Sjóvar heiti — Þul SjóvarIII
Anonymous Þulur
Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Sjóvar 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. 833. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3204> (accessed 27 April 2024)
This
þula (
Þul Sjóvar), which contains
heiti for ‘sea’, is recorded in mss R (main ms.),
Tˣ, A, B (and
744ˣ), and C of
Skm (
SnE). Mss A and B have the headings
Sjó(v)ar heiti ‘Names for sea’ written in red ink in A (the heading is illegible in R and omitted in
Tˣ, C). Although, according to the heading, this
þula is a list of sea-
heiti, in addition to words for ‘sea’ proper and the related names of waves (for the latter, see also
Þul Waves and
ESk Frag 17), it includes many terms for all kinds of water, e.g.
bekkr ‘brook’ (st. 3/6),
díki ‘ditch’ (st. 3/5),
fen ‘fen’ (st. 2/8),
fors ‘waterfall’ (st. 3/8) and the like. In all mss the
þula is preceded by
Þul Brynju and followed by
Þul Á. Many of the
heiti found in this
þula are also included among the names for ‘sea’ in
LaufE (
LaufE 1979, 300-1, 387; mss
papp10ˣ(50v),
2368ˣ(124-125),
743ˣ(94r)) and, similarly, in RE 1665(Kk2) (from a
LaufE ms.). Neither
LaufE nor RE 1665 reproduce the names in the order given in the
þula; rather, the
heiti are given as prose lists, also containing additional items that are not included in the
SnE version. The variants in the
LaufE list sometimes correspond to the R,
Tˣ, C redaction, and sometimes to the A, B redaction (see
LaufE 1979, 300 n.). Neither
LaufE nor RE 1665 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 27 April 2024)
- Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Einarr Skúlason, Fragments 17’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 167.
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Heiti for waves’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 996. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=2988> (accessed 27 April 2024)
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Brynju 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. 831. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3203> (accessed 27 April 2024)
- Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Á 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. 838. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3205> (accessed 27 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 27 April 2024)
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