bæsingr
nafnorðkarlkyn
, one born in a báss (); hence, as a law term, the child of an outlawed mother; þat barn er ok eigi arfgengt (that child is also not entitled to inheritance), er sú kona getr er sek er orðin skógarmaðr, þó-at hon geti við bónda sínum úsekjum, ok heitir sá maðr bæsingr, i. 178. Is not the name Bastard, which first occurs as. the surname of the Conqueror, simply a Norman corruption of this law term? The son of an outlawed father was called vargdropi,
2. the name of a sword, (Gl.) This word is, we believe, derived from báss, a ‘boose’ stall, bansts; its original sense would then be, one born in a stall or crib; hence as a law term, a bastard; hornungr from horn (a corner) is an analogous term, winkel-kind, for in ancient laws and language the bastard or outcast was considered as being born in an out-of-the-way place. Both words, bastarðr and bæsingr (), are, we believe, one in sense and origin, bastarðr being the older form, bæsingr the later; from banst-s was formed bastarðr, banstarðr; in Norway and bansts dropped the t and absorbed the n into the preceding vowel, and became bás-s; from this ‘báss’ was formed bæsingr, with ingr as inflexive syllable, and the vowel changed; whereas bastarðr, we suppose, dates from an early time before vowel-change had taken place. Both words are law terms, the former Normannic (or Frankish), the latter Norse: both occur as the name of a sword,—bæsingr in the mythical tale, ii, of St. Olave’s sword, ere it was taken out of the cairn; bastarðr in vii. (12th century), perhaps a sword of Norman workmanship. Literally bastarðr means ‘boose-hardy,’ the hardy one of the stall, the bastard being the boy who got all kinds of rough usage, and so became hardy; we catch an echo of this in the words of the old lay—kóðu ‘harðan’ mjök ‘hornung’ vera, 12.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prop.proper, properly.
- q. v.quod vide.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- poët.poetically.
- Goth.Gothic.
- cp.compare.
- Germ.German.
- Teut.Teutonic.
- qs.quasi.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Hðm.Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)