[8]: Attested kennings for ‘fox’ are few (Meissner 111), but the three that occur in this poem (see l. 9 here and II 39/3) have a parallel in Svart Skauf, where there are a number of nickname-like compounds for ‘fox’ and ‘vixen’, together with two kennings, grenlægja ‘the lair-lier [VIXEN]’ (4/2, 5/1) and sauðbítr ‘the sheep-biter [FOX]’ (18/6).
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
- Kari Ellen Gade 2017, ‘ Svartr á Hofstöðum, Skaufhala bálkr’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 948. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3349> (accessed 25 April 2024)