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4. Kartr,^ cart, "ist wohl jedenfalls von den britischen Inseln 

 nach dem Norden gekommen, wena auch nicht mit Sicherheit 

 gesagt werden kann, aus welcher Sprache."'^ Vigfusson has no 

 doubt on the subject, but quotes it confidently as Gaehc/^ It 

 has been shown elsewhere'' that it is not a Gaelic loan, since the 

 Irish cart is late, borrowed from the English ; and the Old Irish 

 cret is too far away in form. 



Dr. Vigfusson, in addition to the above, gives the following 

 words' : 



5. ceti^' which he translates " oats." It is however a pure 

 Germanic word, from the "eat" root, as the context shows. In 

 answer to the question, "Seg)5U mer hve jjat sa|) heitir " (tell me 

 what seed is called), the dwarf replies : 



Bygg heitir me^ monnum (It is called "bygg" among men, 

 enn barr met) Go^om ; but "bearing" among Gods ; 



kalla vaxt Vanir ; the Vanir call it "growth," 



eti iotnar ; &c. the giants "food," &c.) 



each name being descriptive. If we assume that eti is the real 

 name of a special kind of corn seen in foreign countries, we 

 should logically assume the same for vaxt. 



6. niol? Dr. Vigfusson*' does not equate this word, which 

 is given among the descriptive names for night. He may have 

 been thinking of the Irish net (cloud, mist). Njbl is a Germanic 

 word, corresponding to the A. S. neoivol, deep. 



7. //>, '■^ earth, if we read rightly in the Western Volsung 

 Lay, 1. 85."^ But the tir which occurs there,^° in the compound 

 megifi-tiri, does not mean " earth," but is an old Germanic word 



^ J\igs>ndl, 19. 



- Gotler- unci Heldeusagtn., p. 7. 



^ Stiirlnnga Saga, p. clxxxvi. 



* Zeitschrift fiir Keltische Philologie I. 



* Corpus Foeticum Roreale. Introd., pp. lix., Ix., Ixix. 

 ^ Alvissindt, 32. (Facs. p. 39, 14 — 15). 



'■ Alvissmal If) (Facs. p. 39, 1. 12). 



^ Corpus Poeticuin Borea/e, pp. Ix. , Ixix. 



* Corpus Poeticuin Boi-eale, p. Ix. 



^0 Sigrdrifiimal, 5 (Facs. p. 63, 1. 19). 



