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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Svart Skauf 32VIII

[6] skreið ‘stockfish’: So Rask87ˣ (‘skrid’ in 603 is a scribal error). Skreið is (usually) Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) that is hung on drying-racks (hjallar) and air-dried (see also Fritzner: skreið 4).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Fritzner = Fritzner, Johan. 1883-96. Ordbog over det gamle norske sprog. 3 vols. Kristiania (Oslo): Den norske forlagsforening. 4th edn. Rpt. 1973. Oslo etc.: Universitetsforlaget.

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