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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (TGT) 2III/2 — vind ‘of wind’

Svanr þyrr beint til benja
blóðs vindára róðri.

Svanr blóðs þyrr róðri vindára beint til benja.

The swan of blood [RAVEN/EAGLE] rushes with the rowing of wind-oars [WINGS > FLIGHT] straight to the wounds.

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[2] vindára ‘of wind-oars [WINGS]’: The context here suggests the referent ‘wings’ for this kenning, but it may more properly refer to feathers: a similar kenning occurs in an inscription from Lund (Bone piece 4: Run DRTil5VI; cf. Moltke 1985, 460), which contains the sentence arar ara æru fiaþrar ‘the eagle’s oars are feathers’.

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