Lind, lág ok linnr, lyng, skíð, pera,
þǫll ok þyrnir, þinurr, storð ok klungr,
mǫsurr ok grǫn tvenn ok marhrísla,
ilstri, vínviðr, jǫlstr, cípressus.
Lind, lág ok linnr, lyng, skíð, pera, þǫll ok þyrnir, þinurr, storð ok klungr, mǫsurr ok grǫn tvenn ok marhrísla, ilstri, vínviðr, jǫlstr, cípressus.
Linden, log and serpent, heather, firewood, pear-tree, fir and bramble, fir, sapling and wild briar, burl and two pines and mare-twig, willow, vine, willow, cípressus.
[7] ilstri (n.) ‘willow’: A hap. leg. in Old Norse, derived from Gmc *elistria (AEW: ilstri; cf. New Norw., ModSwed. dialects ilster ‘grey willow’, Salix cinerea). Morphologically the word is a collective noun, but cf. jǫlstr f. ‘willow’ in the next line.