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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Øxna 1III/3 — árvakr ‘alert one’

Enn skal segja         øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni         ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,         smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr         ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr,         Vingnis stjóri.

Enn skal segja heiti øxna: árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari, Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr, viggi, bautuðr, stjóri Vingnis.

In addition I shall say names for oxen: alert one, bellower and jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smith, island-borer, Rauðr and driven one and røkkvihliðr, viggi, striker, Vingnir’s guide.

readings

[3] árvakr: árvǫrðr A, B

notes

[3] árvakr (m.) ‘alert one’: Or ‘one who is awake early’. This heiti is known from other sources as the mythical name of one of the horses of the Sun (see Þul Hesta 3/4 and Note there). As an ox-heiti the name occurs only in the present þula. The A, B variant árvǫrðr ‘early-guardian’ is not attested elsewhere.

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