Periphrastic Expressions in the Songs
An Axe: Battle ogress, rock-troll, 38
Blood: Rain of swords, 15
Cave (Hallmund’s): Kettle, where waters fall from great ice-wall, 160
Fight: Dart’s breath, 15
Dart-shower, 43
Gale of death, 15
Gale of swords, 95
Hilda’s[22] weather, 95
Iron-rain, 234
Mist’s22 mystery, 95
Odin’s gale; Odin’s storm, 143, 190
Shield-fire’s thunder, 6
Shield-rain, 215
Spears’ breath, 170
Spear-shower, 138
Spear-storm, 234
Sword-shower, 81
Gallows: Sigar’s meed for lovesome deed, (Sigarr hung Hag-bard the Viking for having befooled his daughter), 157
Gold: Deep sea’s flame, 137
Dragon’s lair, 49
Serpent’s bed, 215
The flame of sea, 49
Wave’s flashing flame, 49
Worm’s bed, 41
Worm-land, 131
Grettir (an Eddaic name for a serpent): Fell-creeping lad, 86
Head: Thoughts’ burg, 76 Man: Elm-stalk, 136
Gold-scatterer, 131
Helm-stalk, 136
Jewel-strewer, 30
Lessener of the flame of sea, 49
Lessener of waves’ flashing flame, 49
Ring-bearer, 68
Ring-strewer, 30
Scatterer of serpent’s bed, 215
Wormland’s haunter, 137
Snatcher of worm’s bed, 41
Mouth: Tofts of tooth-hedge, 124 Sailor: He who decks the reindeer’s side that ’twixt ness and ness doth glide, 43
Rider of wind-driven steed, 41 Sea-steeds’ rider, 81; Shield: Roof of war, 215
Spear-walk, 12
Ship: Reindeer that ’twixt ness and ness doth glide, 43 43
Sea-steed, 81
Steed of the rollers, 17
Wind-driven steed, 41
Skald: Giver forth of Odin’s mead (Svein of Bank), 41
Sword: Byrni’s flame, 76
Sword: Helmfire, 50, 136
Man’s-bane, 41
War-flame, 199
Whiting of the shield, 21
Wound-worm, 114
Thor: Sifs lord, 157 Warrior: Arrow-dealer, 114
Axe-breaker, 2
Begetter of fight, 49
Brand-whetter, 17
Breaker of the bow, 50
Foreteller of spear-shower, 138
Warrior: Grove of Hedin’s maid, 125
Raiser-up of roof of war, 215
Spear-grove, 59
Stem of shield, 190
Sword-player, 199
War-god, 66
Wound-worm’s tower, 114
Wool-combe: Hook-clawed bird, 31
Woman: Giver forth of gold, 59
Goddess of red gold, 137
Ground of gold, 30
Son of golden stall, 190
Warder of horns’ wave, 181