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Kálf Kátr 39^VII l. 8

döggvar — dew

lemma:

dǫgg (noun f.; °-var/-ar, dat. -/-u; -var/-ar/dǫggir/daggir (cf. [$1242$])): dew

readings:

notes:

[7, 8] Draupnis döggvar ‘of Draupnir’s dew [GOLD]’: A kenning for gold, referring to the property of the god Óðinn’s gold ring Draupnir (lit. ‘dripper’) to produce eight new rings that dripped from it every ninth night (SnE 1982, 47).

kennings:

• Draupnis döggvar, — of Draupnir’s <ring> dew, [GOLD]
• hlynr Draupnis döggvar, — maple of Draupnir’s <ring> dew, [MAN]

grammar:

case: gen.