Skjaldar heiti — Þul SkjaldarIII
Anonymous Þulur
Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Skjaldar 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. 823. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3201> (accessed 19 April 2024)
This
þula (
Þul Skjaldar) contains
heiti for ‘shield’. It is recorded in mss R (main ms.),
Tˣ, C, A and B (and
744ˣ) of
Skm (
SnE). In mss A and B the
þula has the heading
Skjaldar heiti ‘Names for shield’, in A written in red ink. In the
þulur-sequence,
Þul Skjaldar is preceded by
Þul Vápna and followed by
Þul Hjálms in all mss. Most of the shield-
heiti enumerated in this poetic list are
hap. leg. A number of the
heiti used in this
þula can be understood in the context of the manufacture of
Viking Age shields, which were made of wood, often linden wood, were round in shape and covered with leather, which was often painted. Many of these
heiti are also given in the list of terms for ‘shield’ in
LaufE (
LaufE 1979, 305, 396; mss
papp10ˣ(52r), 23
58ˣ(131),
743ˣ(98v)), and the variants sometimes agree with the R,
Tˣ, C redaction and sometimes with the A, B redaction. The list in
LaufE was copied in RE 1665(Ll2). Neither work has been considered in the present edition.
References
- Bibliography
- 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.
- Internal references
- 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].
- (forthcoming), ‘ Snorri Sturluson, Skáldskaparmál’ 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=112> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- Not published: do not cite (RunVI)
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Vápna 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. 822. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3200> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hjálms 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. 828. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3202> (accessed 19 April 2024)
- (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 19 April 2024)
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