[3] hristir hertoga ‘the shaker of war-leaders [RULER]’: An unusual kenning, since hristir ‘shaker’ normally appears in warrior-kennings with terms for weapons or treasure as the determinant (Meissner 296), but cf. hneykir hertoga ‘confounder of war-leaders’ in st. 8/1. For the word hertogi ‘duke’, lit. ‘army leader’ or ‘war-leader’, see Notes to Ólhv Hryn 5/8 and Sturl Hákkv 23/8.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
- Lauren Goetting (ed.) 2009, ‘Óláfr hvítaskáld Þórðarson, Hrynhenda 5’ 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. 662-3.
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2009, ‘Sturla Þórðarson, Hákonarkviða 23’ 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. 716-17.