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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 28 March 2024)

 

This þula (Þul Skjaldar) contains heiti for ‘shield’. It is recorded in mss R (main ms.), , 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), 2358ˣ(131), 743ˣ(98v)), and the variants sometimes agree with the R, , 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

  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 March 2024)
  6. Not published: do not cite (RunVI)
  7. 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 28 March 2024)
  8. 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 28 March 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 March 2024)
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