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Øxar heiti — Þul ØxarIII

Anonymous Þulur

Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Øxar 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. 813. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3195> (accessed 29 March 2024)

 

Øx, járnsparða         ok jarðhyrna,
skjáfa ok skeggja,         skráma ok genja,
reginspǫnn, Gnepja,         gýgr ok fála,
snaga ok búlda,         barða ok vígglǫð,
þveita ok þenja;         þá es arghyrna;
hon es øfst talið         øxar heita.
 
‘Axe, iron-axe and earth-horn, scraper and bearded one, skráma and gaper, mighty-span, Gnepja, ogress and troll-woman, spiked one and bulging one, whiskered one and battle-bright one, hewer and stretching one; then there is weak-horn; this is listed as the last of the names for axe.
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