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Note to Anon Krm 10VIII

[7] gyltan kufl Högna ‘the gilded cowl of Hǫgni <legendary hero> [ARMOUR]’: Many kennings for both helmets and mail-coats are formed from base-words for some sort of clothing and the names of legendary warriors as determinants (Meissner 164-5). In this case, it is difficult to decide whether the referent is ‘mail-coat’ or ‘helmet’, though Meissner 165 opts for the former. The Hǫgni in question here is probably one of the protagonists of the Hjaðningavíg ‘the battle of Heðinn’s followers’, a legend alluded to in several stanzas of Krm.

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. Internal references
  4. Rory McTurk 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Krákumál’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 706. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1020> (accessed 23 April 2024)

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