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Kálf Kátr 2^VII l. 1

skjöldung — the king

lemma:

skjǫldungr (noun m.): king

readings:

notes:

[1-2] sá er skírði skjöldung tjalls skýja ‘he who baptised the king of the tent of the clouds [SKY/HEAVEN > = God (= Christ)]’: John the Baptist, appropriately included among the prophets and Apostles in a story urging conversion and baptism; cf. st. 9/4.

kennings:

• skjöldung tjalls skýja, — the king of the tent of the clouds [= God (Christ)]

grammar:

case: acc.