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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Innsteinn Innkv 14VIII (Hálf 34)

[4] syni öðlings ‘the son of a prince [PRINCE = Hálfr]’: Meissner 360 lists the kenning sonr öðlings among those which emphasise a ruler’s princely descent; cf. also SkP I, lxxix. Andrews (Hálf 1909, 110), who interprets syni as acc. pl., matching alla in l. 1, translates alla syni öðlings as alle krieger ‘all warriors’. In this case, the meaning of the kenning sonr öðlings would be ‘warrior’.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. 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.
  3. SkP I = Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Ed. Diana Whaley. 2012.
  4. Hálf 1909 = Andrews, A. Le Roy, ed. 1909. Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka. ASB 14. Halle: Niemeyer.

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