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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (SnE) 5III/2 — þinul ‘the rope-edging’

Odda gnýs við œsi
oddnets þinul setja.

Setja þinul oddnets við œsi gnýs odda.

Place the rope-edging of the point-net [SHIELD > SHIELD-RIM] against the inciter of the din of points [BATTLE > WARRIOR].

notes

[2] þinul ‘the rope-edging’: ON þinull (ModNorw. tenel) is the edging on a sail or net, or a bolt-rope on a ship. The choice of this particular base-word was most likely conscious and caused by the base-word net ‘net’ in the shield-kenning.

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case: acc.

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