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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 28 April 2024)

 

This þula (Þul Øxna) contains heiti for ‘oxen’ and is recorded in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, C, A and B (and 744ˣ) of Skm (SnE). In B, the þula has the chapter heading Øxna heiti ‘Names for oxen’, which is illegible in R and A and omitted in Tˣ, C. The verse structure in A and B differs from that of the other mss. In these two mss, the introductory formula in st. 1/1-2 (R: Enn skal segja | øxna heiti ‘In addition I shall say names for oxen’) has been expanded to a helmingr (A: Ek man skýra | fyr skata mengi | allramligra | yxna heiti ‘I shall expound for a multitude of men names for very strong oxen’), evidently to attain a sequence of regular eight-line stanzas. Thus the stanzaic division of the entire þula has been altered accordingly in the A, B redaction. As shown by the distribution of capital letters in A and B, st. 2 starts after st. 1/6 (Rauðr ok rekningr), the beginning of st. 3 is after st. 2/4 (Hliðr, stufr ok litr) and the beginning of st. 4 after st. 3/4 (Griðungr, olgr, gellir). The þula is preceded by Þul Jarðar in R, Tˣ, C and by Þul Viðar in A, B, and it is followed by Þul Hrúts in all the mss. Eleven of the heiti for ‘oxen’ in sts 1-3 are also given in LaufE (LaufE 1979, 310, 402; mss papp10ˣ(53v), 3638ˣ(136), 743ˣ(101r)) under heiti for ‘oxen’, and st. 4 is given in its entirety under heiti for ‘cows’ (LaufE 1979, 295, 380; mss papp10ˣ(49r), 3638ˣ(120), 743ˣ(91r)). The variants show that both entries are derived from the R, Tˣ, C redaction, and LaufE has not been considered in the present edition. The corresponding sections in RE 1665(Ll 3; Kk) are copied from LaufE and have no independent value.

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. (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 28 April 2024)
  6. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Jarðar 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. 877. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3209> (accessed 28 April 2024)
  7. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Hrúts 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. 890. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3211> (accessed 28 April 2024)
  8. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Viðar 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. 880. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3229> (accessed 28 April 2024)
  9. (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 28 April 2024)
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