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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Eil Þdr 7III

[6] hlymþél ‘the din-file [SPEAR]’: The base-word þél ‘file’ is otherwise found only in sword-kennings. In this context, however, it clearly refers to spears; the wayfarers use them to lean on (Meissner 144); Davidson (1983, 592), on the other hand, regards hlymþél as referring to the river itself.

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. Davidson, Daphne L. 1983. ‘Earl Hákon and his Poets’. D. Phil. thesis. Oxford.

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