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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ESk Ingdr 3II

[5-6] gný gagls Gunnar ‘the din of Gunnr’s <valkyrie’s> gosling [RAVEN/EAGLE > BATTLE]’: Gný Gunnar ‘the din of Gunnr’ is in itself a kenning for ‘battle’. Kock (NN §§2538, 2990B) takes the prepositional phrase í gný Gunnar gagls in its literal meaning (‘in the screeching of Gunnr’s gosling’, i.e. ‘in the screeching of the raven/eagle’), an interpretation which seems rather strained.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.

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