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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Eyja 6III/1 — Fjǫlbyrja ‘Fjǫlbyrja’

Fjón, Fjǫlbyrja,         Fríkn ok Senja,
Selund ok Dímun,         Sæla, Þumla,
Úsna, Sjóland,         Askrǫð ok Síld,
Ála, Borgund,         Erri, Torgar.

Fjón, Fjǫlbyrja, Fríkn ok Senja, Selund ok Dímun, Sæla, Þumla, Úsna, Sjóland, Askrǫð ok Síld, Ála, Borgund, Erri, Torgar.

Fyn, Fjǫlbyrja, Fríkn and Senja, Sjælland and Dímun, Selja, Þumla, Usedom, Sjælland, Askrova and Silda, Ála, Borgund, Ærø, Torget.

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[1] Fjǫlbyrja: Lit. ‘(a place of) many sailing winds’. Possibly present-day Fjelbergøy (cf. Sandnes and Stemshaug 1990, 108; Heggstad et al. 2008: Fjǫlbyrja) on the south side of Klosterfjorden near Stord in Sunnhordland. If so, the name, which in Old Norse had the meaning ‘(a place of) many sailing winds’, has been reinterpreted in such a way that the second element ‑byrr ‘sailing wind’ is taken in the meaning ‑berg  ‘mountain’.

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