Glíw-stól

Dictionnaire Anglo-Saxon de Bosworth & Toller - glíw-stól

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glíw-stól
Take here gleów-stól in Dict., and add: A seat of music and song (cf. þǽr (at Hrothgar's court) wæs gidd and gleó, B. 2105; cf. also seledreám), a joyous home (cf. hleów-stól for similar compound). The subject of the riddle is a stag's horn, which is shed and its place taken by a new one. This process is represented as the expulsion of a man from his home and country by a younger brother who takes his place. gliw-stol
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