Þul Eyja 5III
Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Eyja heiti 5’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 979.
Ǫrn ‘Arnøy’
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2. ǫrn (noun f.): °ørn; (ørn som afbildning)
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[1] Ǫrn ‘Arnøy’: There are two islands of this name in northern Norway. One is located in Saltfjorden off the coast of Nordland, and the other is a large island in the south-western part of the fjord Kvænangen in Troms.
Íl ‘Islay’
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Íl (noun f.): Islay
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[1] Íl ‘Islay’: See Note to [All] above, as well as Bkrepp Magndr 8/3II and sts 1/4, 8, 2/7 above.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Rist ‘Riste’
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Rist (noun f.): Riste
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[1] Rist ‘Riste’: Or Hrist. Located in Sunnmøre in western Norway, south of Runde (Hrund, see st. 1/3) and north of Selja (see st. 2/1). Also see ESk Lv 14/7.
Íra ‘Íra’
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Íra (noun f.)
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[2] Íra: Perhaps ON Írland ‘Ireland’ (so Munch 1846, 91).
Lodda ‘Ludden’
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Lodda (noun f.)
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[2] Lodda ‘Ludden’: According to Munch (1846, 91), perhaps Ludden, the no-longer extant name of an island at the mouth of Stavangerfjorden in Rogaland, south-western Norway, or possibly Loddo, an island in Austevoll off the coast of Hordaland south of Bergen in western Norway. The name Lodda is mentioned in Þul Kvenna II 2/6 and occurs in a woman-kenning in Bjhít Lv 12/2V (BjH 16). Lodda is also a heiti for ‘river’ (Þul Á 2/6).
Sólund ‘Solund’
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Sólund (noun f.)
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[3] Sólund ‘Solund’: Located south of Atley at the mouth of Sognefjorden (which was called Sólundarhaf, now Sognesjøen) in western Norway. Cf. KormǪ Lv 38/7V (Korm 57) í Sólundar sundi ‘in the strait of Solund’. The name also occurs in the pl. as Sólundir in Bjhít Lv 9/4V (BjH 11).
Síri ‘Utsira’
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Síri (noun m.): [Utsira, Sira]
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[3] Síri ‘Utsira’: Located in Sirafjorden, west of Karmøy (see st. 3/2), off the coast of Rogaland in western Norway. See also Þul Islands l. 2 and ESk Lv 9/1.
Sólskel ‘Solskjel’
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Sólskel (noun f.)
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[4] Sólskel ‘Solskjel’: Lit. ‘sun-shell’, an island south of Smøla (Smyl; see Þul Islands l. 8) in Nordmøre. Haraldr inn hárfagri ‘Fair-hair’ won a naval battle near this island and proceeded to subjugate Møre and Romsdal (see Hkr, ÍF 26, 103).
Mjǫla ‘Meløy’
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Mjǫla (noun f.)
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[4] Mjǫla ‘Meløy’: Located in Meløyfjorden in Hålogaland, northern Norway.
Hlésey ‘Læsø’
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Hlésey (noun f.): [Læsø, Hlésey]
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[5] Hlésey ‘Læsø’: Located off the north-eastern coast of Jylland in Denmark. This p. n. occurs in many old sources, both in prose and in poetry, e.g. Hárb 37/2, HHund II 6/4, Oddrgr 30/2, ESk Hardr I 2/4II, ESk Hardr II 5/3II, etc.
Veðrey ‘Værøy’
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Veðrey (noun f.)
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[5] Veðrey ‘Værøy’: Located north of Røst in Vestfjorden in Lofoten, northern Norway.
Hitra ‘Hitra’
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Hitra (noun f.)
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[6] Hitra: One of the largest Norwegian islands, located south of the mouth of Trondheimsfjorden in Sør-Trøndelag (see also the pl. form Hitrar in Þul Islands l. 3).
Frosta ‘Frosta’
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Frosta (noun f.)
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[6] Frosta: I.e. the Frosta peninsula located north of Trondheim in Trondheimsfjorden, Nord-Trøndelag. The place is famous for its ancient assembly, the Frostuþing, and its laws.
Lóǫnd ‘Vesterøy’
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Lóǫnd (noun f.)
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[7] Lóǫnd ‘Vesterøy’: According to Munch (1846, 91) one of the islands in Hvaler, perhaps Vesterøy (earlier Lonö) near Fredrikstad in Østfold, Ytre Oslofjorden, eastern Norway.
Vikna ‘Vikna’
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1. Vikna (noun f.): Vikna
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[7] Vikna: This island was not identified by Munch (1846, 91). However, according to Finnur Jónsson (LP: Vikna 1), an island of this name may be located in Namdalen in Nord-Trøndelag. There is a group of three islands of this name (Ytre Vikna, Mellom Vikna and Indre Vikna) in Folla, Nord-Trøndelag. See also Þul Islands l. 1.
Lág ‘Lågøy’
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2. Lág (noun f.)
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[8] Lág ‘Lågøy’: See st. 3/6.
Syllingar ‘the Isles of Scilly’
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Syllingar (noun f.)
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[8] Syllingar ‘the Isles of Scilly’: See Note to [All] above. Cf. this name in Kristni saga (Hb 1892-6, 130).
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The place names outside Norway mentioned in this stanza are Islay, one of the Inner Hebrides (Íl l. 1), Læsø (Hlésey l. 5) in Denmark and the Isles of Scilly (Syllingar l. 8) off Cornwall in south-western England.
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