Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Orma heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 931.
Níðhǫggr, náinn, niðr, holdvari,
langbarðr, lýðir, linnr, heiðbúi,
strykr, steinbúi, stýrir, Sváfnir,
snákr, scorpion, sneldingr, naðra.
Níðhǫggr, náinn, niðr, holdvari, langbarðr, lýðir, linnr, heiðbúi, strykr, steinbúi, stýrir, Sváfnir, snákr, scorpion, sneldingr, naðra.
‘Níðhǫggr, corpse-like one, descendant, flesh-wary one, long-bearded one, lýðir, serpent, heath-dweller, striped one, stone-dweller, ruler, Sváfnir, snake, scorpion, wicked one, viper. ’
With the exception of linnr m. ‘serpent’ (l. 4), snákr m. ‘snake’ (l. 7), naðra f. ‘viper’ (l. 8), Níðhǫggr (l. 1) and Sváfnir (l. 6), the heiti for ‘serpent’ listed in this stanza do not occur with this meaning in other sources. Only linnr, naðra, Níðhǫggr and Sváfnir are included in the list in LaufE.
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.
Níðhǫggr, náinn,
niðr, holdvari,
langbarðr, †lýþę́r†,
linnr, heiðbúi,
strykr, steinbúi,
stýrir, Sváfnir,
snákr, scorpion,
sneldingr, naðra.
Niðhǫggr náinn niðr holldvari langbarðr lý | þę́r linnr heiðbvi strykr stæinbvi stýrir sváfnir snákr scorpion snelldingr | naðra .
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Níðhǫggr, náinn,
niðr, holdvari,
langbarðr, lýðir,
linni, heiðbúi,
, ,
stýrir, Sváfnir,
†skakr†, skorpio,
snelduðr, naðra.
Nidho᷎ggr nainn nidr holldvare . lanngbardr ly᷎dir linne heidbue . stýrir | suafnir skakr skorpio snelldudr nadra .
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