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44 THE VIKING PERIOD
gelt ;
l Ir. geilt,
’
a madman.’
varth at gjalti, to become mad
|
with fear. Cf. Eyrbyggja
[Saga,
ch. 18.
ingian ; Ir. inghean,
’
a girl.’
kapall (Fornmanna vSogur II.,
p. 231) ;
Ir. capall,
’
a horse.’
kesja ; Ir. ccis,
’
a spear.’
korki (Snorres Edda, II., 493); Ir. coirce,
’
oats.’
kross ; Ir. cros,
’
a cross.’
kuaran ; Ir. cnaran,
’
a shoe
’
(made
of skin).
1
There is an interesting account of the gelt in the Old Norse
Konungs Skuggsjd (Speculum Regale) :
"
It happens that when two hosts meet and are arranged in battle-
array, and when the battle-cry is raised loudly on both sides,
cowardly men run wild and lose their wits from the dread and fear
which seize them. And they run into a wood away from other men,
and live there like beasts and shun the meeting of men like wild
beasts. And it is said of these men then when they have lived in the
woods in that condition for twenty years, that feathers grew on
their bodies like birds, whereby their bodies are protected against
frost and cold. ..."
Cf. Kuno Meyer : On the Irish Mirabilia in the Old None
"Speculum Regal*
"
(Eriu, Vol. IV., pp. 11-12).
This bears a striking resemblance to a certain passage in the
mediaeval romance Cath Muighe Rath (Battle of Moy Rath, p. 232.
Ed. by O’ Donovan). It may also be compared with another romance,
which probably dates from the same period, viz., Bitile Suibhne.
(The Madness of Suibhne, ed. by J. G. O’Keefe for the Irish Texts
Society). Cf. also HdvamAl (ed. Gering), str. 129, etc.
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