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Þul Sjóvar 1III/3 — sumr ‘the swim’

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.

readings

[3] sumr: ‘somr’ , ‘sum[…]’ B, sumr 744ˣ

notes

[3] sumr (m.) ‘the swim’: A hap. leg. Perhaps from the strong verb svimma ‘swim’ (cf.  New Norw. sum ‘swam’, Shetland Norn sum ‘flood, swimming’), or else related to ODan. sum ‘quiet’ (see AEW: sumr; ÍO: sum(u)r 1). If the latter, sumr would mean ‘calm one’ (cf. sílægja ‘ever-lying one’, l. 1 above and the next heiti, lœgir ‘calm one’, derived from the strong verb liggja ‘lie’).

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