Rígr2
nafnorðkarlkyn
the name of the hero of the poem Rígs-þula, in the erroneously called Rígs-mál, ii. 496, a poem which traces the origin of royalty to king Ríg as the ancestor of all kings. This myth belonged to Heimdal, 1; it is very likely that the Ríg of the poem is an invented name, a poetical disguise, borrowed from the Gaelic word Righ, which means a king; Rígs-þula would therefore literally mean Konungs-þula = the King’s Lay.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Edd.edition, editions, edited.
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- Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)