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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to ÞKolb Eirdr 17I

[2, 3] Freka; Gera ‘Freki; Geri’: The wolves of Óðinn (Grí 19), here used as generic heiti referring to the wolves of the battlefield. Both names mean ‘greedy’ (Þul Vargs 1/1, 5III).

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  1. Internal references
  2. Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Vargs heiti 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 903.
  3. Not published: do not cite ()

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