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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sverða 11III

[8] herðr (f.) ‘shoulder’: This is the term for a part of the sword’s hilt created in analogy with (knífs) ǫxl ‘shoulder of a knife’ (i.e. where blade and haft join), since herðr is a synonym of ǫxl (Falk 1914b, 18; SnE 1998, II, 307). The word is not used in poetry as a term for ‘sword’ or for a part of the sword.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Falk, Hjalmar. 1914b. Altnordische Waffenkunde. Videnskapsselskapets skrifter, II. Hist.-filos. kl. 1914, 6. Kristiania (Oslo): Dybwad.
  3. SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.

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