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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sjóvar 1III/2 — ægir ‘the main’

Sær, sílægja,         salt, ægir, haf,
lǫgr, sumr, lœgir,         lagastafr ok vágr,
gjallr, gnap, geimi,         gnarr, svífr ok marr,
súgr, sog, sami,         svelgr, rǫst ok fjǫrðr.

Sær, sílægja, salt, ægir, haf, lǫgr, sumr, lœgir, lagastafr ok vágr, gjallr, gnap, geimi, gnarr, svífr ok marr, súgr, sog, sami, svelgr, rǫst ok fjǫrðr.

Sea, ever-lying one, salt, the main, ocean, liquid, the swim, calm one, waters’ foundation and bay, clamouring one, towering one, extensive one, murmurer, rocker and mere, sucker, sucking one, unchanging one, swallower, current and fjord.

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[2] ægir (m.) ‘the main’: This heiti for ‘sea’ is also the name of the personification of the sea, the sea-giant Ægir, in Old Norse myth (see Note to st. 4 [All] and Introduction to Þul Waves).

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