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Þul Fugla 3III

Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Fugla heiti 3’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 954.

Anonymous ÞulurFugla heiti
234

text and translation

Svǫrr, storkr, súla,         svarr, skjór, sparrhaukr,
stelkr, spǫrr, svala,         steindelfr, spiki,
skúfr, spói, sæðingr,         skarfr ok svartbakr,
skeglingr, skíði,         skjǫldungr, pái.

Svǫrr, storkr, súla, svarr, skjór, sparrhaukr, stelkr, spǫrr, svala, steindelfr, spiki, skúfr, spói, sæðingr, skarfr ok svartbakr, skeglingr, skíði, skjǫldungr, pái.
 
Svǫrr, stork, gannet, svarr, magpie, sparrow hawk, redshank, sparrow, swallow, wheatear, spiki, skua, curlew, gull, cormorant and great black-backed gull, young kittiwake, skíði, shelduck, peacock.

notes and context

Of twenty bird-names listed in this stanza only six (svǫrr l. 1, spǫrr m. ‘sparrow’, svala f. ‘swallow’ l. 3, skúfr m. ‘skua’, sæðingr m. ‘gull’ l. 5 and skarfr m. ‘cormorant’ l. 6) occur in skaldic poetry. Cf. the similar selection and arrangement of heiti according to alliteration in Þul Skipa 5. — [5-6]: Four of five bird-names in these two lines are terms for seabirds, mostly gulls, namely, skúfr m. (= ModIcel. skúmr) ‘skua’ or ‘brown gull’ (Stercorarius skua; l. 5), sæðingr m. ‘gull’ (l. 5), skarfr m. ‘cormorant’ (l. 6) and svartbakr m. ‘great black-backed gull’ (Larus marinus; l. 6).

sources

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. xx. Fugla heiti 3: AI, 687, BI, 677, Skald I, 341; SnE 1848-87, II, 489.

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