2. Terminology used in the database
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Some terms in this interface may be unclear or have a slightly different usage from the terms’ normal meaning, including:
- Skald: a poet (in the database the category is also used for a group of anonymous poetry)
- Kenning: a poetic figure (technically a nominal periphrasis) where two nouns substitute for a third noun (e.g. horse of the sea = ship)
- Heiti: a poetic figure where a noun substitutes for another noun (e.g. Grimnir for Óðinn)
- Verse is sometimes used loosely for a stanza or fragment of a stanza
- Text is sometimes used loosely for a prose work such as a saga or scholarly treatise
- Poem is sometimes used loosely for any group of stanzas or fragments