Referents

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(Referents classified according to Meissner’s categories, where relevant. This list is in progress and should not be cited.)

• Agapitus and Theopistus1
• alcoholic drink (§103)7
• ale/beer (§103)7
• angel (§93 a.)15
• Angrboða1
• arm (§66)6
• arm, hand (§66)55
• axe (§75)18
• back (§65)1
• bad poetry (§100)2
• Baldr3
• battle (§81)600
• battlefield3
• beard (§55)1
• bed (§101.e)1
• blood (§84)81
• bone2
• breast, chest (§62)42
• bull, ox (§30)6
• cat (§32)1
• cattle1
• cauldron, kettle (§105.21)1
• cave (§4)6
• church (§102)1
• claw, talon (§69)2
• cloud1
• colour (§105.12)1
• corpse, slain (§83)26
• courage (§64)1
• cross (§102)11
• cup, vessel (§105.09)1
• Danish king, ruler, jarl (§90)29
• death (§106)5
• Denmark (§1.h)2
• devil (§95)3
• Dómaldi (Yt)1
• drápa (§100)1
• drinking horn (§72, 105.09)4
• duck (§34)1
• dwarf (§88.c)7
• eagle (§42)6
• ears (§48)2
• earth, land (§1)11
• Eilífr Rǫgnvaldsson2
• Erlingr skakki Kyrpinga-Ormsson (d. 1179)1
• eye (§49)16
• eyelashes (§51)1
• farmer (§92.c)2
• feeder, nourisher4
• female, woman (§96)219
• Fenja and Menja2
• Fenrir (§43)2
• fire, flame (§10)32
• fish (§37)3
• fisherman (§92.b)1
• fishing-line (§105.06)2
• fjord (§5 [2])1
• floor, ground (§1.l)1
• foot (§67)3
• forehead (§53)1
• forest, thicket, woodland (§2)1
• fox (§26)4
• Freyja (§96.a)3
• Freyr (§88.a)2
• Frigg1
• gallows (§105.14)5
• game bird2
• Gefjun1
• generous man296
• giantess, troll-woman (§96.d)29
• gladdener5
• goat (§27)1
• gold (§87)397
• grass (§2)2
• grave (§105.17)1
• Grégóríus Dagsson (d. 1161)1
• Grjótúnagarðar1
• Gutthormr Gunnhildarson1
• Hagbarðr/Hagbarði2
• hail (§13)1
• hair (§47)4
• Hamðir and Sǫrli3
• hand (§66)10
• Haraldr Maddaðarson1
• hawk (§35)3
• hay (§105.18)1
• Hálfdan háleggr Haraldsson2
• head (§45)40
• headband (§105.02)2
• heart (§63)20
• heath1
• heathens (§92.c)1
• heaven (Christian) (§18)16
• heavenly bodies (§16)5
• Heimdallr (§88.a)2
• Hel (§96.a)10
• hell (Christian) (§19)2
• helmet (§78)12
• herring (§37)4
• Hildr (§96.b)11
• Hnoss (§96.a)5
• Hœnir (§88.a)1
• holy woman (§97)24
• horn (§72)7
• horse (§29)4
• house (§101)9
• Hrókr inn svarti (Hálf)2
• Hrungnir (§88.b)1
• ice (§9)3
• Iceland2
• Iðunn (§96.a)3
• insult (§105.38)2
• iron (§105.12)4
• island, skerry (§1.i)5
• Italy1
• Jesus Christ270
• Jǫrð (§1)26
• Ketill hœngr (Ket)3
• leather strap (§105.26)1
• limb1
• Lǫgmaðr Guðrøðarson2
• Loki18
• mail-coat (§79)40
• male, man (§88)170
• Mary (§98)100
• mead (§103)5
• Miðgarðsormr (§36)11
• mind, thought (§64)9
• Mjǫllnir (§99.c)2
• moon (§15)1
• mountain (§3)15
• mouse (§32)1
• mouth (§56)7
• Norway5
• oar (§86)5
• organs of speech4
• Óðinn (§88.a.α)41
• paw1
• Peter the Apostle2
• pillar, post (§101.e)1
• pitchfork (§105.19)1
• poet (§91)12
• poetry (§100)62
• poison (§105.16)1
• poor man (§92.b)1
• rain (§12)1
• raven (§41)30
• raven/eagle (§40)110
• Rán (§96.a)2
• river (§8)5
• rock, stone (§3)44
• Rǫgnvaldr jarl Úlfsson1
• S. Andrew1
• sail (§86)6
• sea (§5)231
• seafarer125
• seaweed (§7)1
• serpent, snake (§36)61
• she-wolf (§43)1
• shield (§80)209
• ship, boat (§85)346
• shoulder (§65)1
• Sigurðr II munnr Haraldsson (r. 1136-55)1
• Sigurðr ribbungr (d. 1226)1
• Sigurðr slembidjákn Magnússon (r. 1136-9)4
• Sigvaldi jarl Strút-Haraldsson1
• silver (§87)17
• Skaði (§96.a)4
• skull1
• sky/heaven (§17)246
• smith (§92.b)3
• sorceress2
• sow1
• Sól1
• spear (§74)23
• speech, utterance (§105.37)1
• storm, wind (§11)13
• summer1
• sun (§14)26
• Sveinn Álfífuson (r. 1030-1035)2
• Sveinn jarl Hákonarson (r. c. 1000-c. 1015)2
• Sveinn Úlfsson (r. 1047-1076)5
• Swedish king, ruler9
• sword (§76)293
• sword blade (§76.d)7
• Sæmundr Sigfússon1
• tail (§70)1
• tanner (§92)5
• tears, weeping (§52)12
• tongue (§60)10
• tooth, teeth (§59)5
• troll5
• Ullr1
• upphaf1
• Vagn Ákason4
• Valhǫll (§99a)6
• valkyrie27
• vixen2
• water (§8)9
• wave (§6)17
• whale (§38)2
• whetstone (§105.29)2
• widow1
• wine (§103)1
• wing (§71)3
• winter (§21)10
• wolf (§43)42
• wolf-skin1
• womb (§65)1
• wound (§82)8
• Þjazi (§88.b.α)8
• Þorkell geysa1
• Þórr54