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1 heróp
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2 heyja stríî, berjast
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3 stríîsdans
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4 stríîsfréttaritari
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5 taugastríî
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6 HILDR
(gen. hildar, dat. and acc. hildi), f. battle (poet.); vekja bildi, to wage war, to fight.* * *f., dat. and acc. hildi, [A. S. hild; Hel. hildi; prob. akin to hjaldr, q. v.]:—battle, only in poetry; heilir hildar til, heilir hildi frá, Hm. 157; vekja hildi, to wage war, Hkv. 2. 6; hefja hildi, to begin a battle, Hkm. 2; er hildr þróask, when war waxes, Stor. 13; hörð h., a hard fight; bjóða hildi, to offer battle; ganga í hildi, to go into battle; semja, fremja hildi, to wage war, Lex. Poët. In poetry a shield is called hildar-ský, hildar-vé, hildar-veggr. 2. name of one of the Valkyrias (see Valkyrja), who were regarded as the handmaids of Odin, Vsp. 22, Gm. 36; Hildr is also represented as a daughter of the mythical king Högni and the bride of Héðin, whose life is recorded in the tale of Hjaðninga-víg, Edda 89, 90: hence war is called Hildar-leikr, m. the game of H., Bm. 1, passim.II. in pr. names; it is rare as a prefix in northern names, but freq. in old Germ.: of men, Hildir, Hildi-björn, Hildi-brandr, Hildi-grímr, Hild-ólfr; of women, Hildr, Hildi-gunnr, Hildi-ríðr: again, it often forms the latter part in female names, and often spelt or sounded without the aspirate, Ás-hildr, Bryn-hildr, Böðv-ildr, Dóm-hildr, Ey-ildr, Geir-hildr, Grím-hildr, Gunn-hildr, Hrafn-hildr, Matt-ildr (for.), Orm-hildr, Ragn-hildr, Svan-hildr, Úlf-hildr, Yngv-ildr, Þor-hildr, Landn.III. in pl. hildir, the caul or membrane covering animals, calves, lambs when cast, kálfs-hildir, kýr-hildir, freq. in mod. usage.B. APPELLATIVE COMPDS. hildi- only in poets: hildi-frækn, adj. mighty in war. hildi-göltr, m., mythic. a helmet, Edda 82. hildi-leikr, m. [A. S. hilde-gelâc], the game of war, a fight, Fm. 31. hildi-meiðr, m., poët. a warrior, pillar of war, Fm. 36. hildi-svín, n. = hildigöltr, Edda 82, Hdl. 7. hildi-tannr, m., gen. hilditanns, Edda i. 464; dat. hilditanni, Fms. ix. 455 (an evidence that tönn, a tooth, was originally masc.); later, Hildi-tönn, f. nickname of the old Danish king, see Skjöld. S., qs. a war-tooth, tusk; cp. A. S. hilde-tux, Beow. 1511. -
7 HEIPT
f.2) deadly hatred, spite (meirr af heipt en ást); heipt ok harðindi, ill-will and tyranny; hafa heipt á e-m, to hate.* * *better heift, f. [Ulf. haifsts = ἔρις, ἐριθεία, ἀγών, cp. haifstjan = ἀγωνίζεσθαι; akin is Germ. heftig, whence mod. Dan. hæftig]:—the earliest sense is feud, deadly war; vinna e-m heipt, to wage war ( do battle) against one, Vkv. 10; deila heiptir, to wage deadly feud, Hkv. 1. 44; senda e-m heiptar-boð, to challenge one to combat, Fas. iii. 27 (in a verse): hereto belong such poët. epithets as, heiptar-nýtr, heiptar-strangr, heipt-bráðr, heipt-fíkinn, heipt-glaðr, heipt-mildr, heipt-minnigr, heipt-móðr, heipt-örr, heipt-snarr, = mighty in war, warlike, all of them used as ‘ornamental’ epithets of praise, vide Lex. Poët.: as also heiptar-hvessir, m. a war kindler, id.