[2] gjálfrmara ‘the sea-horses [SHIPS]’: Verelius emended (quite unnecessarily) to ‑manna ‘sea-men, sailors’ (Heiðr 1672, 94). Though this exact cpd gjálfrmara is unique in poetry, similar kennings occurr in Pl 48/8VII (gjalfrhestr ‘sea-stallion’), Bǫlv Hardr 8/3II (gjalfrstóð ‘surge-steed’) and HHund I 30/7 (gjalfrdýr ‘sea-beast’).
References
- Bibliography
- Heiðr 1672 = Verelius, Olaus, ed. 1672. Hervarar Saga på Gammel Gotska. Uppsala: Curio.
- Internal references
- Jonna Louis-Jensen and Tarrin Wills (eds) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Plácitusdrápa 48’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 211.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Bǫlverkr Arnórsson, Drápa about Haraldr harðráði 8’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 293.
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