[2] hríð ‘the onslaught’: Hríð ‘storm (of snow or rain)’ is used in two ways in battle contexts, both exemplified in this helmingr. It is common as a base-word in battle-kennings, as in l. 1, but can also stand alone with the sense ‘phase in a battle, onslaught’ (cf. Þorm Lv 24/8) and hence ‘battle’ generally (see Þul Orrostu 2/7III; LP: hríð 2, 3).
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Orrostu heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 788.
- R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Þormóðr Kolbrúnarskáld, Lausavísur 24’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 840.