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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Anon (SnE) 9III/7 — hvél ‘of the wheel’

Troll kalla mik,
tungl sjǫt-Rungnis,
auðsúg jǫtuns,
élsólar bǫl,
vilsinn vǫlu,
vǫrð náfjarðar,
hvélsvelg himins.
Hvats troll nema þat?

Kalla mik troll, tungl sjǫt-Rungnis, auðsúg jǫtuns, bǫl élsólar, vilsinn vǫlu, vǫrð náfjarðar, hvélsvelg himins. Hvats troll nema þat?

They call me troll, moon of dwelling-Rungnir [TROLL], wealth-sucker of a giant [TROLL-WOMAN], trouble of the storm-sun [TROLL], delightful company of a prophetess [TROLL-WOMAN], guardian of the corpse-fjord [GRAVE > TROLL], swallower of the wheel of the sky [(lit. ‘wheel-swallower of the sky’) SUN > TROLL]. What’s a troll if not that?

readings

[7] hvél‑: hleif‑ C

notes

[7] himins hvélsvelg ‘swallower of the wheel of the sky [(lit. ‘wheel-swallower of the sky’) SUN > TROLL]’: Another inverted kenning referring to a troll (possibly in the shape of a wolf; cf. SnE 2005, 49) as the swallower of the sun at Ragnarǫk.

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