kenning for Þjazi occurs in st. 12/8. Þjazi’s only known daughter was Skaði, so it is possible that Mǫrn is another name for her. Alternatively, and more probably, it may be a general name for a giantess (see Þul Trollkvenna 3/5), and the form ‘morna’ found in both R and W at this point may possibly be gen. pl. ‘of giantesses’ (cf. Meissner 255). The stem vowel in the gen. sg. Mǫrnar must be an extension of the nom. Mǫrn, in which the ǫ resulted from u-umlaut of a. See also Note to Hfr Lv 3/3V (Hallfr 4). Skj B emends to Marnar.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Skj B = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1912-15b. Den norsk-islandske skjaldedigtning. B: Rettet tekst. 2 vols. Copenhagen: Villadsen & Christensen. Rpt. 1973. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger.
  3. Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
  4. Internal references
  5. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Trollkvenna heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 727.
  6. Diana Whaley (ed.) 2022, ‘Hallfreðar saga 4 (Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld Óttarsson, Lausavísur 3)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 877.

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