Things, or Public Law-assemblages.
The Althing, passim
The Thing of Kialarness, 19
Heron-ness, 210
Hunawater, 129, 150
Trade on England, 67
Trolls and Evil Wights.
See Hallmund’s song, 187
Troll-carle, 197
Troll-wife, 194-195
The wight that slew Glam, 96, 99, 100
Troth, to sit in troth for three winters, 7
Twainmonth, the second month in the year,
corresponding to our
September (Aug. 24—Sept.
22).
Wadmall as an article of trade, 40, 220
Weapons and War-gear.
Axe, passim.
Barb-end, 57
Barb, 57, 132
Buckler, 142
Byrni, 57
Chopper, 194
Cheek-pieces of a helmet, 122
Glaive (heft-sax), 197
Grigs of the sword, 241
Hand-axe, 141
Helmet, 57, 85, 122, 132
Shield (iron-rimmed, inlaid), 72, 122,
128, 175, 203, 241
Socket inlaid with silver, 141
Socket-nail, 141
Short-sword, Karrs-loom, 49, and passim
Spear, great without barbs, 141
with broad barbs, 56, 132
Stones used for missiles, 8
Spear-head, 57
Sword, girt with a sword, 132, 241
Jokul’s gift, the heirloom
of the kinsmen of Ingimund the
Old, 40, and passim.
Weird of a ghost, 109
of a sorceress, 229
Winter-nights, the first days in winter
about Oct. 14, 145
Witchcraft and Sorcery.
Gale of wind brought on by evil craft,
236-237
Witchcraft, an illegal means for overcoming
an enemy, 244, 250
Witchcraft wrought into a log of wood,
the manner thereof, 230, 231
Wound growing deadly through the effect
of evil and witchcrafty
runes, 244, 250
Wooing, 6, 7, 19
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