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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Skipa 6III

[7] flaug, flaugarskegg (f., n.) ‘flag, flag-beard’: Flaug was a flag or pennant attached to the top of the mast, and flaugarskegg ‘flag-beard’ probably denotes the lower corners of this flag (Falk 1912, 59). The latter word is not attested elsewhere.

References

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

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