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Þul Þorgþ I 1III/1 — Sleipnir ‘Sleipnir’

Hrafn ok Sleipnir,         hestar ágætir,
Valr ok Léttfeti,         vas þar Tjaldari,
Gulltoppr ok Goti,         getit heyrðak Sóta,
        Mór ok Lungr með Mari.

Hrafn ok Sleipnir, ágætir hestar, Valr ok Léttfeti, þar vas Tjaldari, Gulltoppr ok Goti, heyrðak Sóta getit, Mór ok Lungr með Mari.

Hrafn and Sleipnir, splendid horses, Valr and Léttfeti, Tjaldari was there, Gulltoppr and Goti, I heard Sóti mentioned, Mór and Lungr with Marr.

readings

[1] Sleipnir: ‘slettfeti’ U

notes

[1] Sleipnir: Lit. ‘one who slips, moves quickly’, from the adj. sleipr ‘slippery’. Óðinn’s eight-footed stallion, offspring of Loki and the stallion Svaðilfari, and known from a number of poetic and prose sources (e.g. Grí 44/5, Sigrdr 15/7, Gylf, SnE 2005, 17, 34-5, 46 and Skm, SnE 1998, I, 20). The name is also found in Þul Hesta 1/6 and it is used in skaldic kennings (see LP: Sleipnir).

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