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The second part of Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was two-time elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing....
's Prose Edda
Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda or simply Edda, is an Old Norse language Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier skaldic and Eddic poetry containing tales from Norse mythology....
 the Skáldskaparmál or "language of poetry" (c. 50,000 words) is effectively a dialogue between the Norse god of the sea, Ægir
Ægir

?gir is a j?tunn and a king of the sea in Norse mythology. He seems to be a personification of the power of the ocean. He was also known for hosting elaborate parties for the ?sir....
 and Bragi
Bragi

Bragi is a skaldic god in Norse mythology....
, the god of poetry, in which both Norse mythology
Norse mythology

Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
 and discourse on the nature of poetry are intertwined. The origin of a number of kenning
Kenning

A kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic language poetry. For example, Old Norse poetry might replace sver?, the regular word for ?sword?, with a compound such as ben-grefill ?wound-hoe? , or a genitive phrase such as randa ?ss ?ice of shields? ....
s are given and Bragi
Bragi

Bragi is a skaldic god in Norse mythology....
 then delivers a systematic list of kennings
List of kennings

A kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic language poetry.This list does not pretend to be comprehensive....
 for various people, places and things.






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The second part of Snorri Sturluson
Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic historian, poet and politician. He was two-time elected lawspeaker at the Icelandic parliament, the Althing....
's Prose Edda
Prose Edda

The Prose Edda, also known as the Younger Edda, Snorri's Edda or simply Edda, is an Old Norse language Icelandic collection of four sections interspersed with excerpts from earlier skaldic and Eddic poetry containing tales from Norse mythology....
 the Skáldskaparmál or "language of poetry" (c. 50,000 words) is effectively a dialogue between the Norse god of the sea, Ægir
Ægir

?gir is a j?tunn and a king of the sea in Norse mythology. He seems to be a personification of the power of the ocean. He was also known for hosting elaborate parties for the ?sir....
 and Bragi
Bragi

Bragi is a skaldic god in Norse mythology....
, the god of poetry, in which both Norse mythology
Norse mythology

Norse, Viking or Scandinavian mythology comprises the beliefs, myths and legends of the Norse paganism of the North Germanic language people, including those who settled on Faroe Islands and Iceland, where most of the written sources for Norse mythology were assembled....
 and discourse on the nature of poetry are intertwined. The origin of a number of kenning
Kenning

A kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic language poetry. For example, Old Norse poetry might replace sver?, the regular word for ?sword?, with a compound such as ben-grefill ?wound-hoe? , or a genitive phrase such as randa ?ss ?ice of shields? ....
s are given and Bragi
Bragi

Bragi is a skaldic god in Norse mythology....
 then delivers a systematic list of kennings
List of kennings

A kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic language poetry.This list does not pretend to be comprehensive....
 for various people, places and things. Bragi then goes on to discuss poetic language in some detail, in particular heiti
Heiti

A heiti is a synonym used in Old_Norse_Poetry in place of the normal word for something. For instance, Old Norse poets might use j?r "steed" instead of the prosaic hestr "horse"....
, the concept of poetical words which are non-periphrastic e.g. steed for horse, and again systematises these. This in a way forms an early form of poetic thesaurus.

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