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In Old English poetry, many descriptive epithets for God were used to satisfy alliterative requirements. These epithets include: List. Main ... Beowulf [19 ...
Example axe blood-ember Blóðeisu: N: Einarr Skúlason, Øxarflokkr 7 battle spear-din N: Snorri Sturluson, Skaldskaparmal: blood dead-slave N: blood battle-sweat One reference for this kenning comes from the epic poem, Beowulf. As Beowulf is in fierce combat with Grendel's mother, he makes mention of shedding much battle-sweat. N: Beowulf ...
The word occurs in given names, such as Gothic Fráuja or Fráujila, OHG Frewilo, AS Wûscfreá [5] Old English freáwine in Beowulf is an epithet of divine or god-loved heroes and kings, but Freáwine (Saxo's Frowinus) is also attested as a personal name, reflected also as OHG Frôwin, while the Edda has uses Freys vinr of Sigurðr and Saxo ...
An epithet (from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton) 'adjective', from ἐπίθετος (epíthetos) 'additional'), [1] also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.
In line 33 of Beowulf, Scyld's ship is called īsig, literally, ‘icy.’ The meaning of this epithet has been discussed many times. The meaning of this epithet has been discussed many times. Anatoly Liberman gives a full survey of the literature and suggests that the word meant "shining."
(Beowulf 456). Although the word "kenning" is not often used for non-Germanic languages, a similar form can be found in Biblical poetry in its use of parallelism. Some examples include Genesis 49:11, in which "blood of grapes" is used as a kenning for "wine", [24] and Job 15:14, where "born of woman" is a parallel for "man". [25] [26]
In the opening lines of Beowulf, he is given the epithet Scefing, which might mean 'descendant of Scef', 'son of Scef', or 'of the sheaf'. [5] The poem itself does not elaborate. But after relating in general terms the glories of Scyld's reign, the poet describes Scyld's funeral, how his body was laid in a ship surrounded by treasures, the poet ...
The epithet hilditǫnn means "tusk", cf. hilde-tux in Beowulf. [88] He was a legendary Danish king and the son of the Lejre king Hrœrekr Ringslinger with Auðr the Deep-Minded, the daughter of Ivar Vidfamne. According to Saxo Grammaticus (the author of Gesta Danorum), he was a descendant of the Geatish Siklings.