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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Veðra 2III/5 — gneggjuðr ‘neigher’

Gǫnsurr, gráði,         gol, ofviðri,
gjósta, grindill,         gæla ok óhljóðr,
gneggjuðr, gǫnsuðr,         gœ, dynfari,
hlǫmmuðr, ganrekr,         húsbrjótr ok þjótr.

Gǫnsurr, gráði, gol, ofviðri, gjósta, grindill, gæla ok óhljóðr, gneggjuðr, gǫnsuðr, gœ, dynfari, hlǫmmuðr, ganrekr, húsbrjótr ok þjótr.

Rushing one, zephyr, steady wind, flurry, flaw, destroyer, whiff and un-silent one, neigher, rusher, winter-weather, din-farer, roarer, one driven by witchcraft, house-destroyer and howler.

readings

[5] gneggjuðr gǫnsuðr: ‘geíg[…]o᷎nsudr’ B, ‘geíguðr go᷎nsudr’ 744ˣ

notes

[5] gneggjuðr (m.) ‘neigher’: In Alv 20/3 (NK 127), this is a term for ‘wind’ among the gods (kalla gneggiuð ginregin; see also Skm, SnE 1998, I, 90), from the weak verb gneggja ‘neigh’ (see Kommentar III, 345-6). For the 744ˣ (B) variant geiguðr, cf. geigr ‘hurt’, geiga ‘swing’ (see Óðinn’s name Geiguðr in Þul Óðins 3/7 and Note there). Neither variant is otherwise used in poetry.

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