[6, 8] nistir örn ‘feeds the eagle’: This phrasing uses similar vocabulary to ESk Hardr I 1/6II and ESk Geisl 25/6VII, where the warrior-kennings ulfnistandi ‘wolf-feeder’ and nistandi ulfs ‘feeder of the wolf’ occur respectively, cf. de Vries (1964-7, II, 40 n. 68).
References
- Bibliography
- Vries, Jan de. 1964-7. Altnordische Literaturgeschichte. 2 vols. 2nd edn. Grundriss der germanischen Philologie 15-16. Berlin: de Gruyter.
- Internal references
- Martin Chase 2007, ‘ Einarr Skúlason, Geisli’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 5-65. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1144> (accessed 27 May 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade 2009, ‘ Einarr Skúlason, Haraldsdrápa I’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 542-4. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1145> (accessed 27 May 2024)