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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (SnE) 11III/1 — Hreggskornis ‘of storm-cleaver’

Hreggskornis vilk handa
háleitan mjǫð vanda.

Vilk vanda háleitan mjǫð … handa … hreggskornis.

I wish carefully to prepare the sublime mead … for … of storm-cleaver <eagle>.

readings

[1] Hreggskornis: hreggskornum C

notes

[1] hreggskornis ‘of storm-cleaver <eagle>’: Given as a heiti for ‘eagle’ in Skm and Þul Ara l. 4 (see Note there and Meissner 123). In the present context it must be part of a kenning whose now-lost base-word was possibly governed by the prep. handa ‘for’ (see the next Note).

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