Þul Kálfv 1III
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Kálfsvísa 1’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 664.
Dagr ‘Dagr’
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2. Dagr (noun m.): Dagr
[1] Dagr: so U, A, C, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, Dagi R, Tˣ
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[1] Dagr: Mss R and Tˣ read ‘Dagi’ (retained in SnE 1998), but the readings of the other mss suggest that this is a scribal error. Dagr was the legendary progenitor of the Daglingar (SnE 1998, I, 103); cf. dǫglingr, a heiti for ‘prince, ruler’. See also Ættartölur in Flat 1860-8, I, 25, where Dagr is listed as one of the ancestors of Haraldr hárfagri, Hyndl 18/1 and Ragnarssona saga (RagnSon, Hb 1892-6, 466).
reið ‘rode’
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1. ríða (verb): ride
notes
[1] Drǫsli ‘Drǫsull’: A variant form of Drasill, and the latter is given as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 3/4. See AEW: drasill. The word also occurs as the second element in Yggdrasill lit. ‘Yggr’s horse’, the world ash-tree in Old Norse myth (see, among other sources, Vsp 19-20, 47). The U variant hrafni is clearly incorrect, and likely to have been caused by Hrafni in st. 3/1 below.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
Dvalinn ‘Dvalinn’
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Dvalinn (noun m.): Dvalinn
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[2] Dvalinn: The name of a dwarf in Vsp 11/4, 14/2, Hávm 143/3 and a heiti for ‘dwarf’ in Þul Dverga 2/2. See also LP: Dvalinn and SnE 1998, II, 453 for other attestations of the name. In the present context, Dvalinn appears to be a legendary person. The name is related to the weak verb dvala ‘delay’ (see AEW: dvala).
Móðni ‘Móðnir’
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Móðnir (noun m.): [longing for]
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[2] Móðni ‘Móðnir’: The nom. form of this word could also be construed as Móðinn, but Móðnir is given as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 4/2 and that form has been adopted here.
Hǫð ‘Hǫðr’
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Hǫðr (noun m.): Hǫðr
[3] Hǫð (‘havð’): so U, om. R, ‘ha’ Tˣ, hjálmr A, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, hǫlða C
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[3] Hǫð ‘Hǫðr’: Otherwise attested only as the name of the blind god Hǫðr, the slayer of Baldr in Old Norse myth.
Hjálmþér ‘Hjálmþér’
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Hjalmþér (noun m.)
[3] Hjálmþér: háfœta A, papp10ˣ, 743ˣ, hvatra C, háfeta 2368ˣ
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[3] Hjálmþér: Also mentioned in Ættartölur (Flat 1860-8, I, 25), where he is listed as the son of Egðir and the father of Eylimi, and as one of the ancestors of King Haraldr hárfagri. A person named Hjálmþér is also the protagonist of Hjálmþérs saga.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
Haki ‘Haki’
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Haki (noun m.): Haki
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[4] Haki: A sea-king and brother of Hagbarðr (see Note to RvHbreiðm Hl 27 [All], as well as Anon (SnE) 15, Note to Anon (FoGT) 24/1 and Anon (FoGT) 27).
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[4] Fáki ‘Fákr’: Also given as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 2/1 (see also Note to SnSt Ht 71/3). See AEW: fákr for early attestations of this word. The U variant faxa (nom. faxi ‘horse’, lit. ‘one with a mane’) is also possible, but unlikely in view of the other ms. witnesses.
bani ‘The slayer’
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bani (noun m.; °-a; -ar): death, killer
kennings
Bani Belja‘The slayer of Beli ’
= Freyr
The slayer of Beli → Freyr
Belja ‘of Beli’
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Beli (noun m.): Beli
kennings
Bani Belja‘The slayer of Beli ’
= Freyr
The slayer of Beli → Freyr
Blóðughófa ‘Blóðughófi’
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blóðughófi (noun m.)
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[6] Blóðughófa ‘Blóðughófi’: Lit. ‘one with a bloody hoof’, and given as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 4/5 (blóðhófr) and Þorgþ I 3/1.
en ‘and’
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2. en (conj.): but, and
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[7] Skævaði ‘Skævaðr’: Listed as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 1/6 and Þorgþ I 2/2, and probably an agent noun derived from the weak verb skæva ‘walk, hurry’ (see, e.g., HHund II 4/5, Oddrgr 32/2, Akv 35/1).
skati ‘the champion’
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skati (noun m.; °-a; -nar): chieftan, prince
kennings
skati Haddingja‘the champion of the Haddingjar ’
= Helgi
the champion of the Haddingjar → Helgi
notes
[8] skati Haddingja ‘the champion of the Haddingjar <legendary family> [= Helgi]’: In the short prose section following HHund II (NK 161), it is said that Helgi and Sigrún were reborn as Helgi ‘Haddingiaskaði’ (presumably Haddingjaskati) and Kára. Helgi Haddingjaskati is also mentioned in Ættartölur (Flat 1860-8, I, 24), where he is among the followers of one of the Haddingjar, the family that ruled Telemark and Hallingdal (ON Haddingjadalr) in Norway.
Haddingja ‘of the Haddingjar’
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Haddingi (noun m.): [Haddingjar]
kennings
skati Haddingja‘the champion of the Haddingjar ’
= Helgi
the champion of the Haddingjar → Helgi
notes
[8] skati Haddingja ‘the champion of the Haddingjar <legendary family> [= Helgi]’: In the short prose section following HHund II (NK 161), it is said that Helgi and Sigrún were reborn as Helgi ‘Haddingiaskaði’ (presumably Haddingjaskati) and Kára. Helgi Haddingjaskati is also mentioned in Ættartölur (Flat 1860-8, I, 24), where he is among the followers of one of the Haddingjar, the family that ruled Telemark and Hallingdal (ON Haddingjadalr) in Norway.
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[3]: The line is defective in R (‘h\i/almþer’), and Tˣ has ‘ha hialmþer’, which is difficult to make sense of. It looks as though the scribes of A and C tried to restore the reading of this line in different ways: Hjálmr Háfœta ‘Hjálmr [rode] Háfœti (lit. ‘the long-legged one’)’ A (adopted in Skj B and Skald); hǫlða hvatra (gen. pl.) ‘of brave men’ C. The present edn, which retains the name Hjálmþér from R, Tˣ, follows U (so also SnE 1998). It is likely that the line is corrupt, however, because it contains three rather than four syllables.
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