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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 4III/7 — svipuðr ‘swooper’

Vægir, veigarr,         vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir,         vindbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill,         eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr,         salgarðr, hnefi.

Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr, verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl, askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi, svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.

Wavy one, threaded one, corpse-long one and blade, man-wolf, chosen one, wind-bright one and torment, ash, Angrvaðill, edge-sharp one, swooper and ugly-swooping one, hall-fence, fist.

readings

[7] svipuðr: ‘svpvðr’ A, ‘s[…]udr’ B, ‘suípuðr’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] svipuðr (m.) ‘swooper’: This heiti may allude to the sudden swift motion of a sword (agent noun from the weak verb svipa ‘swoop, move quickly’; see also the next heiti). Cf. Svipul, a valkyrie and a heiti for ‘battle’ (see Þul Orrostu 1/7). Svipuðr is also the name of a horse in HHund I 47/3. Svipuðr is not attested elsewhere.

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