VSt Erf 2^III

Mank ‘I recall’

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1. muna (verb): remember

þats ‘when’

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þats (conj.): that, which

jǫrð ‘the earth’

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jǫrð (noun f.; °jarðar, dat. -u; jarðir/jarðar(DN I (1367) 304Š)): ground, earth

[1] jǫrð: orð A

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[1, 3-4] jǫrð gein … grǫfnum munni ‘the earth … gaped with a dug mouth’: This phrase is a metaphorical expression for the open grave about to receive the body. The earth is compared to a monster that has opened (gein) its mouth (munni) to devour its victim, the deceased.

við ‘at’

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2. við (prep.): with, against

orða ‘of the words’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

orða ‘of the words’

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orð (noun n.; °-s; -): word

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

endr ‘formerly’

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endr (adv.): formerly, once, again

myrk ‘of the dark’

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2. myrkr (adj.; °-an/-jan/-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr): dark, murky < myrkdanr (noun m.): dark-Dane

[2] myrk‑: mar C

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

myrk ‘of the dark’

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2. myrkr (adj.; °-an/-jan/-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr): dark, murky < myrkdanr (noun m.): dark-Dane

[2] myrk‑: mar C

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

myrk ‘of the dark’

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2. myrkr (adj.; °-an/-jan/-van; compar. -(v)ari/-ri, superl. -(v)astr): dark, murky < myrkdanr (noun m.): dark-Dane

[2] myrk‑: mar C

kennings

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

Danar ‘Dane’

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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane < myrkdanr (noun m.): dark-Dane

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

Danar ‘Dane’

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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane < myrkdanr (noun m.): dark-Dane

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

Danar ‘Dane’

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Danr (noun m.; °dat. -; -ir): Dane < myrkdanr (noun m.): dark-Dane

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

sendi ‘the distributor’

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sendir (noun m.): sender, distributor

[2] sendi: sendu R, A, senda Tˣ, C

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [2] sendi ‘the distributor’: This emendation (first made by Konráð Gíslason 1874, 28-9) is required to form a complete man-kenning in which a gold-kenning functions as determinant. Konráð Gíslason (ibid.) reasons that the text must have been misunderstood during the process of transmission.

sendi ‘the distributor’

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sendir (noun m.): sender, distributor

[2] sendi: sendu R, A, senda Tˣ, C

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [2] sendi ‘the distributor’: This emendation (first made by Konráð Gíslason 1874, 28-9) is required to form a complete man-kenning in which a gold-kenning functions as determinant. Konráð Gíslason (ibid.) reasons that the text must have been misunderstood during the process of transmission.

grœnnar ‘of green’

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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

grœnnar ‘of green’

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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

grœnnar ‘of green’

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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

grœnnar ‘of green’

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2. grœnn (adj.; °superl. grǿnastr/grǿnstr): green

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

grǫfnum ‘with a dug’

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grafa (verb): to dig, earth, bury

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[1, 3-4] jǫrð gein … grǫfnum munni ‘the earth … gaped with a dug mouth’: This phrase is a metaphorical expression for the open grave about to receive the body. The earth is compared to a monster that has opened (gein) its mouth (munni) to devour its victim, the deceased.

munni ‘mouth’

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munnr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -i; -ar): mouth

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[1, 3-4] jǫrð gein … grǫfnum munni ‘the earth … gaped with a dug mouth’: This phrase is a metaphorical expression for the open grave about to receive the body. The earth is compared to a monster that has opened (gein) its mouth (munni) to devour its victim, the deceased.

gein ‘gaped’

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1. gína (verb): gape

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[1, 3-4] jǫrð gein … grǫfnum munni ‘the earth … gaped with a dug mouth’: This phrase is a metaphorical expression for the open grave about to receive the body. The earth is compared to a monster that has opened (gein) its mouth (munni) to devour its victim, the deceased.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

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Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

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Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

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Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

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Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

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[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

(not checked:)
Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

(not checked:)
Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

(not checked:)
Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn’

(not checked:)
Hlǫðyn (noun f.): Hlóðyn, Hlǫðyn

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2. — [4] Hlóðynjar ‘Hlóðyn <earth>’: Hlóðyn (or Hlǫðyn) is a name for Jǫrð, mother of Þórr and consort of Óðinn (LP: Hlǫðyn), and occurs as a heiti for ‘earth’ in Þul Jarðar 1/2 (see Note there) and Vsp 56/2. As in Eskál Vell 26/3^I, Finnur Jónsson (Skj B) conjectured Hlǫðvinjar for metrical reasons, but this is not supported by any ms. and can be avoided by using the form Hlóðyn.

beina ‘of the bones’

(not checked:)
bein (noun n.; °-s; -): bone

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

beina ‘of the bones’

(not checked:)
bein (noun n.; °-s; -): bone

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

beina ‘of the bones’

(not checked:)
bein (noun n.; °-s; -): bone

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.

beina ‘of the bones’

(not checked:)
bein (noun n.; °-s; -): bone

kennings

notes

[1, 2-3, 4] sendi orða myrk-Danar beina grœnnar Hlóðynjar ‘the distributor of the words of the dark-Dane of the bones of green Hlóðyn <earth> [MOUNTAINS > GIANT > GOLD > GENEROUS MAN]’: This lengthy kenning is based on the still unexplained kenning pattern ‘words of the giant’ for ‘gold’ (cf. Meissner 227), for which Snorri Sturluson in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 3) offers an otherwise unknown story about three sons of a giant who divide up their inheritance and carry away their shares of gold in their mouths (see Note to Anon Bjark 5/8). The kenning’s base-word Danar ‘of the Dane’ conforms to the giant-kenning pattern ‘people (or one of a people) of the stones’ (cf. Marold 1990a, 109-11). Myrk-Danar ‘of the dark-Dane’ is taken as a cpd here, since there is no convincing motivation for tmesis, as Skj B assumes, of myrk- (l. 2) and -beina (l. 4); cf. NN §342. Konráð Gíslason (1874, 28) combines myrk ‘dark’ and jǫrð ‘earth’, which, though itself a fitting collocation, results in a tripartite l. 2.