β. bane; heipt hrísungs, the bane of a copse, i. e. fire, Ýt. 19: in the old poems Hm. and Sdm. heipt seems used in a peculiar sense, viz. an imprecation, spell, Hm. 136, 152, Sdm. 12, 36, and perh. Eb. in the Máhlíðingavísur.2. evil doings, injury; eiga e-m heiptir at gjalda, Hkr. i. 85, Korm. (in a verse); gjalda e-m harma ok heiptir, Ó. H. 214.II. deadly hatred, spite; halda heift í hjarta, Hom. 50; heipt ok harðindi, ill-will and tyranny, Fms. vi. 42; meir af h. en ást, xi. 310; hafa heipt á e-m, to hate one.2. fury; þá svall heipt í Högna, H. swelled with fury, Bragi.COMPDS: heiptarblóð, heiptarfenginn, heiptarhugr, heiptarhönd, heiptarmál. -
8 leiðangr
(gen. -rs), m.1) levy, esp. by sea (including men, ships and money); bjóða út leiðangri, to levy men and ships for war (bjóða út leiðangri at mönnum ok vistum); hafa leiðangr úti, to make a sea expedition;2) war contribution, war tax.* * *m., the r is radical, [akin to leið; early Swed. lethunger; Dan. leding], an old Scandin. law term, a levy, esp. by sea, including men, ship, and money; bjóða út leiðangri, to levy men and ships for war, Eg. 31; bjóða út leiðangri at mönnum ok vistum, Fms. ix. 33; bjóða út leiðangri ok skipum, i. 12; hafa leiðangr úti, to make a sea expedition, Ó. H. 51; Ólafr konungr fór með liði sínu ok hafði leiðangr úti fyrir landi, 134; samna leiðangr ( sea forces), opp. to landherr ( land forces), O. H. L. 12: allit. phrases, lið ok leiðangr, Fms. viii. 334, O. H. L. 12, Fb. ii. 303: the proverb, róa leiðangrinn, ok gjalda leiðvítið, to pay the tax first, and the fine to boot (i. e. to pay twice over), Hkr. i. 200; rjúfa leiðangrinn, to break up, of the levies or crews breaking up and returning home, Fms. viii. 307, passim.2. war contributions, a fixed perpetual duty or tax payable to the king; this sense of the word is esp. freq. in the Norse as also Dan. and Swed. law of the 12th and 13th centuries; þeir tóku leiðangra ok allar konungs-skyldir, Fms. ix. 8, 347; þar tóku þeir Baglar leiðangr mikinn er Einarr hafði saman dregit um Rogaland, 12, 368; biskupar báðu at kardínallinn skyldi biðja konung, at hann gæfi nokkut af leiðöngrum til heilagrar kirkju, x. 121; hann hafði sent austr í Vik eptir landskyldurn sínum ok leiðangri til mála-gjafar, 482.COMPDS: leiðangrsfall, leiðangrsfar, leiðangrsferð, leiðangrsfólk, leiðangrsgörð, leiðangrslið, leiðangrsmaðr, leiðangrsskip, leiðangrsvist, leiðangrsvíti. -
9 VÍG
n.1) fight, battle; eiga v. móti e-m, to fight against; eiga v. saman, to have a fight together; verja e-t vígi, to defend by fighting;2) homicide, man-slaughter (vega v.).