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Vargs heiti — Þul VargsIII

Anonymous Þulur

Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Vargs 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. 902. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3216> (accessed 24 April 2024)

 

This þula (Þul Vargs) contains heiti for ‘wolf’. It is recorded in mss R (main ms.), Tˣ, C, A and B (and 744ˣ) of Skm (SnE). In mss A, B, the þula has the chapter heading Vargs heiti ‘Names for wolf’ (in A written in red ink). The heading is illegible in R and omitted in Tˣ, C. In all the mss, Þul Vargs is preceded by Þul Galtar and followed by Þul Himins. The þula is bipartite, with the first stanza enumerating terms for ‘he-wolf’ and the second devoted to heiti for ‘she-wolf’. It is metrically irregular, with hyper- and hypo-metrical lines, and some lines (sts 1/10, 2/4) lack alliteration. There are also differences between the R, Tˣ, C and A, B redactions with regard to the heiti included in the þula and the sequence in which these are given (see Notes below). Most of the heiti are also included in LaufE (LaufE 1979, 309, 401; mss papp10ˣ(53r), 2338ˣ(136), 743ˣ(101r)) from a ms. closest to the R, Tˣ, C redaction, although LaufE lists the heiti kinni (A variant of Freki, st. 1/5; see Note there), apparently from a ms. close to A. The list was copied from LaufE in RE 1665(Ll 3); neither redaction 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 24 April 2024)
  6. Elena Gurevich 2017, ‘ Anonymous, Galtar 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. 900. <https://skaldic.org/m.php?p=text&i=3215> (accessed 24 April 2024)
  7. (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 24 April 2024)
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