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Þul Þorgþ I 1III/5 — Gulltoppr ‘Gulltoppr’

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.

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[5] Gulltoppr: Lit. ‘gold-forelock’ (m.), the horse of the god Heimdallr in Old Norse myth (see Gylf, SnE 2005, 17, 25, 47). Gulltoppr is also recorded in the list of horses that belong to the Æsir in Grí 30/5 (NK 63): Gulltoppr oc Léttfeti ‘Gulltoppr and Léttfeti’. The name is included in Þul Hesta 1/3 but not otherwise used in skaldic verse.

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