ósjaldan (adv.) ‘Not seldom, repeatedly...’

Please note that the lexical concordance has not been reviewed and should not be referenced as a definitive and accurate concordance to the poetic corpus. Dates in particular may be taken from earlier editions and should be checked.

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• ósjaldan rauð skjaldar — RvHbreiðm Hl 81^III/6

  ...Egða rauð ósjaldan sval*fúr skjaldar ...    ‘...guardian of the Egðir not seldom reddened the cool fire ...’

  1145

• ósjaldan, gramr tjalda, — Gamlkan Has 14^VII/6

  ...gjafi minn. Ósjaldan óttuðumk miðr ...    ‘...life-giver. Not seldom I feared your ...’

  1180

• öldum ósjaldan — Sturl Hrafn 14^II/7

  ...Aleinn fekk ósjaldan öldum felli ...    ‘...gave people not seldom a slayer of life’s duration ...’

  1264notes

elements in compounds

kennings

skaldic manuscripts

• AM 45 fol (F)  (1)c1300-1325
• GKS 1005 fol (Flat)  (1)c1387-1395
• AM 757 a 4° (B)  (1)c1400
• AM 304 4°x (304x)  (1)c1600-1650
• Holm papp 25 8°x (papp25x)  (1)c1653-1656
• UppsUB R 683x (R683x)  (1)c1650-1700
• Lbs 444 4°x (444x)  (1)c1820-1850
• JS 399 a-b 4°x (399a-bx)  (1)