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Orrostu heiti — Þul OrrostuIII

Anonymous Þulur

Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Orrostu heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 786. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3193> (accessed 25 April 2024)

 

This þula (Þul Orrostu) contains heiti for ‘battle’. It is recorded in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, C, A and B (and 744ˣ) of SnE. In mss A and B it has the heading Orrostu heiti ‘Names for battle’, in A as usual written in red ink. In the þulur-sequence, Þul Orrostu is preceded by Þul Manna and followed by Þul Sverða in all the mss. Some of the heiti listed below are also mentioned among the names of valkyries in Þul Valkyrja. Most of the heiti in this þula are also given (without the poetic text) in LaufE (LaufE 1979, 297-8, 382; mss papp10ˣ(49v), 2368ˣ(121), 743ˣ(92r)), and the variants, which sometimes agree with the readings of ms. A and sometimes with those of ms. B, show that the LaufE version of the þula likely derives from a common antecedent of A and B (see LaufE 1979, 170-1). Readings from the LaufE mss are therefore discussed selectively in the Notes. The þula was copied from a LaufE ms. in RE 1665(Kk), and that version has not been considered in the present edition.

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. LaufE 1979 = Faulkes, Anthony, ed. 1979. Edda Magnúsar Ólafssonar (Laufás Edda). RSÁM 13. Vol. I of Two Versions of Snorra Edda from the 17th Century. Reykjavík: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar, 1977-9.
  3. Internal references
  4. Edith Marold 2017, ‘Snorra Edda (Prologue, Gylfaginning, Skáldskaparmál)’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].
  5. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Manna heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 774. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3192> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  6. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Sverða heiti’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 789. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3194> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  7. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Heiti valkyrja’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 968. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3246> (accessed 25 April 2024)
  8. (forthcoming), ‘ Unattributed, Laufás Edda’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. . <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=10928> (accessed 25 April 2024)
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