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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sækonunga 1III/8 — Sveiði ‘Sveiði’

Atli, Fróði,         Áli, Glammi,
Beiti, Áti         ok Beimuni,
Auðmundr, Guðmundr,         Atall ok Gestill,
Geitir, Gauti,         Gylfi, Sveiði.

Atli, Fróði, Áli, Glammi, Beiti, Áti ok Beimuni, Auðmundr, Guðmundr, Atall ok Gestill, Geitir, Gauti, Gylfi, Sveiði.

Atli, Fróði, Áli, Glammi, Beiti, Áti and Beimuni, Auðmundr, Guðmundr, Atall and Gestill, Geitir, Gauti, Gylfi, Sveiði.

readings

[8] Gylfi Sveiði: ‘g[…] s[…]de’ B, ‘gylfir sueide’ 744ˣ

notes

[8] Sveiði: The name occurs in several kennings for ‘ship’ and ‘sea’. Sveiði may perhaps mean ‘wounder’; cf. the hap. leg. sveiðanda spjót ‘smarting spear’ in Hjǫrleifr Lv 1/6VIII (Hálf 3), where sveiðandi is the pres. part. of the weak verb sveiða ‘smart’ (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 137). Cf. also Sveið, the name of a valkyrie (see Note to Þul Valkyrja 2/6), and the ox-name sveiðurr in Þjóð Yt 13/9I. A chieftain of this name is not known from other sources, but the sea-king Svaði Heitason is mentioned in Hversu Nóregr byggðisk (Flat 1860-8, I, 22).

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