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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Valkyrja 2III/2 — Svipul ‘Svipul’

Ráðgnið, Gǫndul,         Svipul, Geirskǫgul,
Hildr ok Skeggǫld,         Hrund, Geirdriful,
Randgríðr ok Þrúðr,         Reginleif ok Sveið,
Þǫgn, Hjalmþrimul,         Þrima ok Skalmǫld.

Ráðgnið, Gǫndul, Svipul, Geirskǫgul, Hildr ok Skeggǫld, Hrund, Geirdriful, Randgríðr ok Þrúðr, Reginleif ok Sveið, Þǫgn, Hjalmþrimul, Þrima ok Skalmǫld.

Ráðgnið, Gǫndul, Svipul, Geirskǫgul, Hildr and Skeggǫld, Hrund, Geirdriful, Randgríðr and Þrúðr, Reginleif and Sveið, Þǫgn, Hjálmþrimul, Þrima and Skálmǫld.

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[2] Svipul: Lit. ‘swift one’ (cf. the weak verb svipa ‘move swiftly’; see AEW: svipa 2). This is one of the valkyries mentioned in Anon Darr 3/3V (Nj 55), and the name is also recorded as a battle-heiti (see Note to Þul Orrostu 1/7).

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