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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Ása I 1III/7 — Skjǫldr ‘Skjǫldr’

Burir ’ro Óðins         Baldr ok Meili,
Víðarr ok Nepr,         Váli, Áli,
Þórr ok Hildolfr,         Hermóðr, Sigi,
Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr         ok Ítreksjóð,
Heimdallr, Sæmingr,         Hǫðr ok Bragi.

Burir Óðins ’ro Baldr ok Meili, Víðarr ok Nepr, Váli, Áli, Þórr ok Hildolfr, Hermóðr, Sigi, Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr ok Ítreksjóð, Heimdallr, Sæmingr, Hǫðr ok Bragi.

Óðinn’s sons are Baldr and Meili, Víðarr and Nepr, Váli, Áli, Þórr and Hildólfr, Hermóðr, Sigi, Skjǫldr, Yngvi-Freyr and Ítrekr’s offspring, Heimdallr, Sæmingr, Hǫðr and Bragi.

readings

[7] Skjǫldr: ‘[…]io᷎lldr’ B, ‘skio᷎lldr’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] Skjǫldr: Óðinn’s son, the divine ancestor of the Skjǫldungar, the Danish royal dynasty (cf. Hkr, ÍF 26, 15, SnE 1998, I, 51, 103, SnE 2005, 6, Þul Konunga 3/3 and the genealogy in ÍF 35, 14). In the Prologue to SnE (SnE 2005, 5), Scialdun = Skjǫldr (skjǫldr ‘shield’) is the name of the son of Heremóðr (l. 6).

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