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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Kálfv 4III/7 — Gota ‘Goti’

Bjǫrn reið Blakki         en Bíarr Kerti,
Atli Glaumi         en Aðils Slungni,
Hǫgni Hǫlkvi         en Haraldr Fǫlkvi,
Gunnarr Gota         en Grana Sigurðr.

Bjǫrn reið Blakki en Bíarr Kerti, Atli Glaumi en Aðils Slungni, Hǫgni Hǫlkvi en Haraldr Fǫlkvi, Gunnarr Gota en Sigurðr Grana.

Bjǫrn rode Blakkr and Bíarr Kǫrtr, Atli Glaumr and Aðils Slungnir, Hǫgni Hǫlkvir and Haraldr Fǫlkvir, Gunnarr Goti and Sigurðr Grani.

readings

[7] Gota: ‘giota’ papp10ˣ, 743ˣ, ‘gjőta’ 2368ˣ

notes

[7] Gota ‘Goti’: The name of Gunnarr’s horse in Vǫlsunga saga (Vǫls ch. 29) and a heiti for ‘horse’ in Þul Hesta 1/7 and Þorgþ I 1/5. The first attestation of this word as a heiti for ‘horse’ occurs in the inscription on the Swedish Rök stone (Run Ög136VI) from c. 850.

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