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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Fiska 2III/5 — fyldingrfyldingr

Þul Fiska 2III

Síld, seiðr, skata,         síl, reyðr ok ǫgr,
skreiðungr ok síkr,         skalgi, flyðra,
fyldingr, styrja         ok fuðryskill,
hámerr, steinbítr         ok háskerðingr.

Síld, seiðr, skata, síl, reyðr ok ǫgr, skreiðungr ok síkr, skalgi, flyðra, fyldingr, styrja ok fuðryskill, hámerr, steinbítr ok háskerðingr.

Herring, coalfish, skate, sand-eel, char and redfish, codfish and houting, roach, flounder, fyldingr, sturgeon and sea scorpion, porbeagle shark, ocean catfish and Greenland shark.

readings

[5] fyldingr: ‘fyllvingr’ or ‘fylldingr’ C

notes

[5] fyldingr (m.): A hap. leg. and an unknown species of fish. The word seems to be derived from fold ‘earth’, and hence it may denote a groundling or a flat fish (cf. ÍO: fylding(u)r). Alternatively, the correct form of this heiti might have been fylvingr, which is possibly the C variant (see Nordgaard 1912, 59), but the word is difficult to read in that ms.

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