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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sea-kings 1III/3 — Meiti ‘Meiti’

Ekkill, Eitill, Skekkill,
Eimnir, Gestill, Reimnir,
Heiti, Hœkingr, Meiti,
Heimi, Mýsingr, Beimi,
Randvér, Róði, Mundill,
Rǫkkvi, Sǫlsi, Nǫkkvi,
Hæmingr, Hagbarðr, Glammi,
Haki, Beimuni, Rakni.

Ekkill, Eitill, Skekkill, Eimnir, Gestill, Reimnir, Heiti, Hœkingr, Meiti, Heimi, Mýsingr, Beimi, Randvér, Róði, Mundill, Rǫkkvi, Sǫlsi, Nǫkkvi, Hæmingr, Hagbarðr, Glammi, Haki, Beimuni, Rakni.

Ekkill, Eitill, Skekkill, Eimnir, Gestill, Reimnir, Heiti, Hœkingr, Meiti, Heimi, Mýsingr, Beimi, Randvér, Róði, Mundill, Rǫkkvi, Sǫlsi, Nǫkkvi, Hæmingr, Hagbarðr, Glammi, Haki, Beimuni, Rakni.

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[3] Meiti: Lit. ‘cutter, hewer’ (cf. the weak verb meita ‘cut’; Björn Sigfússon 1934, 135). The name is common in kennings and is also mentioned in Þul Sækonunga 2/8. It is evidently identical with Meitir (see Note to Heiti in l. 3 above).

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