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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Skipa 6III

[6] eyru (n. pl.) ‘ears’: According to Falk (1912, 80), this term denotes holes or pieces of wood with holes in them for ropes, in particular an upper part of a ship’s rib (see SnE 1998, II, 267; cf. ModIcel. stafnlokseyra, the arm of the wooden support, where it is nailed to the railing of the ship). As a nautical term, the word occurs only in the present þula.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Falk, Hjalmar. 1912. Altnordisches Seewesen. Wörter und Sachen 4. Heidelberg: Winter.
  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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