[7-8] Aurnis spjalla ilflet ‘the floors of the footsole of Aurnir’s <giant’s> confidant [(lit. ‘footsole-floors of Aurnir’s confidant’) GIANT > SHIELDS]’: Refers to the myth in which the giant Hrungnir stood on a shield to avoid being attacked from below by Þórr (see SnE 1998, I, 20-4).
References
- Bibliography
- SnE 1998 = Snorri Sturluson. 1998. Edda: Skáldskaparmál. Ed. Anthony Faulkes. 2 vols. University College London: Viking Society for Northern Research.