alkostigr niðr rǫgnvalds
‘the excellent descendant of rǫgnvaldr’ = Þorfinnr
The excellent descendant of Rǫgnvaldr → Þorfinnr
harri hjaltlands
‘the lord of shetland’ = Þorfinnr
The lord of Shetland, → Þorfinnr
kind Rǫgnvalds ins gamla
‘the descendant of Rǫgnvaldr inn gamli (‘the old’)’ = Þorfinnr
the descendant of Rǫgnvaldr inn gamli (‘the Old’) → Þorfinnr
ítran ættbœtir allríks torf-Einars
‘the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful torf-Einarr’ = Þorfinnr
the splendid kin-ennobler of all-powerful Torf-Einarr → Þorfinnr
hlýri Einars
‘Einarr’s brother’ = Þorfinnr
Einarr’s brother → Þorfinnr
dróttinn Hjalta
‘the lord of Shetlanders’ = Þorfinnr
The lord of Shetlanders → Þorfinnr
frændi Hlǫðvis
‘Hlǫðvir’s kinsman’ = Þorfinnr
Hlǫðvir’s kinsman → Þorfinnr
This view lists all kennings with the selected referent. It analyses extended kennings to show the stages by which one arrives at the particular referent; these may form part of larger kennings but this is not shown here.
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