geitungr Ellu
‘of Ælle’s birds’ = EAGLES
Ælle’s birds → EAGLES
grár nagr hræva
‘the grey bird of corpses’ = EAGLE
the grey bird of corpses → EAGLE
gaukr tuggu Munins
‘of the cuckoo of Muninn’s mouthful’ = EAGLE
Muninn’s mouthful → CORPSE
the cuckoo of the CORPSE → EAGLE
trani rómu
‘the crane of battle’ = EAGLE
the crane of battle → EAGLE
grár sármútari
‘the grey wound-hawk’ = EAGLE
The grey wound-hawk → EAGLE
þrábarn arnar
‘of the beloved child of the eagle’ = EAGLE
the beloved child of the eagle. → EAGLE
kván ara
‘of the wife of the eagle’ = FEMALE EAGLE
the wife of the eagle; → FEMALE EAGLE
gammr glamma
‘the vulture of noises’ = EAGLE
the vulture of noises → EAGLE
undgjóðr
‘of the wound-osprey’ = EAGLE
the wound-osprey; → EAGLE
haukr hrælœkjar
‘to the hawk of the corpse-creek’ = EAGLE
the corpse-creek. → BLOOD
to the hawk of the BLOOD → EAGLE
This view lists all kennings with the selected referent. It analyses extended kennings to show the stages by which one arrives at the particular referent; these may form part of larger kennings but this is not shown here.
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