Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Hvala 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. 858.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr ok hafgufa,
hnísa, hafstrambr ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr ok rauðkembingr,
búrungr, rostungr ok blæjuhvalr.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr ok hafgufa, hnísa, hafstrambr ok hnýðingar, reyðr, reyðarkalfr ok rauðkembingr, búrungr, rostungr ok blæjuhvalr.
‘Buck-whale, minke whale and sea-fumer, porpoise, hafstrambr and long-finned pilot whales, rorqual, rorqual-calf and red-crest, sperm whale, walrus and nordcaper. ’
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.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr
ok hafgufa,
hnísa, hafstrambr
ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr
ok rauðkembingr,
†bvnvngr†, rostungr
blæjuhvalr.
Hafr hvalr geirhvalr ok hafgvfa hnisa hafstrambr ok hnyþingar reyðr | reyþar kalfr ok ravðkembingr bvnvngr rostvngr bleio hvalr .
(VEÞ)
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr
hafgufa,
†hnysa†, hafstrambr
ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr
rauðkembingr,
búrungr, rostungr
blæjuhvalr.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr
ok hafgufa,
hnísa, hafstrambr
ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr
†[…]† rauðkembingr,
†bunnungr ok†, rostungr
ok blæjuhvalr.
Hafrhvalr, geirhvalr
ok hafgufa,
hnísa, hafstrambr
ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, reyðarkalfr
ok rauðkembingr,
†brvvngr†, rostungr
ok blæjuhvalr.
Hafr hvalr gæirhvalr ok haf gvfa hnísa hafstrambr ok hnyðingar ræyðr ręy | ðar kálfr ok rꜹ́ðkæmbingr brvvngr rostvngr ok blæivhvalr .
(VEÞ)
†[…]afrhu[…] g[…]r […]lr†,
ok †h[…]fa†,
†h[…]isa†, haf†-stramb[…]†
ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, †r[…]dar-†kalfr
ok rauð†-ke[…]bingr†,
†bruunngr†, rostungr
ok blæjuhvalr.
[...]afrhu[...] g[...]r [...]lr ok h[...]fa . h[...]isa Huala heiti | hafstramb[...] ok hnydingar . reýdr r[...]darkalfr ok raudke[...]bingr bruunngr rostunngr ok ble᷎iu | hualr
(VEÞ)
†Hafrhualr geirhualr†,
ok hafgufa,
†hnisa†, haf-strambr
ok hnýðingar,
reyðr, †reýdar-†kalfr
ok rauð-kembingr,
búrungr, rostungr
ok blæjuhvalr.
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