Guenter, Here at last is the answer from Iceland.
Hope you are well. Hear Bonn is a new Silicon Valley on the Rhine. All the best Bertil >Hello Bertil, >Dora Hafsteinsdottir has forwarded your problem regarding "staalstorm" in >the wordlist at the end of the Swedish translation of Den poetiska Eddan. >This word occurs in verse 23 of Gripes spaadom as a translation of the word >"naddel" which forms a part of a kenning about Sigurd in "naddels bodi", >translated as "staalstorms-väckare": > >thvi ad uppi mun >medan old lifir, >naddels bodi, >nafn thitt vera. > >This is a very common way of making up a kenning for a battle as can be >seen on pages 176-202 in Die Kenningar der Skalden by Rudolf Meissner >(published in 1921) which lists all the kennings for a battle. The exact >words "stala stormr" however only appear in an occasional verse by the >Icelandic 14. century poet Snjolfr: > >"Frak stala storm >mjok sturla Orm, >þar er kysti kyrr >kirkjunnar dyrr >kvad hann thurfa thess >at thylja vess >tho er baenin best >honum byrgi mest." > >(translated to Danish by Finnur Jonsson in Den Norsk-islandske >skjaldedigtning II B, p. 417: Jeg har hört at kampen forvirrede Orm i höj >grad, hvor han rolig staaende kyssede kirkens dör; han sagde at man skulde >synge vers, dog er bönnen god han störste værn.) > >I hope this solves your problem, >all the best, >Gisli > > >Gisli Sigurdsson
