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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Skipa 9III

[6] klœr (f. pl.) ‘claws’: As a nautical term (sg. kló) the word is used with several meanings, namely (a) ‘an arm or fluke of an anchor’, (b) ‘an upper corner of a sail’, (c) ‘an arm (or arm of a bollard, krapti) extending above the side of a ship to tie a mooring-rope to’ and (d) ‘a loop for attaching a rope to the side of a sail’ (SnE 1998, II, 335). See Falk (1912, 24, 69). This heiti is not otherwise found in poetry as a nautical term.

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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