[4] Grábak ‘(“Grey-back”)’: A serpent-name (see LP: Grábakr), used here as a synonym for Ormr inn langi ‘the Long Serpent’ (see Note to st. 19/6). Grábakr is one of the mythical serpents that gnaw at the roots of the ash Yggdrasill (Grí 34/6).
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
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