Heill Haukur,

A friend and I were working on this together. He is a wealth of
information on the Nordic Lore. He has part of it figured out but I
think I'll ket him sweat awhile before giving hn the answers.:{} The
only two I knew for sure were the names of Odin.

I'm not too good at the kennings, but selected exercises like this may
help me think more in poetic lines.

Thank You
Alice


--- In norse_course@..., falconsword@... wrote:
> The answers again.
>
>
> > From Bólu-Hjálmar's
> > Göngu-Hrólfs rímur
> > (46. stanza of 18. rhyme)
> >
> > Geyst svo halur glæddi þar
> > gneistann sala Hárs borgar,
> > þrjár sem Baleygs blóðrauðar
> > bliki halastjörnurnar.
> >
> > [There is a terrible mistake
> > in the ring-rhyme.]
> >
> > The man did so quickly kindle
> > the spark of the halls of Hár's fortress
> > that it was as if there were three
> > blood-red tail-stars of Báleygr glittering.
>
> > 1. Who is Hár?
> > 2. What is his fortress?
> > 3. What is the spark of his fortress?
>
> 1. Odin.
> 2. Valhalla.
> 3. Sword - for explanation see the first
> chapter of Skáldskaparmál
>
>
> > 4. Who is Baleygr?
> > 5. What is a tail-star?
> > 6. What is Baleygr's tail-star?
>
> 4. Odin.
> 5. Comet. Actually, "halastjarna" is
> just our normal word for 'comet' so the
> question was unfair.
> 6. Sword.
>
> Regards,
> Haukur