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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Konunga 3III/5 — ylfingr ‘one of the Ylfingar’

Sinjórr, siklingr,         sjóli, ræsir,
skjǫldungr, skilfingr,         skyli ok yngvi,
ynglingr, ylfingr;         eru nú talið
hǫfuðskjǫldunga         heiti nǫkkur.

Sinjórr, siklingr, sjóli, ræsir, skjǫldungr, skilfingr, skyli ok yngvi, ynglingr, ylfingr; nú eru nǫkkur heiti hǫfuðskjǫldunga talið.

Seigneur, prince, chieftain, impeller, descendant of Skjǫldr, descendant of Skelfir, protector and yngvi, descendant of Yngvi, one of the Ylfingar; now some names of the highest rulers have been enumerated.

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[5] ylfingr (m.) ‘one of the Ylfingar’: The Ylfingar belonged to a legendary royal family (SnE 1998, I, 103), and the OE Wylfingas/Wilfingas in Beowulf were members of a Germanic tribe probably occupying a territory south of the Baltic (see Beowulf 2008, 473). In poetry the word is never used in the sg. form as a common noun.

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