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Kirsten Wolf: Basic Color Terms in Old Norse-Icelandic
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Literary work N References Compounds Toponyms
Valla-Ljóts saga 1 243.9
Vápnfirðinga saga 8 »23.11,48.22, 24, 25, 28, 49.2-3, 5, 51.17 rauðflekkóttr (48.22, 25, 49.2-3)
Vatnsdœla saga 4 68.21,111.3,4, 7
Víga-Glúms saga 3 37.9,51.11, 86.7 *rauðkinnr (37.9) Rauða- hjalli (51.11)
Víglundar saga 1 108.5
Table 1. Occurrences of rnnðr
2.2 Hvítr
Hvítr is the second most commonly used color term. There are 150 oc-
curences. Of these, 33 are bynames, two being compound bynames.
The adjective appears commonly in toponyms.
Literary work N References Compounds Toponyms
Bandamanna saga 1 297.11 Hvítá
Bárðar saga Snæfellsáss 3 102.16,17,170.9 hvítaváðir (170.9)
Bjarnar saga Hítdœlakappa 10 122.17,136.10x2,140.4,144.13, 187.1, 2,189.19,195.7f, 198.2 alhvítr (136.10,187.1), hvítmœl (189.19) Hvítá (122.17), Hvít- ingshjalli (195.7f)
Droplaugarsona saga 1 »143.12f
Egils saga Skalla- Grímssonar 7 *16.9f, 74.9f, 99.8, 219.30, 274.3, »291.19, 299.9 (hvítna) *hvítbeinn (219.30) Hvítá (74.9f), Hvítárvellir (99.8)
Eiríks saga rauða 6 »195.2, 206.21, 207.3, 227.13, 234.3, 234.5 Hvítra- mannaland (234.5)
Eyrbyggja saga 8 *4.22f, 74.4 (hvítingr), 108.18, 120.24, 127.16, *133.7f, 143.25f, 178.2 fannhvítr (108.18) Hvítá (143.25f)
Finnboga saga ramma 1 »286.18f
Fljótsdœla saga 3 237.2,261.13,274.9-10
Flóamanna saga 2 »242.7, *258.5f
Fóstbrœðra saga 15 »124.12,128.25f, 176.6 (livítingr), 178.3f, »181.16, 181.18* 195.1, 231.5, 233.16, 234.1, 12, 270.7 (hvítingr), 276.11,13,17 Hvítá (128.25f), Hvítstaðir (178.3f)