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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Kálfv 2III/3 — þjófr ‘þjófr’

Vésteinn Vali         en Vifill Stúfi,
Meinþjófr Mói         en Morginn Vakri.

Vésteinn Vali en Vifill Stúfi, Meinþjófr Mói en Morginn Vakri.

Vésteinn [rode] Valr and Vifill Stúfr, Meinþjófr Mór and Morginn Vakr.

readings

[3] ‑þjófr: ‑þjóf C

notes

[3] Meinþjófr: This person is otherwise unknown, and his name can be translated as ‘harmful thief’. In the mss of LaufE, the name is given as Menþjófr ‘necklace-thief’, which is clearly secondary. 

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