Þul Sækonunga 4III/4 — Nóri ‘Nóri’
Randvér, Rǫkkvi, Reifnir, Leifnir,
Næfill, Ræfill, Nóri, Lyngvi,
Byrvill, Kílmundr, Beimi, Jórekr,
Ásmundr, Þvinnill, Yngvi, Teiti.
Randvér, Rǫkkvi, Reifnir, Leifnir, Næfill, Ræfill, Nóri, Lyngvi, Byrvill, Kílmundr, Beimi, Jórekr, Ásmundr, Þvinnill, Yngvi, Teiti.
Randvér, Rǫkkvi, Reifnir, Leifnir, Næfill, Ræfill, Nóri, Lyngvi, Byrvill, Kílmundr, Beimi, Jórekr, Ásmundr, Þvinnill, Yngvi, Teiti.
notes
[4] Nóri: The weak form of Nórr. Both forms of the name are known from various sources. In the Holm18 version of ÓTOdd, King Nóri is said to be the first settler of Norway (ÓTOdd 1932, 83; hence, Nóregr is interpreted as ‘the way of Nóri’), but another version of the saga and Hversu Nóregr byggðisk (Flat 1860-8, I, 22) have Nórr. In the latter source Nórr is the son of king Þorri and the brother of Górr. Björn Sigfússon (1934, 135-6) argues that the relationship between Nórr and Górr is likely to have been the product of their similar-sounding names and identical meaning (cf. ModIcel. nóri ‘a small bit of something, a little shaver’; for the meaning of Górr, see Note to st. 2/6). None of these names is used in kennings. Nóri is also the name of a dwarf (Vsp 11/6). See also Note to Þul Konunga 2/4.