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: 1selja sb. f....svalbúinn gandr selju, sverfr þeiri ... ‘...cold-clad wolf of the willow files the ...’
934...velborin selja gulls, ef ... ‘...well-born willow of gold, if ...’
1018...lengi muna selju rastar reyr... ‘...for a long time remember the willow of the path of the reed...’
1200notes...kárr rakki selju fór grenjandi ... ‘... dog of the willow ran howling ...’
1263Vel þér, selja; þú stendr ... ‘It is well for you, willow-tree; you stand ...’
?...tág, víðir, selja, pors, mǫrk, ... ‘...root fibre, willow, sallow, sweet gale, forest, ...’
?notesAnon Mv I 14VII
æskiselja öls
‘the wishing-willow of ale’ = WOMAN
The wishing-willow of ale, → WOMAN
Kálf Kátr 42VII
veiti*selja víns
‘the offering-willow of wine’ = WOMAN
the offering-willow of wine, → WOMAN
Sturl Hákkv 8II
svipkárr rakki selju
‘the violent dog of the willow’ = FIRE
the violent dog of the willow → FIRE
Bjbp Jóms 3I
eina ǫlselja
‘a certain ale-willow’ = WOMAN
a certain ale-willow. → WOMAN
HSt Frag 3III
selja rastar reyrþvengs
‘the willow of the path of the reed-thong’ = WOMAN
the reed-thong. → SNAKE
the path of the SNAKE → GOLD
the willow of the GOLD → WOMAN
Egill Lv 25V (Eg 32)
eirarvanr svalbúinn gandr selju
‘the merciless, cold-clad wolf of the willow’ = WIND
the merciless, cold-clad wolf of the willow → WIND
Grett Lv 10V (Gr 19)
velborin selja gulls
‘well-born willow of gold’ = WOMAN
well-born willow of gold, → WOMAN
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