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Note to Ormr Woman 6III

[2] salar Fundins ‘of the hall of Fundinn <dwarf> [STONE]’: This kenning type is based on the belief that dwarfs live in rocks and mountains (Reichborn-Kjennerud 1934a, 280); only three attestations of the type occur (Meissner 89). The apparent clustering of dwarf-heiti here and in st. 5/4 above is appropriate to the theme of Snæfríðardrápa, since Snæfríðr’s father Svási was himself a dwarf according to Flat. Cf. also the dwarf-names in Hhárf Snædr 1/5, 7I.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
  3. Reichborn-Kjennerud, Ingjald. 1934a. ‘Den gamle dvergetro’. In Rooth 1934, 278-88.
  4. Internal references
  5. Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Haraldr hárfagri Hálfdanarson, Snæfríðardrápa 1’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 68.

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