Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.
ONP: herðr sb. f....ofan meðal herða. ‘...from above between the shoulders.’
850...báðar gnáar herðar mínar hvǫssu ... ‘...protrusions of my shoulder with the sharp sword. ...’
965[3] Hǫrða: herða FskAˣ, 52ˣ
FskA Hvarf aftraðr enn erfþan | ostafr faður hafðe | hærforðaðr reð hærða | hiorvæðrs konongs fiorvi | Uarðat frꝍyr, sa er fære | folkskiðs ne man siðan | þvi bregðr olld við aðra | Jarls riki framm slicu, |
[2] ‑hurðum: ‑herðum 54, Bb
Bb Ok til motz ath mæra miok | herdum fram þordo med svar geilí suarra sía landreka landa | glumdí allr þar er ullar egg þings hedíns vegíar. gn | ott flaust nas fyr nesium noregs saman for.
...bjúglimum herða — gnýr fúra ... ‘...with her curving branches of the shoulders — the din of the fires ...’
987notes...harðvaxnar herðar hallands ... ‘...the hard-grown shoulders of the sloping-land ...’
1000notes...falla of herðar okkr í ... ‘...fall over the shoulders of us both in ...’
1016...golli of herðar Hundi; slætt ... ‘...with gold across the shoulders of Hundr (‘Dog’); the blunt one ...’
1040...hauss ok herða andskota hans.... ‘...the skull and shoulders of his enemies....’
1104...falla á herðar sér; rauð... ‘...onto her shoulders; I reddened ...’
1151notes...palmr meðal herða; þjóst skyli ... ‘...a palm between his shoulders; the tumult ought to be ...’
1152...fœrðr meðal herða Fríreks; ... ‘...Frírekr’s shoulders; somewhat higher up, ...’
1170...haus við herðar; it dýra ... ‘...skull from shoulders; the precious ...’
1190...lét klett herða, verðan bana, ... ‘...made the crag of the shoulders, deserving death, ...’
1221...bringu og herðar sverði sárra ... ‘...breast and back by a sword of grievous ...’
1345...hjálpar á herðum sier til ... ‘...on his shoulders to the torment, ...’
1394...mitt og herðar bar það ... ‘...breast and shoulders carried that ...’
1394notes...brjóst og herðar með kamba... ‘...his chest and shoulders with the prongs ...’
1400...sjóla … herðar. Knútur má ... ‘...king … shoulders. Knútr can ...’
1400...bera á herðum sier blý ... ‘...on her shoulders lead and ...’
1410...liggr und herðum mér; útan ... ‘...under my shoulders; on the outside it ...’
?...niðr í herðar. Hávarðr nam ... ‘...down into shoulders. Hávarðr intensified ...’
?...hrynja um herðar, þeim er ... ‘...fall around the shoulders of those who ...’
?...hálflaminn en herðar brotnar, stafnbúi ... ‘...half crippled, and my shoulders broken, the forecastle-man ...’
?...hjálmum á herðum mér, ok ... ‘...on my shoulders and afterwards ...’
?...háls af herðum þess args ... ‘...the neck from the shoulders of that unmanly ...’
?...valbǫst ok herðr. ‘...sword-hilt panel and shoulder. ’
?notesHfr ErfÓl 21I
líð lýða landherðar
‘ale of the folk of the land-shoulder’ = POETRY
the land-shoulder —, → ROCK
the folk of the ROCK → GIANTS
ale of GIANTS → POETRY
Hfr ErfÓl 21I
lýðr landherðar
‘of the folk of the land-shoulder’ = GIANTS
the land-shoulder —, → ROCK
the folk of the ROCK → GIANTS
Hfr ErfÓl 21I
landherðr
‘of the land-shoulder’ = ROCK
the land-shoulder —, → ROCK
SnSt Ht 65III
klettr herða
‘the crag of the shoulders’ = HEAD
the crag of the shoulders, → HEAD
Tindr Hákdr 1I
bjúglim herða
‘with her curving branches of the shoulders’ = ARMS
with her curving branches of the shoulders — → ARMS
Eil Þdr 8III
harðvaxnar herðr hallands
‘the hard-grown shoulders of the sloping-land’ = ROCKS
the sloping-land → MOUNTAIN
the hard-grown shoulders of the MOUNTAIN → ROCKS
GSúrs Lv 33V (Gísl 36)
báðar gná herðar mínar
‘both protrusions of my shoulder’ = ARMS
both protrusions of my shoulder → ARMS
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