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Note to stanza1. 15. Glúmr Geirason, 2. Gráfeldardrápa, 14 [Vol. 1, 264] [3] ógnarstafr ‘the terror-stave’: Ógn ‘terror’ has the secondary meaning ‘battle’, and stafr ógnar occurs as a kenning for ‘warrior’ in Ótt Knútdr 11/7. Here, though, the primary sense ‘terror’ is required to complete the kenning: the generous man frightens gold away, i.e. dispenses it liberally. This is another example of a rare kenning type in which the base-word is compounded with an element denoting an action of which the determinant is the object; cf. sœkialfr ‘attacking elf’ in st. 13/3 and Note to st. 13/3, 4. referencesÓtt Knútdr 11 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Glúmr Gráf 14, n. 3 (SkP 1) |
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