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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Hfr Hákdr 8III/3 — Hrafna ‘of the Hrafnar’

Breiðleita gat brúði
Báleygs at sér teygja
stefnir stǫðvar Hrafna
stála ríkismôlum.

Stefnir Hrafna stǫðvar gat teygja breiðleita brúði Báleygs at sér ríkismôlum stála.

The steerer of the Hrafnar <legendary horses> of the harbour [SHIPS > SEAFARER] managed to allure to himself the broad-faced bride of Báleygr <= Óðinn> [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] with sovereign speeches of swords [BATTLE].

notes

[3] Hrafna ‘of the Hrafnar <legendary horses>’: Hrafn is the horse of the legendary King Áli (cf. Note to Anon Kálfv 3 [All], as well as Þul Hesta 3/2 and Anon Þorgþ I 1/1). The base-word could alternatively be hrafn ‘raven’, although ship-kennings based on birds are rare (cf. Meissner 210, 216). For another instance in which the horse-name occurs in the pl. in a kenning, see Eskál Vell 9/1, 3, 4I and Note there.

kennings

grammar

case: gen.
number: pl.

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