[1, 4] á sali mergjar ‘onto the halls of marrow [LIMBS]’: For this kenning, see Bjbp Jóms 31/6I. Cf. also Sturl Hákkv 31/4II (á himin mergs ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’) and Sturl Frag 2/4 (á himin mergjar ‘on the heaven of marrow [ARM]’). It is not clear whether the kenning denotes ‘arms’ or ‘legs’ in the present context.
References
- Internal references
- Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 31’ 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. 986.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 31’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 722.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Fragments 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. 393.