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Note to Anon Mdr 24VII

[3-4] drottning dagstalls ‘queen of the day-support [SKY/HEAVEN > = Mary]’: Cf. Has 35/6, where Christ is referred to as konungr dagstalls ‘king of the day-support’ and the similar heaven-kenning dags hǫll ‘day’s hall’, which occurs twice in God-kennings in Leið 15/5-8, 45/6.

References

  1. Internal references
  2. Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Leiðarvísan 15’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 154.
  3. Katrina Attwood (ed.) 2007, ‘Gamli kanóki, Harmsól 35’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 103-4.

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