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Kálf Kátr 14^VII l. 4

stiettar — path

lemma:

stétt (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): path

readings:

notes:

[3-4] öflgir þollar öglis stiettar ‘the strong fir-trees of the snake’s path [GOLD > MEN]’: In skaldic poetry the base-word öglir invariably means ‘hawk’, but it took on the changed meaning ‘snake’ in the compositions of rímur-poets (cf. Finnur Jónsson 1926-8, 418), and must be understood in that sense here and in 15/8 öglis tún, 33/2 öglis ness and 45/7 öglis túna.

kennings:

• öglis stiettar — of the snake’s path [GOLD]
• öflgir þollar öglis stiettar — the strong fir-trees of the snake’s path [MEN]

grammar:

case: gen.