[7] hringr (m.) ‘ring’: This heiti is attested as a base-word in kennings for ‘serpent’ (cf. Þorf Lv 1/6I hringr lyngva ‘ring of heathers’), but since hringr alone does not occur in poetry as a term for ‘serpent’, it is probably not a half-kenning. Hringr is also listed in Þul Skipa 3/1.
References
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Skipa heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 865.
- Diana Whaley (ed.) 2012, ‘Þorfinnr munnr, Lausavísur 1’ 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. 845.