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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (SnE) 4III/1 — handar ‘of the hand’

‘Heill komt, handar svella
hlynr!’ Kvaddi svá brynja.

‘Komt heill, hlynr svella handar!’ Svá kvaddi brynja.

‘Welcome, maple of ice-sheets of the hand [SILVER > MAN]!’ Thus was the greeting of the byrnie.

notes

[1] svella handar ‘of ice-sheets of the hand [SILVER]’: For a comparable silver-kenning, see svell greipar ‘ice of the hand’ (Anon Stríðk l. 7).

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