[5] Brimlar ‘of Briml <island>’: This island has not been identified. Skj B emends to Bumlar, a reading adopted by Skald. That p. n. is unattested, however, and there is no entry for Buml in LP, which has Briml (or Brimul). The ON Brimilsey was an unknown island in Troms (see Heggstad et al. 2008: Briml), but it is not clear whether that island, whose first element must be derived from brimill (a species of seal, Phoca major), is the same as Briml in the present stanza.
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.
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.