Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Viðar heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 882.
Hasl, heggr, hallarr, hagþorn, reynir,
ró, almr ok rót, reyrr, askr, fura,
apaldr, ǫsp, laurus, ulfviðr, lykkja,
eik, einir, píll, elri, palmar.
Hasl, heggr, hallarr, hagþorn, reynir, ró, almr ok rót, reyrr, askr, fura, apaldr, ǫsp, laurus, ulfviðr, lykkja, eik, einir, píll, elri, palmar.
‘Hazel, bird-cherry tree, elder, hawthorn, rowan, ró, elm and root, reed, ash, fir, apple-tree, aspen, laurus, cranberry bush, lykkja, oak, juniper, willow, alder, palm-trees. ’
Seven of the heiti for ‘tree’ listed in this stanza are not otherwise found in poetry: hasl m. ‘hazel’ and hallarr m. ‘elder’ (l. 1), ró f. (l. 3), laurus (l. 5), ulfviðr m. ‘cranberry bush’, lykkja f. (l. 6) and píll m. ‘willow’ (l. 7).
Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.
Hasl, heggr, hallarr,
hagþorn, reynir,
†rø̨†, almr ok rót,
reyrr, askr, †fyra†,
apaldr, ǫsp, laurus,
ulfviðr, lykkja,
eik, einir, píll,
elri, palmar.
Hasl hæggr hallaʀr hagþorn | ræynir rø̨ almr ok rót ræyʀ askr fvra apalldr ø̨sp lꜹrvs vlfviðr | lykkia æik æinir píll ælri palmar .
(VEÞ)
Hasl, heggr, hallarr,
hagþorn, †reýne[…]r†,
ró, almr ok rót,
reyrr, askr, fura,
apaldr, ǫsp, laurus,
ulfviðr, lykkja,
eik, einir, píll,
elrir, palmar.
Hasl | heggr hallaʀr hagþorn reýne[...]r ro almr ok rót reýrr askr fura . apalldr ausp | laurus vlfvidr ly᷎ckía eik einir píll elrirr pálmar .
(VEÞ)
Hasl, heggr, hallarr,
hagþorn, †reýnerr†,
ró, almr ok rót,
reyrr, askr, fura,
apaldr, ǫsp, laurus,
ulfviðr, lykkja,
eik, einir, píll,
elri, palmar.
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