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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages
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3. Anonymous Þulur, 18. Sverða heiti, 11 [Vol. 3, 809]

[3] véttrim (f.) ‘battle-rim’: Or vætt-. The first element is from vétt- ‘battle’ (used only in compounds; cf. the strong verb vega ‘fight’). According to CVC: vætt-rim, it is the term for a ridge that runs along the sword-blade, leaving a hollow in the middle. Falk (1914b, 28-9), however, argues that véttrim is a metal hub on a hilt (cf. Korm ch. 10, ÍF 8, 238 and n. 3; cf. also valbǫst ‘slain-bast’, l. 8). The word is used in sword-kennings. See also Notes to Bkrepp Magndr 10/8II and Esk Geisl 47/4VII.

references

CVC = Cleasby, Richard et al. 195… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Sverða 11, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffe… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Sverða 11, n. 3 (SkP 3)

ÍF 8 = Einar Ólafur Sveins… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Sverða 11, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Kormáks saga ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Sverða 11, n. 3 (SkP 3)

Bkrepp Magndr 10 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Sverða 11, n. 3 (SkP 3)

ESk Geisl 47 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Þul Sverða 11, n. 3 (SkP 3)

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