FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONS. 1 ID 



the weapons, the storm of weapons, the storm of Mounds, the 

 iron voice, the trial of helmets, the ground reddener, the storm 

 of war-kings, the rattling wind of Gondul, the spell song of 

 Odin, the song of Briini (Odin), the anger of Odin, the Yule of 

 Hugin (one of the ravens of Odin), the thaw of Gondul, the 

 shower of Ali (a sea-king), and other celebrated sea Vikings, 

 the uproar of the sea. 



Warriors were often called : 



The thegn of the rain of swords, the helmet heeder, the 

 diminisher of peace, the lord of the battle, the trier of weapons, 

 the feeder of the wolf, the raven-feeder, the servant of the 

 High one (Odin), the oak of Odin, the dyer of hedges, the 

 bush of Odin, the field-reddener, the reddener of the mouth 

 of Hugin (Odin's raven), the dyer of the brynias, the waterer 

 of the wolves, the reddener of eagles' soles (claws), the breaker 

 of brynias, the urger of swords' play, the crane of battle, the 

 cheerer of the wolf, the raven starver, the steerer of the shield. 



Blood is called : 



The dew of the sword, the dew of Skogul, the dew of arrows, 

 the wine of the corpse, the surf of the wound, the wine of the 

 wolf, the sweat of the wounds, the drink of Hugin, the beer of 

 the battle-ground, the lather, foam, froth of weapons, the 

 mighty fjords of swords, the tears of the sword, the ale of the 

 wolf, the rain of the wound, the stream of the sword, the liquid 

 of life, the feast of the birds of battle, the wine of the hawk, 

 the rivulet of the wound. 



The raven and eagle were called : 



The oath brother of the eagle, the wound-bird, Odin's hawk, 

 the gull of the wound. 



The wolf was called : 



The grey deer, the boar of the slain, the dog of the nornir, 

 the horse of the Jotun, the dog of Odin, &c. 



Horses were sometimes called : 



The bloody-hoofed one, the silver-maned, the gold-nianed, 

 the galloping fire, the deer of the saddle, the ship of the 

 ground, the wind, the gilded hoofed, the noisy goer, CY.C. 



Fire, so often used for burning houses, is called : 



The brother of the wind, the thief of the house, the wolf of 

 the hall, the dog of the embers, the noise maker. 



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