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===Old Norse=== Examples of tmesis have been found in [[Skald|skaldic poetry]]. In addition to the use of [[kennings]], [[skald]]s used tmesis to obscure the meaning of the poem.<ref name="Ross">{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Margaret Clunies |title=A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics |publisher=D. S. Brewer |year=2005 |location=Cambridge |pages=109β110 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvROUzj4DBoC |isbn=1-84384-034-0}}</ref> One use of tmesis was to divide the elements of personal names.<ref name="Ross"/>
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