Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Øxna heiti 1’ 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.
Enn skal segja øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr, Vingnis stjóri.
Enn skal segja heiti øxna: árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari, Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr, viggi, bautuðr, stjóri Vingnis.
‘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. ’
None of the heiti for ‘oxen’ listed in this stanza is found in poetry and many are not attested elsewhere. — [1-2]: See Introduction above.
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.
Enn skal segja
øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni
ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,
smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr
ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, †bꜹrvðr†,
Vingnis stjóri.
Eɴ skal segia ꜹxna heiti . Arvacr drioni ok iormvnrekr simi freyr | regiɴ smiðr eyþvari ravðr ok rekningr ok ravckvi hliðr . viɢi bꜹrvðr | vingnis stíori.
(VEÞ)
Enn skal segja
øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni
jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,
smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr rekningr
røkkvihliðr,
viggi, †baurudr†,
Vingnis stjóri.
Ek skal telja
yxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni
ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,
smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr
ok røkkvi-liðr,
viggi, †baurrudr†,
Vingnis stjóri.
Ek man skýra
fyrir skata mengi allramligra yxna heiti :
árvǫrðr, drjóni
ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,
smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr
ok røkkvi-liðr,
viggi, bautaðr,
vingnir stjóri.
Ec man skyra fyrir skata mængi allramligra [...] | yxna hæiti arvø̨rðr drióni ok iø̨rmvnrækr simi fræyr reginn smiðr | æyþvari . Rꜹ́ðr ok rækningr ok rø̨kkviliðr viggi bꜹtaðr vingnir stiori |
(VEÞ)
†[…]k mun skýra†
skata mengi allramligra øxna heiti :
árvǫrðr, drjóni
ok jǫrmunrekr,
†sune†, Freyr, Reginn,
smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr
ok røkkvi-liðr,
†vigi†, bautuðr,
vingnir stjóri.
[...]k mun skýra skata mennge allramlegra o᷎xna heíti . arvo᷎rdr drione . Auxna heiti . | ok jo᷎rmunrekr sune frey᷎rr reginn . smidr ey᷎þuare . ʀaudr ok rekningr ok ro᷎ckuí lidr . vigi bau || tudr víngnir stíore .
(VEÞ)
Ek mun skýra
øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni
ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,
smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr
ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr,
Vingnis stjóri.
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