Þul Eyja 7III
Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Eyja heiti 7’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 981.
Hæl ‘Hilløy’
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Hæl (noun f.)
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[1] Hæl ‘Hilløy’: According to Munch (1846, 92), perhaps Hilløy in Agder. There is, however, another island of this name located in northern Norway, i.e. Heløy near Kongsfjord in Finnmark.
Røkstr ‘Reksteren’
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Røkstr (noun f.)
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[1] Røkstr ‘Reksteren’: Or Rǫkstr (LP: Rǫkstr), an island in Bjørnafjorden near Stord (see st. 4/7) in Sunnhordland, western Norway.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Falstr ‘Falster’
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Falstr (noun n.): [Falster]
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[1] Falstr ‘Falster’: An island in south-eastern Denmark between Sjælland (see st. 6/3, 5) and Lolland (see st. 2/5). See also Note to [All] above.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Helliskor ‘Helliskor’
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Helliskor (noun f.)
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[2] Helliskor: Or Helliskór. This island has not been identified, and the name does not occur in other sources (Munch 1846, 92).
Asparnir ‘Asparnir’
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Asparnir (noun f.)
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[3] Asparnir: Judging by the form (f. pl.), this is the name of a group of islands, perhaps Aspøy and the adjoining smaller islands at the mouth of Tingvollfjorden in Nordmøre, western Norway (Munch 1846, 92).
Jǫlund ‘Jeløya’
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Jǫlund (noun f.)
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[4] Jǫlund ‘Jeløya’: The largest island in Oslofjorden located near Moss in Østfold, south-eastern Norway.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Hanki ‘Hankø’
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Hanki (noun m.)
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[4] Hanki ‘Hankø’: Located in Oslofjorden south of Moss (see Note to the preceding name).
Mársey ‘Morsø’
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Mársey (noun f.)
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[5] Mársey ‘Morsø’: Located in Limfjorden in Jutland. According to Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar (ÓTHkr ch. 27, ÍF 26, 259-60), Morsø was the place where Emperor Otto II and the Danish king Haraldr Gormsson concluded a truce after Otto’s attack on the Danevirke, and where Haraldr subsequently converted to Christianity.
Sámsey ‘Samsø’
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Sámsey (noun f.)
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[5] Sámsey ‘Samsø’: An island off the eastern coast of Jutland in the Kattegat. A no less famous p. n. than Mársey, first of all because of the battle that took place there when the legendary heroes Ǫrvar-Oddr and his blood-brother Hjálmarr faced off against Angantýr and his eleven berserk-brothers (cf. Ǫrv ch. 14, FSN II, 210-22; see also Bolm in st. 4/5). In Lok 24, Óðinn is accused of having practised seiðr ‘magic’ on Samsø.
Mystr ‘Møkster’
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Mystr (noun f.)
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[6] Mystr ‘Møkster’: According to Munch (1846, 92), an island in Sunnhordland, western Norway, located north of Stolmen (see st. 1/4) and Selbjørn.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Vingi ‘Vingi’
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Vingi (noun m.)
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[6] Vingi: This island has not been identified. According to Munch (1846, 92), perhaps Vinga, one of small islands in the archipelago known as ON Elfarsker in the estuary of the Götaälv near Göteborg, present-day western Sweden. The latter is mentioned in a number of Old Norse sources, e.g. ǪrvOdd Lv 16/2VIII (Ǫrv 49), ǪrvOdd Ævdr 25/7VIII (Ǫrv 96); cf. also ÞorstVík (ch. 20, FSN II, 44). If Vingi is Vinga, the island mentioned in this line is located not far from Læsø in the Kattegat, the next p. n. listed here (see st. 1 above, Note to [All]). However, ModSwed. Vinga < Middle Swed. Hwynggæ (Hellquist 1970: Vinga), hence the expected Old Norse form of the name would be *Hvingi (and not Vingi).
Hlésey ‘Læsø’
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Hlésey (noun f.): [Læsø, Hlésey]
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[7] Hlésey ‘Læsø’: See Note to st. 5/5.
Heðinsey ‘Hiddensee’
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Heðinsey (noun f.)
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[7] Heðinsey ‘Hiddensee’: An island in Pomerania (see also st. 6/5), west of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The name is mentioned in HHund I 22/8.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
Hnotirnar ‘Hnotirnar’
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[8] Hnotirnar: An unidentified group of islands (Munch 1846, 92). The name is likely derived from hnot ‘nut’.
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The place names outside Norway listed in this stanza are Falster (Falstr l. 1), Mors (Mársey l. 5), Samsø (Sámsey l. 5) and Læsø (Hlésey l. 7) in Denmark, and Hiddensee (Heðinsey l. 7) in Pomerania.
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