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<p>The name of the virtuoso Old Norse-Icelandic meta-metaphorical rhetorical trope <i>ofljóst</i> is generally understood, ironically, as “too clear”, when the stylistic device actually requires considerable cultural capital, and an appreciation of word play and word-interplay for comprehension. The essay establishes that it is not the clarity and ease of understanding that is referenced by the name but the dazzling lexical and imagistic technique of the medieval <i>skáld</i>. This contention is supported by an examination of familiar name encryption in the longer poems of Egill Skallagrímsson.</p>

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The Old Norse-Icelandic Metaphorical Trope Ofljóst

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    2025年5月9日

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  • William Sayers

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The name of the virtuoso Old Norse-Icelandic meta-metaphorical rhetorical trope ofljóst is generally understood, ironically, as “too clear”, when the stylistic device actually requires considerable cultural capital, and an appreciation of word play and word-interplay for comprehension. The essay establishes that it is not the clarity and ease of understanding that is referenced by the name but the dazzling lexical and imagistic technique of the medieval skáld. This contention is supported by an examination of familiar name encryption in the longer poems of Egill Skallagrímsson.