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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Sjólfr Lv 1VIII (Ǫrv 34)

[2] skyrtur Hamðis ‘the shirts of Hamðir <legendary hero> [MAIL-SHIRTS]’: Hamðir and his brother Sǫrli were legendary heroes who attacked the Gothic king Jǫrmunrekkr (Ermanaric) in his hall, according to the eddic poem Hamð. Kennings for mail-shirts are often constructed with a hero’s name as determinant.

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