6 Faraday, Irish Influence on Icelandic Literature. 



for glory, common in Anglo-Saxon poetry and in Old Saxon; and 

 is so translated correctly by Dr. Vigfusson himself, both in the 

 Dictionary and in the Corpus Poeticiim. 



8. Righ,^ used as a proper name in Rigsindt, seems to be a 

 genuine Gaelic word, the only one in the Eddie poems. (Irish 

 ri, rig, a king). 



Professor Bugge states further", but without giving 

 specific references, that there are Irish words in Reginsvidl 

 and in Fafnisvidl. The only word in Reginsvidl which 

 lays any claim to Celtic descent, is the doubtful lindar, 

 discussed above ; there are no Celtic words in Fafnisvidl. 



This forms the whole of the linguistic evidence in 

 favour of the theory that the Eddie Poems were composed 

 under Celtic influences. 



II. Vocabulary of the Eddie Poems. 



Dr. Vigfusson supplements the scanty list of so-called 

 Celtic loan-words by a number of words found in the 

 Edda but not used in Icelandic prose.^ These however 

 are all Germanic words and cannot be used to prove Celtic 

 influence as he attempts to use them. In all old Germanic 

 literatures the poetic vocabulary contains many words not 

 used in pro.se, and salr"^ (hall), which occurs besides in 

 local and personal names, bnr^ (in the sense of " a 

 chamber"), vijdtn'br^ (guardian, or fate, bane), may well be 

 such; i-^/ and (^z^r occur in Anglo-Saxon and Old High 

 German, vietod in Anglo-Saxon and Old Saxon. Other 



^ Corpus PocticJim Boreale, ]>. lx.x. 



* Heti^edigUiie, p. 22. 



* Corpus Poeticjtm Boreale, p. Iviii., lix., Ixi. 



* e.g. Voluspd, 20. The word is so common, both in Eddie and 

 Skaldic poetry, and also in local and personal names, that we may safely 

 reject the suggestion of borrowing from England. 



^ Oddi tmagrdtr, 17. GtiSri'oiarkvr^a, II., 1. 

 " Voluspd, 2, 46. 



