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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Eil Þdr 18III

[1, 2] hraðskyndir gunnar ‘the swift hastener of battle [WARRIOR = Þórr]’: This is another instance in which Þórr is referred to by a warrior-kenning (see Introduction); the apposition langvinr þrǫngvar ‘the old friend of the tight spot (þjálfi ‘enclosure’ = Þjálfi) [= Þórr]’ (see Note to l. 4 below) clarifies it as a designation for Þórr.

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