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Note to Hundk Lv 3VIII (HjǪ 33)

[4] rótakylfu ‘a club’: A rótakylfa is a club (kylfa) made from the lowest part of the bole of a tree (cf. LP: rótakylfa), thus a massive but inelegant weapon. The same term occurs in Hjálmþérsrímur IV, 16 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 29), while kylfa alone occurs in V, 28 (Finnur Jónsson 1905-22, II, 37).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
  3. Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1905-22. Rímnasafn: Samling af de ældste islandske rimer. 2 vols. SUGNL 35. Copenhagen: Møller.

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