* * *n. [from vega B; Ulf. waihjo = μάχη], a fight, battle; this is the oldest sense of the word, prevalent in old poems and in compds; finnask at vígi, to meet for battle, Vþm. 17, 18; at vígum, Gm. 49; vígs ótrauðr, Skm. 24; varr við víg, Ls. 13; val þeir kjósa, ríða vígi frá, Vþm. 41; vápn til vígs at ljá, Fsm.; víga guð, víga Njörðr, víga Freyr, the god of battle; verja vígi brúar-sporðana, Fms. ii. 207; Heiðar-víg, the battle on the Heath, Heiðarv. S.; hvar sem hón (Freyja) ríðr til vígs, þá á hón hálfan val, Edda 16; verja þeim vígi þingvöllinn, Íb. 11; verja þeim vígi völlinn, Eb. 20; at vit myndim jafn-færir til vígs, Nj. 97; eiga víg saman, to have a fight together, Bret. 48; engi hestr mundi hafa við þeim í vígi, Nj. 89 (hesta-víg, a horse-fight); Tanni ræðsk í móti Bárða, teksk þar víg afburða-fræknligt, Ísl. ii. 369; hann á víg móti Tý, Edda 42; vígs atvist, presence, abetting at a fight, Grág. ii. 138 (as a law term); hence is derivedII. as a law term, homicide, any slaughter with a weapon, in open warfare and private feud; for the legal meaning, see the remarks s. v. morð, Grág., and the Sagas, passim.COMPDS:1. with gen. plur.: víga-brandr, m. a ‘war-brand,’ a sword in the heavens, a kind of ‘aurora’ boding war. víga-far, n. ‘warfare,’ battle, slaughter; ófriðr ok v., Laudn. 270; göra margar úspektir um kvenna-far, ok vígaför, Orkn. 444. víga-ferðir = vígaferli, Js. 8: or víga-ferði, n., N. G. L. i. 19, Sks. 252 B, Gþl. 26. víga-ferli, n. pl. ‘warfare,’ war and slaughter of men; mun þetta upphaf vígaferla þinna, Nj. 85; hólmgöngum ok vígaferlum, Eg. 645; óeirðar-menn um kvenna-mál ok vígaferli, Lv. 3; újafnaðar ok vígaferla, Krók. 36. víga-guð, n. the god of battle, Edda (of Tý). víga-hugr, m. a ‘war-mood,’ a murderous mood, = víghugr. víga-maðr, m. a fighting man, one ever at war, one who kills many men, Nj. 22, Landn. 150, Eg. 770; hann lézk vera v. ok eiga úvært, Glúm. 360.2. with gen. sing.: vígs-bætr, f. pl. compensation for manslaughter, Grág. ii. 95, Fms. iii. 56. vígs-gengi, n. the backing one, fighting side by side with one in battle; heita, veita e-m v., Ld. 222, Eb. 100, Lv. 95. víga-gjald, n. = vígsbætr, Sturl. ii. 168. vígs-maðr, m. a champion, Bs. i. 763. vígs-mál, n. a trial for manslaughter, Nj. 71, 100, Boll. 340. vígs-sök = vígsök, Fms. iii. 155.B. REAL COMPDS: vígáss, vígbjartr, vígblær, vígbætr, vígbönd, vígdís, vígdjarfr, vígdrótt, vígdvalinn, vígfimi, vígfimr, vígfleki, vígfrekr, vígfrækn, vígfrömuðr, vígfúss, vígglaðr, viggrimmr, víggyrðill, víggyrðla, vígharðr, víghestr, víghugr, vígkæni, vígkænn, vígkænska, vígleysi, víglið, vígligr, vígljóss, víglundr, víglystr, víglýsing, vígmaðr, vígmannliga, vígmannligr, vígmóðr, vígnest, vígólfr, Vígólfsstaðir, vígrakkr, vígreiðr, vígreifr, vígrisinn, vígrisni, Vígríðr, vígroð, vígskarða, vígskár, vígskerðr, vígskóð, vígskörð, vígslanga, vígslóði, vígsnarr, vígsókn, vígspár, vígspjöll, vígsök, vígtamr, vígtár, vígteitr, vígtönn, vígvél, vígvöllr, vígvölr, vígþeyr, vígþrot, vígþryma, vígæsa, vígörr. -
10 RÓG
n.1) slander, calumny (sögðu þat mundu vera r. illra manna); bera e-n í r. við e-n, to slander (calumniate) one to a person (sá maðr var borinn í r. við Magnús konung);2) strife, quarrel; verða e-m at rógi, to be the cause of discord; leiða e-n nær rógi, to lead into feud.* * *n. in mod. usage rógr, m.; thus, með ríkan róginn mest, Bs. ii. 493, in a poem of the 16th century; originally vróg: [Ulf. wrohs = κατηγορία; A. S. wrôht; Germ. räge]:—a slander, Hom. 85, Eb. 60 new Ed.; hróp ok róg, Ls. 4; þungligt, geysiligt róg, Gd. 29, 33; berask róg milli, Am. 95; róg íllra manna, Eg. 55; hvert etni þeir hüfðu í um rógit, 59; bera róg þetta fyrir konung, 576; svá fremi skaltú rógit í frammi hafa, Nj. 166; Haraldr lét drepa Þórólf af rógi Hildiriðar-sona, Landn. 