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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to FriðÞ Lv 24VIII (Frið 30)

[2-4] ór svefnhúsi ór beggja höndum seggja meiðma ‘out of the sleeping house from both arms of the men of treasures’: The meaning of these lines is obscure. Here it is suggested that the cpd svefnhús ‘sleeping house’ (l. 3) may refer to the sanctuary dedicated to Baldr, while the ‘men of treasures’ may be a phrase referring to the idols of the pagan gods contained inside it.

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