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Þul Ara 1III

Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Ara 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. 950.

Anonymous ÞulurAra heiti1

text and translation

Ǫrn, gallópnir         ok andhrímnir,
Hræsvelgr         ok hreggskornir,
egðir, kinnarr,         ari, blindviðnir,
arnkell, gemlir         ok aquila.

Ǫrn, gallópnir ok andhrímnir, Hræsvelgr ok hreggskornir, egðir, kinnarr, ari, blindviðnir, arnkell, gemlir ok aquila.
 
‘Eagle, shrill-crier and counter-screamer, Hræsvelgr and storm-cleaver, edged one, one with distinctive cheeks, eagle, blind forest-dweller, old eagle, old one and aquila.

notes and context

[3]: The line is hypometrical.

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Text is based on reconstruction from the base text and variant apparatus and may contain alternative spellings and other normalisations not visible in the manuscript text. Transcriptions may not have been checked and should not be cited.

editions and texts

Skj: Anonyme digte og vers [XII], IV. vv. Ara heiti: AI, 687, BI, 676, Skald I, 341; SnE 1848-87, II, 488, 572.

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