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(kló) of an eagle (4.7; Skjaldedigtning 1:408). Another is in one of Rggn-
valdr jarl kali Kolsson's lausavísur, where it describes the color of the
hair (hár) of a woman (15.8; Skjaldedigtning 1:482) and is likened to
silk. The third is in Krákumál (2.5; Skjaldedigtning 1:649), wherefótgulr
describes the color of the foot of a bird (fogl; likely an eagle). With the
exception of the green shield (lind) in Einarr Skúlason's Ingadrápa (1.3;
Skjaldedigtning 1:448) and the green wave (hrgnri) in one of the Þulur
(4.5; Skjaldedigtning 1:658), the color adjective is associated exclusively
with lands and pastures:
2. Grœnn
Classification Referent Number of examples
Land(s) fold 1 (Leiðarvísan 16.4 [Skjaldedigt- ning 1:626])
grund 1 (Leiðarvísan 7.3 [Skjaldedigt- ning 1:624])
jQrð 1 (Plácítiísdrápa 57.1 [Skjalde- digtning 1:621])
land 1 (Óláfs drápa Tnjggvasonar 22.1 [Skjaldedigtning 1:573])
láð 1 (Halldórr skvaldri: Haralds- drápa 5.3 [Skjaldedigtning 1:461])
Manork 1 (Halldórr skvaldri: Útfarar-
kviða 10.3; Skjaldedigtning
1:460])
The many skaldic stanzas from the thirteenth century show a simi-
lar usage of the color adjectives both in terms of frequency and as-
sociation. Gulr appears three times: to describe the color of shields
(rítr) in Snorri Sturluson's Háttatal (8.6; Skjaldedigtning 2:63), to de-
scribe the color of an eagle's claws (greipar) in a verse in Ketils saga
hœngs (1.4; Skjaldedigtning 2:307), and to describe the color of a head
(of hair; Ijósgult lokka frón) in a verse in Hjálmpers saga ok Qlviss (1.3;
Skjaldedigtning 2:358). With the exception of the green shields (skildir)
in Snorri Sturluson's Háttatal (30.2; Skjaldedigttiing 2:69), grœnn is used
only about lands or pastures and vegetation: