[All]: The kennings auðbroti ‘the treasure-breaker’ (l. 4) and baugbroti ‘the ring-breaker’ (l. 7) are of a common type denoting a generous ruler; see Meissner 326-7. Both the compounds auðbroti and snyrtidrengir ‘the gallant warriors’ (l. 2) occur in the late C12th or early C13th Bjbp Jóms 10/5I and 39/2I respectively, describing the gallant behaviour of the Jómsvíkingar. The cpd snyrtidrengr also occurs at GunnLeif Merl II 36/4 and Ǫrv 99/7.
References
- Bibliography
- Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
- Internal references
- Emily Lethbridge (ed.) 2012, ‘Bjarni byskup Kolbeinsson, Jómsvíkingadrápa 10’ 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. 967.
- Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.) 2017, ‘Ǫrvar-Odds saga 99 (Ǫrvar-Oddr, Ævidrápa 29)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 910.