[4] eljun ‘energy’: Eljun- (f.) occurs frequently as the first element in cpd adjectives in poetry from the second half of the C12th, beginning with ESk Geisl 11/6VII, where it occurs in eljunhress ‘energetic [fame]’ (of S. Óláfr’s reputation). See also Gamlkan Has 9/2VII eljunsterk ‘energy-strong [Lord]’ and Anon Leið 36/3VII eljunkuðr ‘[God] known for his energy’.
References
- Internal references
- Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 36’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 172.
- Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 11’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 16-17.
- Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 9’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 81-2.