Þul Kálfv 2^III

Vésteinn Vali         en Vifill Stúfi,
Meinþjófr Mói         en Morginn Vakri.

Vésteinn Vali en Vifill Stúfi, Meinþjófr Mói en Morginn Vakri.

Vésteinn [rode] Valr and Vifill Stúfr, Meinþjófr Mór and Morginn Vakr.

Mss: R(37v), Tˣ(39r), U(40r), A(14v), C(6v) (SnE); papp10ˣ(42v), 2368ˣ(95), 743ˣ(75r) (LaufE)

Readings: [2] Vifill: ‘uiuull’ Tˣ;    Stúfi: stúfa U    [3] Mein‑: men‑ papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ;    ‑þjófr: ‑þjóf C    [4] en: om. A, papp10ˣ, 2368ˣ, 743ˣ, hinn C;    Morginn: ‘mvnnenn’ U, morgin‑ C;    Vakri: ‑vakri C

Editions: Skj AI, 651, Skj BI, 657, Skald I, 321, NN §§2157C, 3178; SnE 1848-87, I, 482-3, II, 351, 459, 595, SnE 1931, 170, SnE 1998, I, 89; LaufE 1979, 274-5, 353, NK 320.

Notes: [1] Vésteinn: Presumably a legendary person whose identity is uncertain. He may have been Wēohstān, father of Wīglāf in Beowulf (see Beowulf 2008, lxiii n. 3). — [1] Vali ‘Valr’: The name, which can be translated as ‘falcon’, is also given as a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 2/2 and in Þorgþ I 1/2. — [2] Vifill: He was a sea-king according to Ættartölur (Flat 1860-8, I, 24), and his name is also given in Hjálm Lv 15/8^VIII (Ǫrv 25). The quantity of the root vowel ([i] and not [i:]) is ensured by the metre both in the present stanza and in Hjálm Lv 15/8^VIII. Vifill is also mentioned in Hróksv Hrkv 2/2^VIII (Hálf 52) and his name is attested in the p. n. Vifilsey in Heiðv Lv 2/1^VIII (Hrólf 3). See also LP: Vífill, AEW: Vifill and NN §3178.  — [2] Stúfi ‘Stúfr’: A heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 1/8 and in Þorgþ I 2/1, and a heiti for ‘ox’ in Þul Øxna 2/5. The name can be translated as ‘stump’, perhaps indicating that the animal had a docked tail. The U variant, stúfa, presupposes a weak m. noun (nom. stúfi), but that form has no support in the other ms. witnesses. — [3] Meinþjófr: This person is otherwise unknown, and his name can be translated as ‘harmful thief’. In the mss of LaufE, the name is given as Menþjófr ‘necklace-thief’, which is clearly secondary.  — [3] Mói ‘Mór’: A heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 3/8 and in Þorgþ I 1/7. The name most likely refers to the colour of the horse (mó- ‘brown’, see AEW: mó-). See also Note to Anon (ÓTHkr) 1/1^I.  — [4] Morginn: This person cannot be identified, but his name means ‘morning’.  — [4] Vakri ‘Vakr’: A heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 2/5 and a name for Óðinn in Þul Óðins 7/5. The name can be translated as ‘alert one’ (from the adj. vakr), and the scribe of C appears to have taken it as an adj. rather than as a name, because the line is rendered in that ms. as hinn morginvakri (the latter spelled as a cpd) ‘the one who is alert in the morning’.

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