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''Reginnaglar'' (singular ''reginnagli'') is a word occurring twice in Old Norse. Its meaning is unclear but it is a compound of ''reginn'', "powers/rulers/gods/sacred" and ''naglar'', "nails".〔Margaret Clunies Ross, ' ''Reginnaglar'' ', in ''News from Other Worlds/''Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum'': Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow'', ed. by Merrill Kaplan and Timothy R. Tangherlini, Wildcat Canyon Advanced Seminars Occasional Monographs, 1 (Berkeley, CA: North Pinehurst Press, 2012), pp. 3-21 (p. 11); books.google.com/books?isbn=0578101742.〕 Despite its rarity, the word has occasioned quite extensive scholarly debate because it may give insight into Norse mythology. ==Occurrence in ''Glælognskviða== The first attestation is in a rather cryptic kenning in stanza 10 of the skaldic poem ''Glælognskviða'' by Þórarinn loftunga, thought to date from 1030×34. In it Þórarinn advises King Svein Knutsson of Norway, encouraging him to pray to his predecessor, Olaf II of Norway; the poem is among our earliest evidence for Olaf's status as a saint in Norway. One of the exhortations to Sveinn to pray runs ::þás þú rekr ::fyr reginnagla ::bóka máls ::bænir þínar which appears literally to mean 'when you perform/present your prayers in front of the sacred nail(s) () of the language/speech/measure/inlaid decoration of books'.〔Margaret Clunies Ross, ' ''Reginnaglar'' ', in ''News from Other Worlds/''Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum'': Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow'', ed. by Merrill Kaplan and Timothy R. Tangherlini, Wildcat Canyon Advanced Seminars Occasional Monographs, 1 (Berkeley, CA: North Pinehurst Press, 2012), pp. 3-21 (pp. 4, 8-10); books.google.com/books?isbn=0578101742.〕 The main interpretations of the phrase 'reginnalga bóka máls' have been: # 'altar' or 'shrine' (taking the 'sacred nails of the language of books (Latin )' as a metonymy for the whole object) # 'priests' or 'St Olaf' (taking the 'sacred nail(s) of the language of books (Latin )' as a kenning either for priests generally or Olaf specifically) # 'liturgical book' (taking the 'sacred nails of the language/inlaid decoration of books' to refer to an ornamented book cover). 〔Margaret Clunies Ross, ' ''Reginnaglar'' ', in ''News from Other Worlds/''Tíðendi ór ǫðrum heimum'': Studies in Nordic Folklore, Mythology and Culture in Honor of John F. Lindow'', ed. by Merrill Kaplan and Timothy R. Tangherlini, Wildcat Canyon Advanced Seminars Occasional Monographs, 1 (Berkeley, CA: North Pinehurst Press, 2012), pp. 3-21 (pp. 12-14); books.google.com/books?isbn=0578101742.〕 Of these, 'Olaf' has historically been the most common and 'liturgical book', suggested by Margaret Clunies Ross, the most recent (as of 2014). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reginnaglar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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