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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon Nikdr 3III/2 — sals ‘chamber’

Jón laut í höll hreinum
hjarta sals hins bjarta
meyjar mannvitsfrægrar
mildingi bragninga.

Jón laut hreinum mildingi bragninga í höll hins bjarta sals hjarta mannvitsfrægrar meyjar.

John bowed to the pure ruler of princes [= God (= Christ)] in the hall of the bright chamber of the heart [BREAST > WOMB] of the maiden famous of understanding.

notes

[1, 2] í höll hins bjarta sals hjarta ‘in the hall of the bright chamber of the heart [BREAST > WOMB]’: Following the suggestion of Sveinbjörn Egilsson (SnE 1848-87, III, 157) and Björn Magnússon Ólsen (FoGT 1884, 260 n. 3), this kenning has been interpreted as having two elements, although it is possible to understand it as having only one, with the sole referent being ‘womb’.

kennings

grammar

case: gen.

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