[2] tyggi grefja ‘the prince of hoes [FARMER]’: An ironic kenning combining a high-status base-word with a determinant from a semantic field associated with farm work. Cf. Sigv Austv 7/5I gætir grefs ‘the minder of the hoe [FARMER]’.
References
- Internal references
- R. D. Fulk (ed.) 2012, ‘Sigvatr Þórðarson, Austrfararvísur 7’ 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. 593.