Note to Sturl Hákfl 2^II

[1] hjálmi hólmreyðar ‘with the helmet of the island-char [SNAKE > HELMET OF TERROR]’: An allusion to the œgishjálmr ‘helmet of terror’ that belonged to the dragon Fáfnir. See Note to Sturl Hákkv 14/2. For reyðr ‘char’ (a fish, Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus) in this kenning for ‘snake’, see Note to Sturl Hrafn 7/8.

References

Internal references
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 14’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 710.
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hrafnsmál 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 733-4.

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