[6] prýði fróns ‘the adorner of the earth [SUN]’: Because the stanza is given in the section of LaufE illustrating kennings for ‘sun’, this is taken as a kenning for ‘sun’ here, and the base-word is the agent noun prýðir ‘adorner’ (see Note to SnSt Ht 27/7). See also the previous Note.
References
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Snorri Sturluson, Háttatal 27’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1133.
- (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 3 May 2024)