Kennings — Gestumblindi Heiðreks gátur
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Gestumbl Heiðr 9VIII (Heiðr 56)
laukr sára
‘a leek of wounds’ = SWORD
a leek of wounds. → SWORDsword
4.3.1. leek of the wound -
Gestumbl Heiðr 25VIII (Heiðr 72)
brimleið
‘the surf-way’ = SEA
the surf-way; → SEAsea
5.2. path of the sea -
Gestumbl Heiðr 28VIII (Heiðr 75)
nösgás
‘a nostrils-goose’ = DUCK
a nostrils-goose → DUCKduck
2. bird of nostrils, of the nose? (A2) -
Gestumbl Heiðr 28VIII (Heiðr 75)
bitskalm hálms
‘biting-swords of straw’ = OX TEETH
Biting-swords of straw → OX TEETHox teeth
. swords of straw -
Gestumbl Heiðr 28VIII (Heiðr 75)
drynhraun drykkjar
‘the bellowing lava-field of drink’ = OX SKULL
the bellowing lava-field of drink → OX SKULLox skull
1. rock of the drink