[2, 3] Lofn landrifs ‘the Lofn <goddess> of the land-rib [STONE > WOMAN]’: Cf. also Ólhelg Lv 2/1, 2I. Lofn is a goddess whose name is frequently used in woman-kennings, but very little is known about her (see Note to Þul Ásynja 1/6).
References
- Internal references
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Ásynja 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. 763.
- Russell Poole (ed.) 2012, ‘Óláfr inn helgi Haraldsson, Lausavísur 2’ 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. 518.