Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Fugla 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. 954.
Svǫrr, storkr, súla, svarr, skjór, sparrhaukr,
stelkr, spǫrr, svala, steindelfr, spiki,
skúfr, spói, sæðingr, skarfr ok svartbakr,
skeglingr, skíði, skjǫldungr, pái.
Svǫrr, storkr, súla, svarr, skjór, sparrhaukr, stelkr, spǫrr, svala, steindelfr, spiki, skúfr, spói, sæðingr, skarfr ok svartbakr, skeglingr, skíði, skjǫldungr, pái.
‘Svǫrr, stork, gannet, svarr, magpie, sparrow hawk, redshank, sparrow, swallow, wheatear, spiki, skua, curlew, gull, cormorant and great black-backed gull, young kittiwake, skíði, shelduck, peacock. ’
Of twenty bird-names listed in this stanza only six (svǫrr l. 1, spǫrr m. ‘sparrow’, svala f. ‘swallow’ l. 3, skúfr m. ‘skua’, sæðingr m. ‘gull’ l. 5 and skarfr m. ‘cormorant’ l. 6) occur in skaldic poetry. Cf. the similar selection and arrangement of heiti according to alliteration in Þul Skipa 5. — [5-6]: Four of five bird-names in these two lines are terms for seabirds, mostly gulls, namely, skúfr m. (= ModIcel. skúmr) ‘skua’ or ‘brown gull’ (Stercorarius skua; l. 5), sæðingr m. ‘gull’ (l. 5), skarfr m. ‘cormorant’ (l. 6) and svartbakr m. ‘great black-backed gull’ (Larus marinus; l. 6).
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Svø̨ʀ storkr svla svaʀ | skiór spaʀrhꜹkr stelkr spø̨ʀr svala steindęlfr spiki skvfr spói sęðingr skarfr | ok svartbakr skeglingr skiði skiø̨lldvngr pái .
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