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Øxna heiti — Þul ØxnaIII

Anonymous Þulur

Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Øxna 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. 885. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3210> (accessed 16 April 2024)

 

Enn skal segja         øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni         ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,         smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr         ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr,         Vingnis stjóri.
 
‘In addition I shall say names for oxen: alert one, bellower and jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smith, island-borer, Rauðr and driven one and røkkvihliðr, viggi, striker, Vingnir’s guide.
Himinhrjóðr, simir         ok harðfari,
Hœfir, digni,         hjǫlluðr, simull,
hliðr, stúfr ok litr,         hríðr, forsimi,
Arfr, jǫrmuni         ok eikismiðr.
 
‘Himinhrjóðr, simir and hard-goer, Hœfir, stout one, roarer, simull, hliðr, stump and coloured one, hríðr, forsimi, Arfr, mighty one and eikismiðr.
Gneisti, Apli         ok gollinhorni,
auðr, kvígr, ǫldungr         ok Arfuni,
griðungr, olgr, gellir,         glymr ok hreiði,
tíðungr, boli,         tarfr, aurgefinn.
 
‘Spark, Apli and golden-horned one, wealth, young bullock, elder and Arfuni, steer, noise-maker, yeller, roar and hreiði, yearling, bull-calf, bull, dirt-prone one.
Kýr heitir skirja,         kvíga ok frenja
ok Auðhumbla;         hon es œzt kúa.
 
‘A cow is called young cow, heifer and lower and Auðhumbla; she is the noblest of cows.
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