Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.
ONP: hirðir sb. m....glymja. Varghollr hirðir veltireiðar ... ‘...resounded. The wolf-gracious guardian of the rolling wagon ...’
1001notesFærðu hirði hafloga ... ‘Deliver the jesting stanza to the keeper of the sea-flame, ...’
1018Sá framr hirðir fróns, er ... ‘May that outstanding shepherd of the earth, who ...’
1285...ert lífs, hirðir hringa’, kvað ... ‘...you are alive, keeper of rings’ said ...’
1325...rangri þjóð. Hirðir himna ‘...of the sinful people. The shepherd of the heavens’ ’
1335...yfir várum hirði. Mildingr foldar ... ‘...over our pastor. The king of the land ...’
1360notes...virðr góður hirðir samnaði saman ... ‘...revered good pastor previously with ...’
1360notes...og listir. Hirðir dýrðar himna ... ‘...and skills. The shepherd of the glory of the heavens ...’
1380...herra spurði hirði hringa að ... ‘...lord asked the keeper of rings about ...’
1392...dýrð af hirði bryggju mána ... ‘...glory from the guardian of the pier of the moon ...’
1394...Fœr sjǫt hirðis hinig, es ... ‘...you up. Move the shepherd’s settlement here, ...’
?notes...fyrir mér: hirðir svína. ‘...before me: a herder of swine. ’
?...Engi hvítr hirðir hringa er ... ‘...No fair guardian of rings is ...’
?Anon Heildr 18VII
sá framr hirðir fróns
‘May that outstanding shepherd of the earth’ = God
May that outstanding shepherd of the earth, → God
Kálf Kátr 36VII
hirðir dýrðar himna
‘the shepherd of the glory of the heavens’ = God
The shepherd of the glory of the heavens → God
Kálf Kátr 37VII
hans hirði*þǫll hyrjar flóðs
‘his tending tree of the fire of the sea’ = WOMAN
the fire of the sea → GOLD
His tending tree of the GOLD → WOMAN
Anon Mgr 46VII
hirðir bryggju mána
‘the guardian of the pier of the moon’ =
the pier of the moon → God
the guardian of GOD →
Anon Pl 51VII
hirðigátt elda ítrfoldar Endils
‘the nursing-tree of the fires of the glorious ground of Endill’ = WOMAN
the glorious ground of Endill → SEA
the fires of the SEA → GOLD
the nursing-tree of the GOLD → WOMAN
Anon Brúðv 26VII
hirðir hringa
‘keeper of rings’ = MAN
keeper of rings’ → MAN
Anon Vitn 14VII
hirðir hringa
‘the keeper of rings’ = MAN
the keeper of rings → MAN
Anon (FoGT) 7III
hirðir himnagarðs
‘the shepherd of the heavens’ stronghold’ = God
the heavens’ stronghold, → SKY/HEAVEN
The shepherd of the SKY/HEAVEN → God
Hfr ErfÓl 7I
varghollr hirðir veltireiðar víðis
‘the wolf-gracious guardian of the rolling wagon of the ocean’ = SEAFARER
the rolling wagon of the ocean → SHIP
The wolf-gracious guardian of the SHIP → SEAFARER
Eskál Vell 26I
stirðan valserkjar veðrhirðir
‘weather-keeper of the slain-shirt’ = WARRIOR = Hákon jarl
the shirt of the slain → MAIL-SHIRT
the weather of the MAIL-SHIRT → BATTLE
the unbending keeper of the BATTLE → WARRIOR = Hákon jarl
Ólǫf Lv 1V (Vígl 1)
Engi hvítr hirðir hringa
‘No fair guardian of rings’ = MAN
No fair guardian of rings → MAN
Grett Lv 19V (Gr 34)
hirðir hafloga
‘to the keeper of the sea-flame’ = MAN = Sveinn
the sea-flame, → GOLD
to the keeper of the GOLD → MAN = Sveinn
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