PERIPHRASTIC EXPRESSIONS IN THE SONGS.
An Axe: Battle ogress, rock-troll,
Blood: Rain of swords,
Cave (Hallmund's): Kettle, where waters fall from great
ice-wall, [160]
Fight: Dart's breath,
Dart-shower, [43]
Gale of death, [15]
Gale of swords, [95]
Hilda's[22] weather, [95]
Iron-rain, [234]
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,
Head: Thoughts' burg,
Man: Elm-stalk,
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,
Sailor: He who decks the reindeer's side that 'twixt ness and
ness doth glide, [43]
Rider of wind-driven steed,
Sea-steeds' rider,
; Shield: Roof of war,
Spear-walk,
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),
Sword: Byrni's flame, [76]
Sword: Helmfire,
,
Man's-bane, [41]
War-flame, [199]
Whiting of the shield, [21]
Wound-worm, [114]
Thor: Sifs lord,
Warrior: Arrow-dealer,
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,
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,
Woman: Giver forth of gold,
Goddess of red gold, [137]
Ground of gold, [30]
Son of golden stall, [190]
Warder of horns' wave, [181]