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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sækonunga 3III/4 — Mævill ‘Mævill’

Hjǫrolfr ok Hrauðungr,         Hǫgni, Mýsingr,
Hundingr, Hvítingr,         Heiti, Mævill,
Hjalmarr, Móir,         Hœmir, Mævi,
Róði, Rakni,         Rær ok Leifi.

Hjǫrolfr ok Hrauðungr, Hǫgni, Mýsingr, Hundingr, Hvítingr, Heiti, Mævill, Hjalmarr, Móir, Hœmir, Mævi, Róði, Rakni, Rær ok Leifi.

Hjǫrólfr and Hrauðungr, Hǫgni, Mýsingr, Hundingr, Hvítingr, Heiti, Mævill, Hjálmarr, Móir, Hœmir, Mævi, Róði, Rakni, Rær and Leifi.

readings

[4] Mævill: so C, A, B, ‘[…]efill’ R, ‘mefill’

notes

[4] Mævill: In Hversu Nóregr byggðisk (Flat 1860-8, I, 22), Mævill is a son of the sea-king Meiti, whose name is recorded in st. 2/8 above. The name is also known from Þorsteins saga Víkingssonar, Víga-Glúms saga and Saxo (the latter mentions a fleet under the command of Reuillus and Meuillus, see Saxo 2005, I, 5, 8, 4, pp. 338-9; see also Ræfill, st. 4/3). Mævill may be a diminutive of már m. ‘seagull’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 291). Cf. also Mævi (l. 6 below) and the dwarf-name Gullmævill (Þul Dverga 4/3). The name Mævill occurs in kennings for ‘ship’ in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Mævill).

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