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ONP: kǫstr sb. m....laust í kǫstu lífs eldi ... ‘...struck at the piles of life with the fire ...’
1012[5] kosta: kǫstu 73aˣ, 68
68 Vara sigmana sveini sverþa gnys at fryia gioðs ne | goðrar hriþar gvɴ reifom oleifi : þviat kvistingar kǫsto koma herʀ i staþ verʀa . atto síɴ þar er sottvz | seggir hvarirtveɢio.
73a Uarat sígmána Suæíní. | suerða gnys at fryia ∙ | griðs ne go᷎rrar hriðar. | gunnʀæifum olæifi: | þviat kuístíngar ko᷎stu | koma herr í stað verra . | áttu sínn þar er sóttu | seggir huarírtueɢgíu. |
[5] kostum: kǫstu 61
61 Kátr var ek opt þa er uti | o᷎rðigt ueðr ꜳ fio᷎rðum . visa segl i vasi víndblasin skok iɴan | hestr oð kafs ꜳ ko᷎stu . kilir ristu haf lista . ut þa er eisa | letum undan skeiðr ꜳ sundi .
...herǫð; hel kastar blés fasta; ... ‘...herǫð; the death of the wood pile breathed life into the blaze; ...’
1100notesBkrepp Magndr 1II
hel kastar
‘the death of the wood pile’ = FIRE
the death of the wood pile → FIRE
Egill Arkv 25V (Eg 121)
lofkǫstr
‘a praise-pile’ = PRAISE POEM
a praise-pile, → PRAISE POEM
ÞTref Hrafn 2V (Eb 26)
kǫstr lífs
‘the piles of life’ = BODIES
the piles of life → BODIES
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