55; engi á sök á sönnu rógi, Gþl. 196.II. in poetry, strife; aldar róg þat hefir æ verit, Hm.; vera e-m at rógi, to be the cause of contention, Hkv. 2. 26, Sky. 2. 5; róg Niflunga, the strife of the Niebelungs, i. e.gold, Bm.; fé veldr frænda rógi, Rkv.; háligt róg, warfare, Orkn. (in a verse); leiða nær rógi, to lead into contention, Hðm.; hjör-róg, málm-róg, = war, Lex. Poët.: as also in many compds, róg-álfr, -apaldr, -birtingar, etc. = a warrior; róg-eisa, -geisli, -linnr, -ský, = a weapon; róg-leikr, -stefna, -þing, = a battle: róg-örr, -starkr, mighty in war (in a Runic inscription in Denmark), epithets to a warrior; róg-segl, a ‘war-sail,’ i. e. a shield, Vellekla; róg-þorn, a ‘war-thorn,’ either a warrior or a weapon, Akv. -
11 SKJÖLDR
(gen. skjaldar, dat. skildi; pl. skildir, acc. skjöldu), m. shield;hafa e-n at skildi fyrir sér, to have another as a shield before one;bera efra (hærra) skjöld, to have the best of it, to gain the day;þjóna undir þann skjöld, to serve under that standard;leika tveim skjöldum, to play a double game;koma í opna skjöldu, to attack in flank (from the left);skjóta skildi yfir e-n, to protect one.* * *m., gen. skjaldar, dat. skildi; an old dat. in poets skjaldi,—hj aldrs á mínum skj aldi, Eb. 27 new Ed. (in a verse); h aldorð í bug skj aldi, Fms. vi. (in a verse); h aldir fast ok skj aldi, Kormak: plur. skildir; acc. skjöldu, mod. skildi: [Ulf. skildus = θυρεός, Ephes. vi. 16; Dan. skjold; Swed. sköld; common to all Teut. languages: it is commonly derived from skjól, shelter, although the short root vowel and the final d of skild speak against this: ‘skillingr’ or ‘skildingr’ ( a shilling) may be a derivative from ‘skildus,’ from the shape, and from the painted or scratched ‘ring’ on the shields; see below: in fact, an old poet (Bragi) calls the shield ‘the penny of the hall of Odin.’]A. A shield, the generic name; the special names are, rönd, rít, baugr, targa, lind; þeir höfðu ekki langa skjöldu, Fas. i. 379; góðan skjöld ok þjökkan á hálsi, Sks. 407; skjöld á hlið, Bjarn. 62, and so in countless instances.II. special phrases; halda skildi fyrir e-m (e-n), to hold one’s shield, as a second in a holmganga, Glúm. 332, Korm. 88; or, fyrir e-n, Ísl. ii. 257; era héra at borgnara þótt hæna beri skjöld, Fms. vii. 116: hafa e-n at skildi, to have another as one’s shield, i. e. seek shelter behind him, Nj. 8; bera efra skjöld, to carry the highest shield, gain the day, Fas. i. 383, Fms. x. 394: þjóna undir þann skjöld, to serve under that shield, that standard, vii. 293; þjóna undir sama skjöld, viii. 109: binda öllum jafnan skjöld, to tie the same shield to all, treat all in one fashion (metaphor from a withy-shield?), Clem. 44: leika tveim skjöldum, to play with two shields, play a double game (metaphor from the red and white shields, see B), Am. 70, Hkr. i. (in a verse): koma í opna skjöldu, to fall into the open (hollow) shield, to attack in flank ( from