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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Fiska 2III

[2] síl, reyðr ok ǫgr ‘sand-eel, char and redfish’: Sand-eel (síl n.; Ammodytes tobanius) is a relatively small eel living on the sandy bottom of the sea. Reyðr m. is the Atlantic char (Salvelinus alpinus), living in fresh- and saltwater, and ǫgr m. is ‘redfish’ or ‘rose fish’, ‘ocean perch’ (Sebastes marinus), a saltwater fish.

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