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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Dverga 5III/7 — Hǫgstari ‘Hǫgstari’

Fáinn, Fár*, Fíli,         Fjǫlsviðr, Glóinn,
Fiðr, Hár, Farli,         Frosti ok Tigvi,
Hannarr, Forvé,         Heptifíli,
Heri, Hǫgstari         ok Hornbori.

Fáinn, Fár*, Fíli, Fjǫlsviðr, Glóinn, Fiðr, Hár, Farli, Frosti ok Tigvi, Hannarr, Forvé, Heptifíli, Heri, Hǫgstari ok Hornbori.

Fáinn, Fár*, Fíli, Fjǫlsviðr, Glóinn, Fiðr, Hár, Farli, Frosti and Tigvi, Hannarr, Forvé, Heptifíli, Heri, Hǫgstari and Hornbori.

readings

[7] Heri Hǫgstari: ‘h[…]ri h[…]gst[…]’ B, ‘herí hagstare’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] Hǫgstari: So A. Ms. B is damaged (‘h[…]gst[…]’) and 744ˣ has ‘hagstare’. The LaufE mss have Hogstari, which supports the A reading. Hǫgstari is a hap. leg. The name may be interpreted as ‘one stubborn with blows’ (Hǫg- for hǫgg n. ‘blow’ and the adj. starr ‘stiff, firm’). If the first element is Hug- rather than Hǫg- (so Gylf, SnE 2005, 16 and adopted in Skj B and Skald), the word would mean ‘bold one’ (cf. hugr m. ‘mind’; for both possibilities, see Gould 1929, 949). The dwarf-name Haugspori ‘mound-stepper’ in Vsp 15/3 may be a variant of Hǫgstari.

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