the left), Fms. vi. 408, Stj. 365, Eg. 295, Fb. ii. 123; rennir sá maðr í kirkjugarð, ok sækir þingat skjöld, and seeks protection there, N. G. L. i. 352; múrr ok skjöldr, Mar.III. of any shield-formed thing; tólgar-s., a round piece of tallow; also of shield-like spots on cattle or whales: of a white tablet in churches, Vm. 142, 162, 168, Ám. 55, Pm. 17: brjóst-skjöldr, a round brooch.IV. a pr. name, Nj., Hkr. (of the son of Odin, the ancestor of the Danish kings); Skjöldungar, Edda; Skjöldr Skánunga goð, Fb. iii. 246.COMPDS: skjaldarband, skjaldarbukl, skjaldarfetill, skjaldarjötunn, skjaldarrönd, skjaldarskirfl, skjaldarsporðr.B. Remarks on the shield.—A shield was raised as a signal in time of war; a red shield betokened war (rauðr skjöldr, her-skjöldr), a white shield peace (hvítr skjöldr, friðar-skjöldr, a peace-shield); in a battle the red shield was hoisted, Hkv. 1. 33; but, bregða upp friðar skildi, to hoist the (white) shield of peace, was a sign that the battle was to cease; hann lét skjóta upp skildi hvítum, Fagrsk. 6l, Fms. vii. 23; hence also the phrase, bera herskjöld, or, fara herskildi, to harry, overrun a land with the ‘war shield,’ see frið-skjöldr and her-skjöldr (s. v. herr). War ships were lined from stem to stern with a wall of shields,—skip skarat skjöldum, or skjaldat skip; hann kom í Bjarnar-fjörð með al-skjölduðu skipi, síðan var hann Skjaldar-Björn kallaðr, Landn. 156. The halls of the ancients were hung all round with a row of shields, Gm. 9, Edda 2, Eg. 43, see the curious story in Fas. iii. 42. For the shield-wall in battles see skjald-borg. Ancient sayings; nú er skarð fyrir skildi, now there is a gap for a shield, a breach in the fence, of a heavy loss, such as the death of a person, nú er skarð fyrir skildi, nú er svanrinn nár á Tjörn, Jón Þorl.; höggva skarð í skildi e-s, to cut a notch in one’s shield, inflict a severe blow, Orkn. (in a verse). Shields were furnished with a painted or carved ‘ring’ representing mythological or heroic subjects; these rings are the earliest works of Northern art on record, hence come the names rít, baugr, rönd, of which rít points to scratching (whereas Bragi used ‘fá’ = to paint); rauðum skildi, rönd var ór gulli, Hkv. 1. 33. Such shields were a lordly gift, and gave rise to several ancient poems treating of the subjects carved or painted on the shield, such as the famous Haust-löng by Thjodolf, the Ragnars-kviða by Bragi, the two Beru-drápur (Shield-songs) by Egill; these ‘shield-lays’ were afterwards the sources of the writer of the Edda, but only a few fragments are preserved; (cp. the Greek lay on ‘the shield of Heracles,’ and the lay on Achilles’ shield in the Iliad.) -
12 STRÍÐ
