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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sjóvar 4III/2 — hvítingr ‘white one’

Hefring, alda,         hvítingr ok lá,
Hrǫnn, Rán, Kolga         ok Himinglæva,
Drǫfn, Uðr ok solmr,         Dúfa, Bylgja,
boði ok Bára,         Blóðughadda.

Hefring, alda, hvítingr ok lá, Hrǫnn, Rán, Kolga ok Himinglæva, Drǫfn, Uðr ok solmr, Dúfa, Bylgja, boði ok Bára, Blóðughadda.

Hefring, wave, white one and shore-line, Hrǫnn, Rán, Kólga and Himinglæva, Drǫfn, Uðr and sweller, Dúfa, Bylgja, shoal and Bára, Blóðughadda.

readings

[2] hvítingr: hvíting C, ‘hu[…]gr’ B, ‘huitungr’ 744ˣ

notes

[2] hvítingr (m.) ‘white one’: The word does not occur elsewhere as a heiti for ‘sea’, but it could refer to the white foam forming at the crests of breakers. The C variant hvíting (f. rather than m.) is most likely caused by analogy with the surrounding names of waves, which are f. Hvítingr is also found in Þul Sverða 7/5 and Þul Sækonunga 3/3.

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