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658: 768: 25: 302:"{The army-diminisher} split {the hard stump of the scalp} {of famous sword-trees} with a sword in the south; he went angry through the warships. The prince knew how to redden {the yard-arm {of flesh-bark}} in battle; {many a cherry-tree {of meetings of Gunnr <valkyrie>}} lay chopped down by iron mouths." 298:{Herskerðir} klauf {harðan stofn svarðar} {kunnum eldviðum} með sverði sunnr; hann gekk reiðr of skeiðar. Gramr kunni sarka {rô {holdbarkar}} at gunni; {margr heggr {Gunnþinga}} lá of hǫggvinn jarnmunnum. 415:, 2 vols. (Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. Pp. clii, 1359; 1 black-and-white figure. €165. ISBN: 978-2-503-51894-7.Margaret Clunies Ross, ed., 273:
as one of the valkyries who always ride out to decide battles and take the slain. Another mention of Gunnr specifically states that those named are "Odin's Valkyries":
292:"I can name Viðrir’s <= Óðinn’s> valkyries: Hrist, Mist, Herja, Hlǫkk, Geiravǫr, Gǫll, Hjǫrþrimul, Gunnr, Herfjǫtur, Skuld, Geirǫnul, Skǫgul and Randgnið." 326: 288:
Ek man nefna valkyrjur Viðris: Hrist, Mist, Herja, Hlǫkk, Geiravǫr, Gǫll, Hjǫrþrimul, Guðr, Herfjǫtur, Skuld, Geirǫnul, Skǫgul ok Randgnið.
419:, 2 vols. (Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 8.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2017. Pp. xcvi, 1076. €140. ISBN: 978-2-503-51900-5" 181: 517: 462:. (Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 2.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2009. Pp. xi, 914. €140. ISBN: 9782503518978" 108: 89: 61: 386:"Völuspá - Norse and Germanic Lore site with Old Norse / English translations of the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda" 282:"Gunnr and Róta and the youngest Norn, she who is called Skuld, ride ever to take the slain and decide fights." 46: 68: 143: 219:"I say this the twelfth, where the horse of Gunnr sees fodder on the battlefield, where twenty kings lie." 627: 75: 327:"Enigma Variations: Hervarar saga's Wave-Riddles and Supernatural Women in Old Norse Poetic Tradition" 161:
were said to decide the outcome of battles, and, at its conclusion, would ride out to take the slain.
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Guðr ok Róta ok norn in yngsta, er Skuld heitir, ríða jafnan at kjósa val ok ráða vígum.
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term that translates to "battle". The Valkyries Gunnr, Rota, and the young norn
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remain in use as a feminine given name in Scandinavia. The word is from
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Poetry from the Kings' Sagas 2: From c. 1035 to c. 1300
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