n.1) distress, grief, affliction (sótti bæði at henni s. ok elli); hann bar þat með allmiklu stríði, he was very much afflicted by it; springa af stríði, to burst with grief;2) strife, war (þá varð s. mikit á Englandi).* * *n. [A. S. strîð, whence Engl. strife, by changing the ð into f; O. H. G. strît; Germ. streit]:—woe, grief, affliction, calamity; sótti bæði at henni stríð ok elli, Ld. 82; hann bar þat með allmiklu stríði, he was much afflicted by it, Fms. x. 239; springa af stríði, Ld. 230; síð léttir mér stríða, Edda (in a verse); stemma stríð manna, Brandkr. 60; munar-stríð, hug-stríð, Skv. 3. 38; aldr-stríð, of-stríð, a heavy grief. Helr.; af stríðum, Og. 28; mitt stríð er þat … stríð hafa staddan mik, Fms. vi. (in a verse); bíða stríð, Hallfred; æxta e-m stríð, Am. 102: poët., snáka stríð, ‘snake-bale,’ i. e. the winter, Fb. ii. 523 (in a verse).2. a strife, combat; hann gékk fyrstr í hvert stríð, Fms. iii. 17.II. war, strife, Lat. bellum; this sense occurs first at the end of the 13th century; þá varð stríð mikit á Englandi, Fms. x. 158; halda stríð við e-n, Stj. 435, v. l.; heyja stríð, to wage war; í stríði, Bs. i. 799; stríð milli Engla-konungs ok Frakka-konungs, ok hafði Engla-konungr sigr, Ann. 1340; lauk svá stríðinu, Fas. iii. 421.COMPDS: stríðsafli, stríðskostr, stríðsmaðr. -
13 BARÐ
n.1) beard (rare);2) brim, of a hat or helmet;3) the beak or armed prow of ships (of war), stem; róa fyrir barð e-m (= róa fyrir stafn e-m), to thwart one.* * *n. [identical in etymology but not in sense to Lat. barba, Engl. beard, Germ. bart; the Scandin. dialects all call the beard skegg; Swed. skägg; Dan. skjæg; barð in the sense of barba is quite alien from the Scandin. idioms; the passages, Edda 109 (skegg heitir barð) and höggva börðum í gras, Íd. 12, a poem of the end of the 13th century, are isolated instances: bart in Dan. is a mod. word]:—Lat. ora, margo:α. a brim of a helmet or hat (hjálmbarð, hattbarð), Fas. iii. 341.β. the verge, edge of a hill (holtbarð, túnbarð, brekkubarð, hólbarð, etc.), freq. in local names of farms in Icel.γ. the wing or side fin of some fishes, e. g. whales, cp. barðhvalr; of flat fishes, raja pastinaca (skötubarð).δ. the beak or armed prow of ships, esp. ships’ of war, [cp. A. S. barda, a beaked ship]; so barded, of a horse in armour; hence Barði or Járnbarði is the name of a sort of ram in olden times, e. g. the famous Járnbarði ( Iron Ram) of carl Eric, described, Fms. ii. 310; cp. also Fb. i. 280: the stem, Gr. στείρη, Jb. 398; róa fyrir barð e-rn, to thwart one, Gþl. 519, Eg. 386, Fms. vii. 195; skulu vér binda akkeri fyrir barð hverju skipi, xi. 66, ii. 273, Lex. Poët.ε. several compds are used in Icel. referring to parts of the head, e. g. hökubarð, kinnbarð, kjálkabarð, ora genae, maxillae, but without any notion of ‘beard,’ cp. Isid. granos et cinnabar Gothorurn, 19. 23; the cinnabar and the present Icel. kinnabarð seem to be etymologically identical. -
14 DREKI
* * *m.1) dragon;2) ship of war (bearing a dragon’s head as an ornament at the prow).* * *a, m. [from the Gr. δράκων; Lat. draco; A. S. draca; Germ. drache; Engl. dragon; Swed. drake; Dan. drage]:—a dragon, Al. 160, 656 A, Gullþ. ch. 4; this word, which undoubtedly is of foreign origin, is however very old; it occurs in Vsp. 65 (there is no reason to suspect the genuineness of this verse); it is most freq. used by poets of the 10th and 11th centuries, and is especially used of ships of war bearing a dragon’s head as beaks. Fms. ii. 179, 182, 217, 303, iv. 354, v. 311, vi. 314, 360, vii. 51, 109, 248, x. 36, 77, 204–206, xi. 45, 375.β. the constellation Scorpion, Rb. 408.2. naut. a small anchor.COMPDS: drekahamr, drekahöfuð, drekalíki, drekamerki. -
