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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 7III/5 — brotningr ‘broken one’

Skelkvingr, fylvingr,         flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr,         Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr,         Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr;         hittask mun nættingr.

Skelkvingr, fylvingr, flæmingr, skerðingr, skotningr, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, rifjungr, brotningr, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hœkingr ok hringr; hittask mun nættingr.

Terrifier, fylvingr, chaser, notcher, shooter, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, tearer, broken one, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hooked one and ring; one will come across night-bringer.

readings

[5] brotningr: so , C, A, ‘brotnigr’ R, hvítingr B

notes

[5] brotningr (m.) ‘broken one’: From the weak verb brotna ‘break’ (intransitive), perhaps denoting a sword made of fragments, brot (so Falk 1914b, 48), or ‘breaker’ (tentatively suggested in SnE 1998, II, 252). This heiti is not attested elsewhere.

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