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Kirsten Wolf: Green and Yellow
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3. Grœnn
Classification Referent
Land(s) fold
grimd
Vegetation bjarkan
eikr
viðr
F
Number of examples
2 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson: Mer-
línússpá 25.2, 32.8 [Skjaldedigt-
ning 2:29,30])
1 (Gunnlaugr Leifsson: Mer-
línússpá 48.5 [Skjaldedigtning
2:33])
1 (laufgrœnn, Runic poem 25
[Skjaldedigtning 2:249])
1 ([grœnask] Gunnlaugr Leifs-
son: Merlímísspá 70.5 [Skjalde-
digtning 2:38])
1 (Fourth Grammatical Treatise
5.1 [Skjaldedigtning 2:181])
1 (vetrgrœnn, Runic poem 31
[Skjaldedigtning 2:249])
Note also the verb groenka in "sú hefr heinkagjgf grœnkat / geðfjgll liði
snjgllu / (erat seggja trú) tryggu / (tóm) siðferðar blómi" (Heilags anda
vísur 3.4-8; Skjaldedigtning 2:175).
In the stanzas assigned to the fourteenth century, gulr occurs once:
in a poem by Bishop Gyrðr, where it is stated that Gyrðr now combs
the yellow hair with a golden comb ("kembir nú gula reik / með gylt-
um kambi" Skjaldedigtning 2:416). Aside from the "green hope" (ván)
in Pétrsdrápa (4.8; Skjaldedigtning 2:546), where the adjective is used
in a symbolic meaning, the term is used exclusively about lands and
pastures:
4. Grœnn
Classification Referent
Land(s) grund
j<?rð
vQllr
Number of examples
3 (Eysteinn Asgrímsson: Lilja
37.7, 93.3, Kátrínardrápa 44.2
[Skjaldedigtning 2:400, 414,
580])
1 (Kátrínardrápa 44.2 [Skjalde-
digtning 2:580])
1 (Víglundar saga 8.8 [Skjalde-
digtning 2:489])