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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þjóð Haustl 15III/1 — Ullar ‘of Ullr’

Knôttu ǫll, en Ullar,
endilôg, fyr mági
grund vas grápi hrundin,
ginnunga vé brinna,
þás hofregin hafrar
hógreiðar framm drógu
— seðr gekk Svǫlnis ekkja
sundr — at Hrungnis fundi.

Ǫll endilôg vé ginnunga knôttu brinna, en grund vas hrundin grápi fyr mági Ullar, þás hafrar drógu framm hofregin hógreiðar at fundi Hrungnis; ekkja Svǫlnis gekk seðr sundr.

All sanctuaries of hawks, low from end to end [SKIES/HEAVENS] were burning, and the ground was battered with hail in front of the kinsman of Ullr <god> [= Þórr], when the goats drew forward the temple-deity of the comfortable chariot [= Þórr] to a meeting with Hrungnir; the widow of Svǫlnir <= Óðinn> [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] split asunder at once.

notes

[1, 2] fyr mági Ullar ‘in front of the kinsman of Ullr <god> [= Þórr]’: Ullr was Þórr’s stepson, being the son of his wife Sif by an unidentified partner. The same kenning appears in EVald Þórr 3/4; see Note there.

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