15 GUNNR
(gen. -ar, dat. and acc. -i), f. war, battle (poet.).* * *f., older form guðr, [A. S. gûd; O. H. G. gundia], war, battle, only used in poetry, Lex. Poët. passim.COMPDS: gunnar-fúss, -gjarn, -örr, -tamðr, adj. warlike, Lex. Poët. gunnar-haukr, m. a hawk. gunn-blíðr, -bráðr, -djarfr, -fíkinn, -hagr, -hvatr, -mildr, -rakkr, -reifr, -snarr, -sterkr, -tamiðr, -tamr, -þorinn, -öfligr, -örðigr, adj. all laudatory epithets = valiant, Lex. Poët.: of weapons and armour, the shield is called gunn-blik, -borð, -hörgr, -máni, -rann, -tjald, -veggr, n.; the sword and spear, gunn-logi, -seiðr, -sproti, -svell, -viti, n.; of the battle, gunn-el, -hríð, -þing, n.; the carrion crow, gunn-gjóðr, -már, -skári, -valr, n.; of the warrior, gunn-nórungr, -slöngvir, -stœrandi, -veitir, -viðurr, -þeysandi, n. etc., vide Lex. Poët.II. in pr. names; of men, Gunn-arr, Gunn-björn, Gunn-laugr, Gunn-ólfr, Gunn-steinn, etc.; of women, Gunn-hildr, Gunn-laug, Gunn-löð; and in the latter part. Þor-gunnr (-guðr), Hlað-gunnr, Hildi-gunnr, etc. -
16 her-fjöturr
m. a mythical term, ‘war-fetter:’ a valiant man who in the stress of battle feels himself spell-bound, and unable to stir, was in old lore said to be caught in a ‘war-fetter;’ this was attributed to the weird sisters of battle (the Valkyrias), as is shewn by the fact that one of them was called Herfjöturr, Shackle, Edda (Gl.); they were the messengers of Odin, by whom the warriors were doomed to death (kjósa val); the passages referring to this lore are Fms. viii. 170, Sturl. ii. 233, Ísl. ii. 104 twice (Harð. S.):—a similar belief appears in the Greek, see Od. xxii. 297 sqq., Iliad xiii. 358–360, xxii. 5 sqq. -
17 her-fólk
n. war-people, men of war, Bs. ii. 106, Stj. 295. -
18 HERJA
(að), v.2) with acc. to despoil, waste (herja land);refl., herjast á, to harry (wage war on) one another.* * *að, [A. S. hergian; Scot. to herry or harry; Dan. hærge]:— to go harrying or freebooting, Nj. 127, Eg. 78, 228, Fms. i. 10, Grág. i. 135, passim.II. trans. with acc. to harry, despoil, waste; Haraldr konungr herjaði landit ok átti orrostur, Fms. i. 5; herja land, Mirm.; at herjuðu helvíti, having harried hell, Karl. 279; borgir ok þorp er aðrir höfðu herjað (harried, taken by force) af hans eign, Fms. x. 231; (whence the mod. phrase, h. e-ð út úr e-m, to harry a thing out of one, press him till he yields it up); herja mönnum til Kristindóms, to harry, drive people to Christianity, N. G. L. i. 344; Fjandinn herjar menn ór Kristninni, Rb. 400.III. reflex., herjask á, to harry ( wage war on) one another, Hkr. ii. 75. -
19 her-óp
n. a war-whoop, war-cry, Eg. 80, Nj. 245, Orkn., Stj. 312, Ó. H. 107, Fb. ii. 125, passim. -
20 her-ör
f. a ‘war-arrow,’ to be sent round as a token of war: the phrase, skera upp h., to summon to arms, Eg. 9, Fms. i. 92, vi. 24, x. 388, Fb. ii. 172, 188, Gþl. 82, cp. 433: for these customs see the remarks s. v. boð, p. 71, as also Scott’s Notes to Marmion, Canto III, on the Fiery Cross of the Scottish Clans.
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