Þul Eyja 2^III

Selja ‘Selja’

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3. Selja (noun f.; °-u): Selja

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[1] Selja: Also spelled Sæla (see st. 6/4 below). A small island in Nordfjord south of the Stadlandet peninsula in the northern part of Sogn og Fjordane on the western coast of Norway. The place is connected with the legend of S. Sunniva (cf. ÓTOdd 1932, 100-2; Flat 1860-8, I, 242-6), who is said to have died here. The Benedictine monastic centre of Selja was established in the late C11th. See also Þul Islands l. 3, ESk Lv 14/3, Note to Anon Nkt 64/7^II, Note to Anon Mey 53^VII [All] and Sigv Lv 11/8^I.

Sólrǫnn ‘Sólrǫnn’

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sólrann (noun n.)

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[1] Sólrǫnn: Lit. ‘sun-halls’, here in the pl. form (cf. sólrann sg., a kenning for ‘heaven’ in Anon Pét 23/2^VII). This island has not been identified (Munch 1846, 89).

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Sortuland ‘Sortland’

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Sortuland (noun n.)

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[2] Sortuland ‘Sortland’: The eastern part of Langøya in Vesterålen in northern Norway.

Sigg ‘Siggen’

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Sigg (noun f.): [Siggen]

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[3] Sigg ‘Siggen’: A mountain on Bømlo southwest of Stord in Hardangerfjorden in Sunnhordland, western Norway, which was interpreted as an island-name early on (cf. the kenning for ‘sea’ of the type ‘island’s belt’, lindi Siggjar ‘belt of Siggen’ in Leiknir Lv 1/1^V (Eb 22)). See also Þul Islands l. 4.

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Salarey ‘Sålerøy’

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Salarey (noun f.)

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[3] Salarey ‘Sålerøy’: According to Munch (1846, 89), there are several small islands of this name in Norway. Heggstad et al. 2008: Salarey identifies this island as Kvaløy in Troms, Norway.

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Sága ‘Sága’

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Sága (noun f.): [Sága, for Sága]

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[5] Sága: As a p. n. known only from HHund I 39/2 (NK 136) á nesi Ságo ‘on the headland of Sága’, which is identified as Sågnes (Saaghonæs, Saghones; cf. S-G II, 93). That is most likely not the name of the island mentioned in the present stanza, however. There are several places in Norway called Saga (e.g. on Fosna in Trondheimsfjorden; see st. 4/3), but none of them is an island.

Láland ‘Lolland’

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Láland (noun n.)

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[5] Láland ‘Lolland’: An island in Denmark, located south of Sjælland in the Baltic Sea.

Salbjǫrn ‘Selbjørn’

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Salbjǫrn (noun m.)

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[6] Salbjǫrn ‘Selbjørn’: Located in Selbjørnsfjorden, north of Stord in Sunnhordland, western Norway. Cf. Salbirni in Sverris saga (Sv ch. 146, ÍF 30, 219).

Leka ‘Leka’

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Leka (noun f.): Leka

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[6] Leka: Located off the coast of Nord-Trøndelag in western Norway, between the islands of Vega and Lykna. See also ESk Lv 9/4.

Skíð ‘Skye’

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Skíð (noun f.): Skye

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[7] Skíð ‘Skye’: The largest island of the Inner Hebrides. See also Gísl Magnkv 9/1^II and Bkrepp Magndr 6/2^II.

Strind ‘Strind’

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strind (noun f.): land

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[7] Strind: Lit. ‘bank’. Strind is frequently found in Norwegian place names (e.g. Strinda and Strindfjorden), but there is no island of this name (Munch 1846, 89).

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Vigr ‘Vigr’

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4. Vigr (noun f.): Vigr

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[7] Vigr: Perhaps Weir or Wyre in Orkney. According to Munch (1846, 87), however, Vigr may be Vigerøy north of Giske (see st. 3/6 below) in Sunnmøre, north-western Norway. See also Þul Islands l. 5.

Skolm ‘Skomsøya’

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Skolm (noun f.; °skalmar; skalmir): °(I) forgrening; sværd, kniv; sværdklinge; ?hofte, ?ben; (om hest)

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[8] Skolm ‘Skomsøya’: Perhaps the island located near Hitra (see st. 5/6) in Sør-Trøndelag (Munch 1846, 89).

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Aldi ‘Alden’

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Aldi (noun m.): [Alden]

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[8] Aldi ‘Alden’: Located in Sunnfjord, west of Atløy (see st. 1/7, Note) in Sogn og Fjordane, western Norway. See also Kolb Jónv 5/7^VII and FriðÞ Lv 5/1^VIII (Frið 5).