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6. Grœnn
Classifícation Referent Number of examples
(Konráðs saga keisarasonar
see above, Flóres saga ok
Blankifliír 4:149.9)
(Elis saga ok Rósamundu
4:4.9, Flóres saga ok Blanki-
flúr 4:169.13)
(Hjálmpés saga ok Qlvis
4:236.19, Hrólfs saga Gaut-
rekssonar 4:105.19, Konráðs
saga keisarasonar 3:315.21,
316.20, 318.22, 327.18,
332.20)
In Rémundar saga keisarasonar, a castle (kastali) is said to be of all colors,
red and blue, yellow and green ("með gllum litum, rauðum ok blám,
gulum ok grœnum" 5:170.21).
The second most common referents are clothing and fabric:
7. Grœnn
Classification Referent Number of examples
Clothing hekla 2 (Norna-Gests þáttr 1:317.15, Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar 3:60.13)
Fabric landtjald 1 (Saga af Tristram ok ísgnd 1:8.22)
purpuri 1 (Sigurðar saga þggla 3:159.9)
segl 1 (Saga af Tristram ok ísgnd 1:53.8)
four instances, the term describes the color of animals and reptiles:
8. Grœnn
Classification Referent Number of examples
Animals hundr 1 (Saga af Tristram ok ísgnd 1:161.15)
Reptiles dreki 1 (Rémundar saga keisarasonar 5:171.12)
ormr 2 (Konráðs saga keisarasonar 3:318.19, 326.6)
Stones gimsteinn 2
marmarasteinn 2
steinn 7