Þul Fugla 7III
Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Fugla 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. 958.
Hrókr ‘Shag’
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2. hrókr (noun m.): cormorant
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[1] hrókr (m.) ‘shag’: European or common shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), a species of cormorant.
gjóðr ‘osprey’
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gjóðr (noun m.; °-s; -ar): osprey
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[1] gjóðr (m.) ‘osprey’: Osprey or fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus).
hegri ‘heron’
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hegri (noun m.)
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
haftyrðill ‘little auk’
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haftyrðill (noun m.)
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[2] haftyrðill (m.) ‘little auk’: Osprey or fish eagle (Pandion haliaetus).
brandgás ‘shelduck’
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brandgás (noun f.)
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[3] brandgás (f.) ‘shelduck’: Tadorna tadorna (see st. 3/8 above).
hroðgás ‘barnacle goose’
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hroðgás (noun f.)
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[3] hroðgás (f.) ‘barnacle goose’: The correct form is probably hrotgás (cf. New Norw. rotgås ‘barnacle goose’). If so, hrotgás probably refers to the same bird as hrota ‘barnacle goose’ (see fjallrota, st. 5/6 and Note there). Alternatively, the first element in this name could be derived from hroði m. ‘phlegm’ (see ÍO: hroði 2; Skj B and Skald: hróð-).
brimorri ‘velvet scoter’
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brimorri (noun m.)
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[4] brimorri (m.) ‘velvet scoter’: Melanitta fusca, Norw. havorre, sjøorre.
már ‘seagull’
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már (noun m.): gull
sendlingr ‘sandpiper’
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sendlingr (noun m.)
skrýtingr ‘skrýtingr’
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skrýtingr (noun m.)
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[5] skrýtingr: Most likely the mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus). The name is a hap. leg., but cf. ModEngl. (obsolete) shrite ‘thrush’. The name of the bird allegedly refers to its song (cf. ModNorw. skryte ‘boast, brag’; see ÍO: skrýtingur).
snæfugl ‘snow-bunting’
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snæfugl (noun m.)
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[6] snæfugl (m.) ‘snow-bunting’: A small arctic bird (Plectrophenax nivalis).
skári ‘young seagull’
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skári (noun m.): [sea-gull, gull]
vakr ‘buzzard’
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1. vakr (noun m.): hawk
valr ‘falcon’
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2. valr (noun m.; °-s): falcon
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[7] valr (m.) ‘falcon’: See st. 2/7 above.
dúfa ‘dove’
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2. dúfa (noun f.): dove
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[7] dúfa (f.) ‘dove’: See st. 4/2 above.
vallófr ‘vallófr’
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vallófr (noun m.)
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[8] vallófr: This name is a hap. leg. and an obscure word. According to de Vries (AEW: vallófr), vallófr is perhaps derived from vǫllr m. ‘field’ and the weak verb ófa (< váfa) ‘hang over’, hence lit. ‘one hanging over the field’. Alternatively ófr < úfr ‘eagle-owl’ (see st. 2/7 above). Cf. also ýfingr ‘young eagle-owl’ in st. 6/5 (see ÍO: vallófr).
stari ‘starling’
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1. stari (noun m.): starling
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Of the seventeen bird names listed in this stanza nine occur in poetry, i.e. hrókr m. ‘shag’, gjóðr m. ‘osprey’, hegri m. ‘heron’ (l. 1), már m. ‘seagull’ (l. 4), skári m. ‘young seagull’ (l. 6), vakr m. ‘buzzard’, valr m. ‘falcon’, dúfa f. ‘dove’ (l. 7), stari m. ‘starling’ (l. 8).
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