Øxna heiti — Þul ØxnaIII
Anonymous Þulur
Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Øxna heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 885. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3210> (accessed 21 May 2024)
Enn skal segja øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr, Vingnis stjóri.
‘In addition I shall say names for oxen: alert one, bellower and jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smith, island-borer, Rauðr and driven one and røkkvihliðr, viggi, striker, Vingnir’s guide. ’
Himinhrjóðr, simir ok harðfari,
Hœfir, digni, hjǫlluðr, simull,
hliðr, stúfr ok litr, hríðr, forsimi,
Arfr, jǫrmuni ok eikismiðr.
‘Himinhrjóðr, simir and hard-goer, Hœfir, stout one, roarer, simull, hliðr, stump and coloured one, hríðr, forsimi, Arfr, mighty one and eikismiðr. ’
Gneisti, Apli ok gollinhorni,
auðr, kvígr, ǫldungr ok Arfuni,
griðungr, olgr, gellir, glymr ok hreiði,
tíðungr, boli, tarfr, aurgefinn.
‘Spark, Apli and golden-horned one, wealth, young bullock, elder and Arfuni, steer, noise-maker, yeller, roar and hreiði, yearling, bull-calf, bull, dirt-prone one. ’
Kýr heitir skirja, kvíga ok frenja
ok Auðhumbla; hon es œzt kúa.
‘A cow is called young cow, heifer and lower and Auðhumbla; she is the noblest of cows. ’
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