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Note to Anon Líkn 26VII

[5, 6] hringmóts ‘of sword-meeting [BATTLE]’: LP gives two meanings for hringr: ‘ring’ and ‘sword’; the kenning hringmót might be construed to mean either ‘sword-meeting’ (cf. HSt Rst 10/7I eggmót ‘blade-meeting’) or, in the context of alþingi ‘general assembly’ (l. 6), possibly even ‘a circular assembly’. Similar to the latter, in combining both ‘battle’ and ‘assembly’ is þingmót ‘assembly/battle’ Sturl Þverv 2IV.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.
  3. Internal references
  4. Guðrún Nordal (forthcoming), ‘ Sturla Þórðarson, Þverárvísur’ in Guðrún Nordal (ed.), Poetry on Icelandic History. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 4. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=1401> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  5. Rolf Stavnem (ed.) 2012, ‘Hallar-Steinn, Rekstefja 10’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 908.

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