Þul Kvenna II 2III
Elena Gurevich (ed.) 2017, ‘Anonymous Þulur, Kvenna heiti ókend 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. 961.
Reið ‘Chariot’
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1. reið (noun f.; °-ar; -ir/-ar): riding; chariot
selja ‘sallow’
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2. selja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): °pil, piletræ
notes
[1] selja (f.) ‘sallow’: A shrubby type of willow of the Salix family (see Note to Þul Viðar 1/2).
strind ‘earth’
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strind (noun f.): land
notes
[1-2] strind, rein ‘earth, strip of land’: Neither of these f. terms for ‘earth’ is mentioned in Þul Jarðar.
rein ‘strip of land’
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rein (noun f.): strip of land
notes
[1-2] strind, rein ‘earth, strip of land’: Neither of these f. terms for ‘earth’ is mentioned in Þul Jarðar.
skorð ‘prop’
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skorð (noun f.): prop
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
fjǫrn ‘landscape’
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fjǫrn (noun f.)
notes
[2] fjǫrn (f.) ‘landscape’: On this word, see Note to Þul Jarðar 1/1.
bjǫrk ‘birch’
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bjǫrk (noun f.): birch
veig ‘strong beverage’
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veig (noun f.): strong drink
notes
[3] veig (f.) ‘strong beverage’: The primary meaning of the word is ‘a kind of strong beverage, drink’ (see CVC: veig) and it normally features in kennings as the determinant rather than base-word. It is likely that the presence of this word in this þula may be explained by the fact that it frequently appears as a second part in f. personal names (e.g. Álm-, Bǫð-, Goll-, Ráð-, Sólveig, where ‑veig perhaps means either ‘strength’ or ‘warlike’; see AEW: veig 5). The only instance in which ‑veig appears in a cpd in skaldic poetry is VGl Lv 7/6V (Glúm 7) hǫrveig ‘linen-wearer’ (so LP: hǫrveig). Alternatively, veig in this stanza could be the same word as the Norwegian island Veig ‘Vega’ (see Þul Islands l. 6 and cf. the island Lodda ‘Ludden’ in l. 6 below).
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
þǫll ‘fir-tree’
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þǫll (noun f.): fir-tree
brík ‘plank’
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brík (noun f.; °-ar; -r): plank
þopta ‘thwart’
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þofta (noun f.; °-u; -ur): thwart, rowing-bench
Gefn ‘Gefn’
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Gefn (noun f.): Gefn
notes
[4] Gefn: A name for Freyja (see Note to Þul Ásynja 3/5).
lág ‘log’
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lág (noun f.; °; -ir): log
grund ‘ground’
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grund (noun f.): earth, land
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
hlíð ‘slope’
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1. hlíð (noun f.; °-ar; -ir): slope
Lodda ‘Ludden’
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lodda (noun f.)
notes
[6] Lodda ‘Ludden’: This may be Ludden, an island in Rogaland, south-western Norway (see Þul Eyja 5/2 and Note to veig in l. 3 above). Alternatively, the word has been explained as a pejorative term for ‘woman’ (cf. New Norw. lodde ‘shortish and shapeless woman’, ModSwed. dialects ludda ‘slattern’; ÍO: lodda 2). The name occurs in a woman-kenning in Bjhít Lv 12/2V (BjH 16).
bróka ‘bróka’
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bróka (noun f.)
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[6] bróka (f.): A hap. leg. The heiti has been interpreted in various ways, e.g. as a derivative from brók f. ‘breeches, pants’ (lit. ‘one dressed in breeches’) used in such f. nicknames as langbrók ‘Long-breeches’ and snúinbrók ‘Turned breeches’ (see ÍO: bróka; Finnur Jónsson 1907, 238-9). De Vries (AEW: bróka) tentatively connects the word with New Norw. broka ‘multicoloured animal’ (cf. ModNorw. brokete ‘multicoloured, speckled’), referring to multicoloured clothing worn by women.
fit ‘meadow’
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1. fit (noun f.; °; -jar): meadow
notes
[7] fit, norn ‘meadow, norn’: Since this line is hypometrical, Konráð Gíslason (Nj 1875-89, II, 898) suggested emendation to fit, norn ok Hrund (for the last name, see Þul Valkyrja 2/4 and Note).
norn ‘norn’
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norn (noun f.; °; -ir): norn
notes
[7] fit, norn ‘meadow, norn’: Since this line is hypometrical, Konráð Gíslason (Nj 1875-89, II, 898) suggested emendation to fit, norn ok Hrund (for the last name, see Þul Valkyrja 2/4 and Note).
notes
[8] fold (f.) ‘field’: The ms. reads ‘vø̨ld’, which cannot be construed to make any sense in this context, and initial f- is required by alliteration.
notes
[8] Þír*: The ms. reading is ‘þírr’, but the word is most likely to be identical with the name of the bondwoman Þír in Rþ 10/6, 11/7.
ok ‘and’
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3. ok (conj.): and, but; also
lind ‘linden-tree’
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1. lind (noun f.): linden-shield, linden tree
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Some of the ókend heiti listed in this stanza, namely fjǫrn ‘landscape’ (l. 2), veig ‘strong beverage’ (l. 3), bróka (l. 6) and Þír (l. 8), are not found in poetry as base-words in kennings for ‘woman’.
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