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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Viðar 2III/8 — elri ‘alder’

Hasl, heggr, hallarr,         hagþorn, reynir,
ró, almr ok rót,         reyrr, askr, fura,
apaldr, ǫsp, laurus,         ulfviðr, lykkja,
eik, einir, píll,         elri, palmar.

Hasl, heggr, hallarr, hagþorn, reynir, ró, almr ok rót, reyrr, askr, fura, apaldr, ǫsp, laurus, ulfviðr, lykkja, eik, einir, píll, elri, palmar.

Hazel, bird-cherry tree, elder, hawthorn, rowan, , elm and root, reed, ash, fir, apple-tree, aspen, laurus, cranberry bush, lykkja, oak, juniper, willow, alder, palm-trees.

readings

[8] elri: elrir B

notes

[8] elri (n.) ‘alder’: So ms. A, where the word is morphologically a collective noun, while ms. B and the LaufE mss have elrir (m.). The latter is used as a base-word in man-kennings, where n. names for trees would be irregular. In kennings for ‘fire’, elris occurs as a determinant in the gen., which could be the gen. of both elri and elrir (e.g. Sturl Hákkv 7/7II elris gram ‘dog of the alder [FIRE]’).

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