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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Dverga 1III/5 — Blindviðr ‘Blindviðr’

Telk Mótsogni         ok Mjǫklituð,
Miðvið, Muninn         ok Mjǫðvitnir,
Blindviðr, Burinn,         Bumburr, Nýi,
Bívurr, Blávurr,         Bláinn ok Norðri.

Telk Mótsogni ok Mjǫklituð, Miðvið, Muninn ok Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn ok Norðri.

I list Mótsognir and Mjǫklituðr, Miðviðr, Muninn and Mjǫðvitnir, Blindviðr, Burinn, Bumburr, Nýi, Bívurr, Blávurr, Bláinn and Norðri.

readings

[5] Blindviðr: ‘blinviðr’ A, ‘b[…]vidr’ B, ‘b. . .vidr’ 744ˣ

notes

[5] Blindviðr: This must be the correct form of the name (‘blin-’ in A, defective in B), and it is supported by Blindvidur in the LaufE mss. An otherwise unattested cpd, lit. ‘blind-wood’ (from the adj. blindr ‘blind’ and viðr m. ‘wood’; cf. Miðviðr in l. 3 and Víðblindi in Þul Jǫtna I 5/7), which has been explained as ‘concealed board’ (Gould 1929, 942) or ‘hidden tree’ (Motz 1973, 113).

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