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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sverða 10III

[8] eggteinar (m. pl.) ‘edge-rims’: This word is in the pl. and denotes rims of steel welded to the twisted core of the early European sword. The term does not occur in poetry, but it is known from prose sources (Falk 1914b, 17).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.

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