Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Hvala heiti 2’ in Kari Ellen Gade and Edith Marold (eds), Poetry from Treatises on Poetics. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 3. Turnhout: Brepols, p. 859.
Norðhvalr, búrhvalr, náhvalr ok leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki ok skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr, hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
Norðhvalr, búrhvalr, náhvalr ok leiptr, skeljungr, fiskreki ok skútuhvalr, sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr ok sandlægja, hrosshvalr, andhvalr, hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
‘Greenland whale, sperm whale, narwhal and white-sided dolphin, humpback, fin whale and boat-whale, nordcaper, killer whale and sei whale, horse-whale, bottlenose, lesser rorqual and orca. ’
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.
Norðhvalr, †kvr-†hvalr,
náhvalr ok †leptr†,
skeljungr, fiskreki
ok skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr
ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr,
hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
nordhvalr | kvrhvalr náhvalr ok leptr skelivngr fiskreki ok skvtv hvalr slettibaka | sk⸌i⸍aldhvalr ok sandlægia hrosshvalr anðhvalr hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn. |
(VEÞ)
Norðhvalr, †kur-†hvalr,
náhvalr leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki
skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr
ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr,
hrafnreyðr vǫgn.
Norðhvalr, †kyr-†hvalr,
náhvalr ok leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki
ok †skítu-†hvalr,
slétt-baka, †[…]hualr†
ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr,
hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
Norðhvalr ok, búrhvalr,
náhvalr ok leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki
ok skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr
ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr,
hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
Norðhvalr ok | bvr hvalr nahvalr ok læiptr skælivngr fiskræki ok skv́tvhvalr slættibaka | skialldhvalr ok sandlǽgia hrosshvalr andhvalr hrafnræyð̈r ok vø̨gn
(VEÞ)
Norðhvalr, †byr-†hvalr,
†[…]hualr† ok leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki
ok skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, †skíallhualr†
ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr,
hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
Nordhualr by᷎rhvalr [...]hualr ok leíftr . skeliungr fiscreki ok skutuhualr sle | ttibaka skíallhualr ok sanndle᷎gia hrosshualr andhualr hrafn rey᷎dr ok vo᷎gn . Skípa heiti |
(VEÞ)
Norðhvalr, búrhvalr,
†náhualr† ok leiptr,
skeljungr, fiskreki
ok skútuhvalr,
sléttibaka, skjaldhvalr
ok sandlægja,
hrosshvalr, andhvalr,
hrafnreyðr ok vǫgn.
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