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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Manna 1III/6 — garpar ‘champions’

Mál es at segja         manna heiti:
greppar ok gumnar,         gumar ok drengir,
gotnar, rekkar,         garpar, seggir,
sveit, snillingar         ok sælkerar.

Mál es at segja heiti manna: greppar ok gumnar, gumar ok drengir, gotnar, rekkar, garpar, seggir, sveit, snillingar ok sælkerar.

It is time to say the names for men: poets and gumnar, gumar and bold men, gotnar, upright men, champions, men, troop, valiant ones and affluent ones.

readings

[6] garpar: greppar A, ‘[…]rp[…]’ B, garpar 744ˣ

notes

[6] garpar ‘champions’: Pl. of garpr m. ‘warlike man’ (cf. New Norw. dialects garpa ‘boast’; see CVC: garpr and ÍO: garpur). In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 106) this heiti is listed among other terms for ‘valiant warriors’.

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