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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Eyja 1III/4 — Ívist ‘North Uist’

Ey, Ǫmð ok Ǫrmst,         ǫllum lengri
Horn, Hrund ok Hugl,         Herðla, Ívist,
Hveðn, Hrafnista,         Hísing, Skrofa,
Mǫn, Mǫst, Hasley,         Myl, Stolm, Bataldr.

Ey, Ǫmð ok Ǫrmst, Horn, lengri ǫllum, Hrund ok Hugl, Herðla, Ívist, Hveðn, Hrafnista, Hísing, Skrofa, Mǫn, Mǫst, Hasley, Myl, Stolm, Bataldr.

Island, Andøya and Unst, Horn, longer than all, Runde and Huglo, Herdla, North Uist, Ven, Ramsta, Hisingen, Skrova, Man, Mǫst, Hesselø, Mull, Stolmen, Batalden.

readings

[4] Ívist: ‘i vist’ A

notes

[4] Ívist ‘North Uist’: The name is spelled ‘i vist’ in the ms. This is one of the Outer Hebrides, and the name appears in skaldic poetry (see Gísl Magnkv 9/4II and Bkrepp Magndr 7/2 II).

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