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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ESk Geisl 41VII

[3, 2] unnar skíðrennandi ‘the runner of the ski of the wave’: The kenning may possibly indicate that Halldórr was a sailor (although this is somewhat unlikely), or Einarr may have chosen the comp. skíðrennandi simply for the sake of the alliteration. Cf. sendis lǫgskíðs ‘sender of sea-ski’ in Geisl 20/6, 7.

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 20’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 23-4.

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