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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Gizsv Frag 1III/4 — Yggs ‘of Yggr’

Fylkir gleðr í folki
flagðs blakk ok svan Hlakkar;
Ôleifr of viðr élum
Yggs gǫgl fegin Skǫglar.

Fylkir gleðr blakk flagðs ok svan Hlakkar í folki; Ôleifr of viðr gǫgl Yggs fegin élum Skǫglar.

The ruler gladdens the steed of the troll-woman [WOLF] and the swan of Hlǫkk <valkyrie> [RAVEN/EAGLE] in battle; Óláfr makes the goslings of Yggr <= Óðinn> [RAVENS] joyful with the storms of Skǫgul <valkyrie> [BATTLES].

readings

[4] Yggs: so C, ‘ygs’ R, , 761bˣ, ‘[…]’ B, ‘ýggs’ 744ˣ

notes

[3, 4] gǫgl Yggs … élum Skǫglar ‘the goslings of Yggr <= Óðinn> [RAVENS] … with the storms of Skǫgul <valkyrie> [BATTLES]’: Yggs, gen. sg. of the Óðinn-name Yggr ‘terrible, fearsome one’, is clearly needed here, rather than ýgs, gen. sg. of the adj. ýgr ‘fierce, fearsome’.

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