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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Eyja 3III/4 — Varða ‘Varða’

Krít, Kípr, Lygra,         Kǫrmt, Rǫð, Bjarkey,
Hæring, Gylling,         Hugró, Varða,
Lauga, Lygra,         Lág ok Gizki,
Þriðna ok Þjótta,         Þruma, Kinn ok Hrótt.

Krít, Kípr, Lygra, Kǫrmt, Rǫð, Bjarkey, Hæring, Gylling, Hugró, Varða, Lauga, Lygra, Lág ok Gizki, Þriðna ok Þjótta, Þruma, Kinn ok Hrótt.

Crete, Cyprus, Lygra, Karmøy, Radøy, Bjarkøy, Knapplundøya, Straumøya, Hugró, Varða, Laugen, Lygra, Lågøy and Giske, Træna and Tjøtta, Tromøy, Kinn and Rott.

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[4] Hugró, Varða: Neither of these islands has been identified (Munch 1846, 89). Cf. hugró f. ‘upper hilt, pommel of a sword’ (Þul Sverða 12/3). The name Varða is also given in this form in ESk Lv 8/3.

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