Note to Þul Orma 2III
[4] trani (m.) ‘crane’: The word does not occur in other sources as a heiti for ‘serpent’. Trani ‘crane’ could have been included among the orma heiti because it was the name of one of King Óláfr Tryggvason’s warships and it might have been associated with another famous ship that belonged to that king, Ormr inn langi ‘The Long Serpent’. This is supported by the fact that the previous heiti in the present list, Grábakr, denotes Ormr inn langi in Anon Óldr 21/4I. Trani is also recorded in Þul Sverða 6/4.
References
- Internal references
- Diana Whaley 2012, ‘(Biography of) Óláfr Tryggvason’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 383.
- Kate Heslop (ed.) 2012, ‘Anonymous Poems, Óláfs drápa Tryggvasonar 21’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 1052.
- Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Sverða heiti 6’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 800.