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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Orrostu 1III/2 — hjaldr ‘din’

Þau eru heiti:         hjaldr ok rimma,
Gǫll, Geirahǫð         ok Geirþriful,
róg ok róma,         Randgríðr ok storð,
Svipul ok snerra,         sig, folk, jara.

Þau eru heiti: hjaldr ok rimma, Gǫll, Geirahǫð ok Geirþriful, róg ok róma, Randgríðr ok storð, Svipul ok snerra, sig, folk, jara.

These are the heiti: din and fray, Gǫll, Geirahǫð and Geirþriful, strife and clash, Randgríðr and tumult, Svipul and fight, battle, war, attack.

readings

[2] hjaldr ok rimma: hildr ok róma C, ‘híalldr ok ri[…]’ B, ‘híalldr ok rimma’ 744ˣ

notes

[2] hjaldr ok rimma ‘din and fray’: Ms. C gives two different heiti for ‘battle’, hildr ok róma ‘fight and clash’. See Hildr in Þul Valkyrja 2/3 and róma ‘clash’ (l. 5), which in C is replaced by rimma.

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