Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Hesta heiti 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. 935.
Glaðr, Glær, Gyllir, Gullinfaxi,
glitnir, Gulltoppr, Gísl, Skeiðbrimir,
Silfrtoppr, Sinir, Sleipnir, Skævaðr,
Goti, Skinfaxi, Grani, Stúfr ok skær.
Glaðr, Glær, Gyllir, Gullinfaxi, glitnir, Gulltoppr, Gísl, Skeiðbrimir, Silfrtoppr, Sinir, Sleipnir, Skævaðr, Goti, Skinfaxi, Grani, Stúfr ok skær.
Glaðr, Glær, Gyllir, Gullinfaxi, shining one, Gulltoppr, Gísl, Skeiðbrimir, Silfrtoppr, Sinir, Sleipnir, Skævaðr, Goti, Skinfaxi, Grani, Stúfr and sprinter.
Mss: A(20v), B(9v), 744ˣ(86r-v) (SnE)
Readings: [1] Glaðr: ‘[…]ladr’ B, ‘Gladr’ 744ˣ; Glær: ‘g[…]r’ B, ‘glér’ 744ˣ; Gyllir: ‘g[…]ller’ B, ‘gellerr’ 744ˣ [3] glitnir: ‘gli[…]n[…]’ B, ‘glítnir’ 744ˣ [4] Gísl: ‘gi[…]’ B, ‘gill’ 744ˣ [5] Sinir: ‘simir’ A, ‘símir’ B [6] Skævaðr: ‘skæyvðr’ A, ‘sl[…] vo᷎dr’ B, ‘slevo᷎dr’ 744ˣ [7] Skin‑: ‘[…]ín’ B, skin‑ 744ˣ [8] skær: ‘s[…]r’ B, ‘ske᷎rr’ 744ˣ
Editions: Skj AI, 685, Skj BI, 675, Skald I, 340, NN §2157C; SnE 1848-87, II, 487, 571.
Notes: [1-4]: Four of the horse-names from this helmingr are also listed in Grí 30/1-2 (NK 63): Glaðr oc Gyllir, | Glær oc Sceiðbrimir ‘Glaðr and Gyllir, Glær and Skeiðbrimir’. — [1] Glaðr: Lit. ‘glad one, bright one’ (cf. the adj. glaðr ‘glad, happy, bright’). One of the mythical horses that pulls the Day and hence a poetic term for ‘horse’ in general. According to Skm (SnE 1998, I, 90), Skinfaxi eða Glaðr <fylgja deginum> ‘Skinfaxi or Glaðr accompany the day’. Faulkes (SnE 1998, I, 211 n.) argues that the plural form of the verb fylgja ‘accompany, follow’ indicates that the two names are not alternative names for the same horse but rather refer to a pair of horses that pull alternate days (see also sts 2/2, 3/3, 4 and 4/8 below). — [1] Glær: Lit. ‘bright one’ (adj., m.). See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 3/5. — [1] Gyllir: Lit. ‘gilder’ or ‘golden one’. See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 3/6. — [2] Gullinfaxi: The name translates as ‘golden-maned one’ and is a variant of Gullfaxi (see Anon Þorgþ I 2/6 and Note there). — [3] glitnir (m.) ‘shining one’: This is also the name of the mythical golden hall of the god Forseti (Grí 15/1; Gylf, SnE 2005, 19, 26). As a horse-heiti, the word occurs in Þjóð Yt 7/3I (see Note there). Cf. also vígglitnir ‘war-glittering one’ (st. 2/5 below). — [3] Gulltoppr: Lit. ‘gold-forelock’. See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 1/5. — [4] Gísl: The name means ‘gleaming one’. See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 3/4. — [4] Skeiðbrimir: See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 3/5. — [5] Silfrtoppr, Sinir: These names mean ‘silver-forelock’ and ‘sinewy one’, respectively. In the mss, the second name is given as simir, perhaps owing to confusion with the ox-heiti simi, simir (see Þul Øxna 1/5, 2/1). Cf. the same pair of names in Anon Þorgþ I 2/4 (on the emended reading sinir, see Note there). — [6] Sleipnir: See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 1/1. — [6] Skævaðr: Lit. ‘racer’ (m.). In the mss, this heiti appears as ‘skæẏvðr’ (A) and ‘slevo᷎dr’ (B, represented by 744ˣ). The present emendation is in keeping with Anon Þorgþ I 2/2 (see Note there). In poetry, the word is a heiti for ‘horse’ in general. — [7] Goti: See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 1/5. — [7] Skinfaxi: Lit. ‘shining-maned one’ (m.). One of the horses that pull the Day (Vafþr 12/1; SnE 1998, I, 90). See Note to Glaðr (st. 1/1). The name is also given in st. 4/7 below but does not otherwise occur in skaldic verse. — [8] Grani: See Note to Anon Kálfv 4/8. — [8] Stúfr: Lit. ‘stump’ (m.). See Note to Anon Þorgþ I 2/1. The name does not otherwise appear in skaldic poetry as a heiti for ‘horse’, but it occurs frequently in kennings in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: stúfr). — [8] skær (m.) ‘sprinter’: An agent noun from the weak verb skæva ‘hurry’; cf. Skævaðr (l. 6 above) and Note to Anon Þorgþ I 2/2. The horse-heiti skær is frequently used in kennings for ‘ship’ and ‘wolf’ (LP: skær).
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