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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Svart Skauf 18VIII

[6] sauðbítr ‘sheep-biter [FOX]’: For similar kennings, see týnir sauða ‘destroyer of sheep [FOX]’ and færtǫpuðr ‘the sheep-destroyer [FOX]’ (GunnLeif Merl II 28/8, 39/3).

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Russell Poole (ed.) 2017, ‘Breta saga 28 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson, Merlínusspá II 28)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry in fornaldarsögur. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 160.

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