Editing Naglfar (section)

==Etymology==
Some dispute has waged over the [[etymology]] of ''Naglfar''. In the late 19th century, [[Adolf Noreen]] proposed that ''nagl-'' here does not have its usual meaning of "[[Nail (anatomy)|nail]]", but, instead, is a variant of Old Norse ''nár'' (meaning "corpse") and ultimately derives from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] *''nok-w-i''. Noreen claimed that the notion of ''Naglfar'' as a 'nail-ship' is due to a [[folk etymology]]; that elaboration on the [[folk etymology]] produced the concept of a "nail-ship".<ref name="LINCOLN360-361">Lincoln (1977:360—361).</ref>

However, [[Sigmund Feist]] (1909) rejects the theory on etymological grounds, as does [[Albert Morley Sturtevant]] (1951) on the grounds of major difficulties, and their points have led [[Bruce Lincoln]] (1977) to comment that "there is no reason whatever to contend that ''nagl-'' does not have its usual meaning of 'nail' and that ''Naglfar'' is anything other than the nail-ship, just as Snorri describes it." In addition, Lincoln finds the ship to be a part of a larger pattern of religious disposal and sacrifice of hair and nails among the [[Proto-Indo-Europeans|Indo-European]]s (see below).<ref name="LINCOLN360-361"/>