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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sækonunga 2III/1 — Gœir ‘Gœir’

Gœir, Eynæfir,         Gaupi ok Endill,
Skekkill, Ekkill,         Skefill ok Sǫlvi,
Hálfr ok Hemlir,         Hárekr ok Górr,
Hagbarðr, Haki,         Hrauðnir, Meiti.

Gœir, Eynæfir, Gaupi ok Endill, Skekkill, Ekkill, Skefill ok Sǫlvi, Hálfr ok Hemlir, Hárekr ok Górr, Hagbarðr, Haki, Hrauðnir, Meiti.

Gœir, Eynæfir, Gaupi and Endill, Skekkill, Ekkill, Skefill and Sǫlvi, Hálfr and Hemlir, Hárekr and Górr, Hagbarðr, Haki, Hrauðnir, Meiti.

readings

[1] Gœir (‘Gø̨ir’): ‘Goir’ , A, B, Geirr C

notes

[1] Gœir: A hap. leg. and spelled in several different ways in the mss (see Readings above). According to Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 290), the correct form of the name may be Gæir or Gœir (from the roots gá- or gó-). The meaning of the name is uncertain. Björn Sigfússon (1934, 131) suggests ‘brother of Gói(?)’; cf. gói f., a month from the middle of February to the middle of March, meaning the month of snow, and f. ‘winter-weather’, a weather-heiti (Þul Veðra 2/6) derived from gói. Otherwise perhaps the same as Górr (see l. 6 below).

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