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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Anon Heildr 4VII

[2] huggari þjóðar ‘comforter of people’: Another kenning-like reference to the Holy Spirit. The figure of the Holy Spirit as ‘comforter’ is a commonplace of medieval hymnody and exegesis. Its origin seems to reside in the post-Vulgate, C7th Lat. translation of the Greek παράκλητως in John XIV.16 and XXVI.15 as consolator ‘comforter’ (Cross and Livingstone 1983: Comforter, the). Cf. st. 12/2 huggari.

References

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  2. Cross, F. L. and E. A. Livingstone. 1983. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2nd edn. 4th impression. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 3rd rev. edn 2005 by E. A. Livingstone. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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