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's[22] 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, 181

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

Sea-steed, 81

Steed of the rollers, 17

Wind-driven steed, 41

Skald: Giver forth of Odin's mead (Svein of Bank), 137

Sword: Byrni's flame, 76

[Footnote 22: Hilda (Hildr) and Mist, goddesses of fight and

manslaughter.]

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

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