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Heiti

This article is about the Old Norse poetic device. For the East Asian typeface, see East Asian gothic typeface. For Estonian male given name, see Heiti (given name).
Not to be confused with Haiti.

A heiti (Old Norse heiti [hɛitɪ], Modern Icelandic [heiːtɪ], pl. heiti "name, appellation, designation, term"[1]) is a synonym used in Old Norse poetry in place of the normal word for something. For instance, Old Norse poets might use jór "steed" instead of the prosaic hestr "horse".

  1. ^ Faulkes (1998, b), p. 306.
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