[7] salkonungr sólar ‘hall-king of the sun’: I.e. ‘king of the hall of the sun’, ‘king of heaven [ = God]’. Cf. Geisl 66/6, where God is described as salkonungr himna ‘hall-king of the heavens’. Salkonungr sólar is used twice in God-kennings in Heildr (13/1, 17/5).
References
- Internal references
- Katrina Attwood 2007, ‘ Anonymous, Heilags anda drápa’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 450-67. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1017> (accessed 6 May 2024)
- Martin Chase (ed.) 2007, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Geisli 66’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 60-1.