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Note to stanza3. Eilífr Goðrúnarson, 3. Fragment, 1 [Vol. 3, 127] [3, 4] konungr Róms ‘king of Rome [CHRIST]’: Meissner (Meissner 369) places this among the oldest kennings for the Christian god, a group for which geographical determinants are characteristic (see Meissner 378), as in gætir Gríklands ‘the guardian of Greece [= God]’ in Þloft Hfl 1/1-2I or gramr Jórðánar ‘the prince of the Jordan [CHRIST]’ in Sigv ErfÓl 28/2I. It was possible to refer to Christ as the ruler of Rome because the pope, the Christian god’s earthly representative, resided there. referencesMeissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921… ∙ is referred to in ∙ Eil Frag 1, n. 3, 4 (SkP 3) Sigv ErfÓl 28 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Eil Frag 1, n. 3, 4 (SkP 3) Þloft Hfl 1 ∙ is referred to in ∙ Eil Frag 1, n. 3, 4 (SkP 3) |
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