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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Trollkvenna 5III/1 — