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Note to Sigm Lv 1II

[3] fægiþellu fjallrifs ‘the polishing fir-tree of the mountain rib [STONE > WOMAN]’: Steinn and kennings for ‘stone’ in woman-kennings refer to precious stones (Meissner 414-15). This is an unusual kenning in that, while women are frequently associated with fir-trees and with precious stones, the image of them polishing the latter is less common, though see fægi-Freyja hodda ‘the polishing-Freyja of treasure’ in KormǪ Lv 7/7V.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Meissner = Meissner, Rudolf. 1921. Die Kenningar der Skalden: Ein Beitrag zur skaldischen Poetik. Rheinische Beiträge und Hülfsbücher zur germanischen Philologie und Volkskunde 1. Bonn and Leipzig: Schroeder. Rpt. 1984. Hildesheim etc.: Olms.
  3. Internal references
  4. Edith Marold (ed.) 2022, ‘Kormáks saga 7 (Kormákr Ǫgmundarson, Lausavísur 7)’ in Margaret Clunies Ross, Kari Ellen Gade and Tarrin Wills (eds), Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 5. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1040.

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