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Kennings — AM 203 fol (203)

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Gestumbl Heiðr 9^VIII (Heiðr 56)
laukr sára
‘a leek of wounds’ = SWORD
a leek of wounds. → SWORD

AM 203 fol: 102r/17
sword
4.3.1. leek of the wound
Gestumbl Heiðr 25^VIII (Heiðr 72)
brimleið
‘the surf-way’ = SEA
the surf-way; → SEA

AM 203 fol: 103v/22
[5] ‑leiðar: reiðar all
sea
5.2. path of the sea
Gestumbl Heiðr 28^VIII (Heiðr 75)
nösgás
‘a nostrils-goose’ = DUCK
a nostrils-goose → DUCK

AM 203 fol: 105v/18
duck
2. bird of nostrils, of the nose? (A2)
Gestumbl Heiðr 28^VIII (Heiðr 75)
bitskalm hálms
‘biting-swords of straw’ = OX TEETH
Biting-swords of straw → OX TEETH

AM 203 fol: 105v/18
ox teeth
. swords of straw
Gestumbl Heiðr 28^VIII (Heiðr 75)
drynhraun drykkjar
‘the bellowing lava-field of drink’ = OX SKULL
the bellowing lava-field of drink → OX SKULL

AM 203 fol: 105v/18
ox skull
1. rock of the drink

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