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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sækonunga 5III/6 — Sǫrvi ‘Sǫrvi’

Virfill, Vinnill,         Vandill, Sǫlsi,
Gautrekr ok Húnn,         Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi,         Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri         sækonunga.

Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.

Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr and Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. I see no more sea-kings.

readings

[6] Sǫrvi: so C, syrvi R, , B, ‘surfi’ A

notes

[6] Sǫrvi: Perhaps lit. ‘armed one’, cf. sǫrvar, syrvar pl. ‘warriors’ (see Þul Manna 5/5). In Old Norse, sǫrvi or sørvi n. is a term for a woman’s necklace of precious stones, while Goth. sarwa means ‘weapons’ (cf. also OE sierwan ‘fit out, arm’ < Gmc *sarwjan; AEW: sørvi 1). See also Sǫrli, which may be a diminutive of Sǫrvi (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 295). The name occurs once in a kenning (Eskál Vell 22/3I).

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