title: WHEN THE “RIGHT” TEXT IS WRONG. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BYNAME OF THE PRINCE SIGURĐR RISI
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metadata.value: Mundal, Else
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-02-15T15:03:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-02-15T15:03:05Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2017-12
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metadata.value: Mundal E. When the “Right” text is wrong. The interpretation of the byname of the prince Sigurđr Risi. Scandinavian Philology, 2017, vol. 15, issue 2, pp. 248–260.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu21.2017.206
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9138
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metadata.value: The author discusses the byname of King Haraldr Fairhair’s son, Sigurðr, with the
  Sami women, Snæfríðr. In Old Icelandic, the form is hrísi, ‘illigitime son of a free
  women conceived in the bushes’. In Old Norwegian, h before r fell in beginnings of
  words and the byname had the form risi, which is an ambiguous form when the length
  of the vowel is not marked, and could stand both for older hrísi and risi, ‘giant|troll’. The author argues that the byname means ‘giant/troll’, and that it calls forth associations
  to a mythic pattern and to Sigurðr’s Sami background. This interpretation is supported
  by the translation of risi to gigas in the Norwegian Latin chronicle, Historia Norwegie,
  and by the fact that the Icelander Sturla Þórðarson in his version of Landnámabók,
  chose the form risi. Further, the author shows how the byname is treated by editors
  of scholarly editions. In editions of Icelandic texts, the form hrísi is of course used.
  The fact that there is a Norwegian source which says that the byname meant ‘troll/
  giant’ is not used to problematize the meaning. In editions of Norwegian texts printed
  according to the manuscripts the form risi is of course used, but in normalized texts
  this form is changed to hrísi. In the future, the form hrísi must continue to be used
  in editions of Icelandic manuscripts (except in editions of Sturlubók) since this is the
  only form found in the manuscripts, but a comment problematizing the meaning
  would be useful. In editions of Norwegian manuscripts, risi must be the correct
  form.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Scandinavian Philology;Volume 15; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sigurðr Troll/Giant
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: byname
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sami origin
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: mythic pattern
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: editing text
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: WHEN THE “RIGHT” TEXT IS WRONG. THE INTERPRETATION OF THE BYNAME OF THE PRINCE SIGURĐR RISI
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metadata.value: Article
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