Kvenna heiti ókend — Þul Kvenna IIIII
Anonymous Þulur
Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Kvenna heiti ókend’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 959. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3242> (accessed 11 May 2024)
Þessi skal kenna kellu heiti:
Sága, Sigyn, Sif, Þrúðr, Iðunn,
Frigg ok Bestla, Fulla ok Nanna,
Gefjun ok Hǫrn, Gerðr ok Laufey.
‘One must qualify these names for woman: Sága, Sigyn, Sif, Þrúðr, Iðunn, Frigg and Bestla, Fulla and Nanna, Gefjun and Hǫrn, Gerðr and Laufey. ’
Reið, selja, strind, rein, skorð ok fjǫrn,
bjǫrk, veig ok þǫll, brík, þopta, Gefn,
lág, grund ok hlíð, Lodda, bróka,
fit, norn, fold, Þír* ok lind.
‘Chariot, sallow, earth, strip of land, prop and landscape, birch, strong beverage and fir-tree, plank, thwart, Gefn, log, ground and slope, Ludden, bróka, meadow, norn, field, Þír and linden-tree. ’
Sól, fjǫtra, spǫng, Sjǫfn, nauma, Rindr,
Eir, þella, list, Ilmr, tróða, dís,
Njǫrn, Vǫr ok Fríðr, Nipt, Rán ok Bil,
líkn, Hlín ok Syn, Lofn ok Gná.
‘Sól, pole, shard, Sjǫfn, troll-woman, Rindr, Eir, pine-tree, craft, Ilmr, stick, dís, Njǫrn, Vǫr and Fríðr, Nipt, Rán and Bil, mercy, Hlín and Syn, Lofn and Gná. ’
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