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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Eyja 4III

[All]: The place names outside Norway in this stanza are three of the Shetland Islands, i.e.  Noss, a small island near Bressay (Nǫs l. 1; see Munch 1846, 90 and Jakobsen 1901, 137), Fetlar (Fetilǫr l. 3) and Yell (Jala l. 8). Some of the islands listed below have not been identified: Nauma (l. 1), Nála (l. 2) and Frigg (l. 3) (see Munch 1846, 90).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. Jakobsen, Jakob. 1901. ‘Shetlandøernes stednavne’. ÅNOH, 55-258.
  3. Munch, P. A. 1846. ‘Geographiske bemærkninger, knyttede til et hidtil uudgivet stykke af den yngre Edda’. ÅNOH, 81-96; 365-7.

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