Cookies on our website

We use cookies on this website, mainly to provide a secure browsing experience but also to collect statistics on how the website is used. You can find out more about the cookies we set, the information we store and how we use it on the cookies page.

Continue

skaldic

Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

Menu Search

Bragi Frag 4III/2 — Gungnis ‘of Gungnir’

Þars, sem lofðar líta
lung váfaðar Gungnis.

Þars, sem lofðar líta lung váfaðar Gungnis.

It is there as men see the longship of the swinger of Gungnir <Óðinn’s spear> [= Óðinn > HORSE = Sleipnir].

notes

[2] Gungnis ‘of Gungnir <Óðinn’s spear>’: The name of Óðinn’s spear, forged by some dwarfs and later given to Óðinn by Loki (SnE 1998, I, 41-2).

kennings

grammar

Close

Log in

This service is only available to members of the relevant projects, and to purchasers of the skaldic volumes published by Brepols.
This service uses cookies. By logging in you agree to the use of cookies on your browser.

Close

Word in text

This view shows information about an instance of a word in a text.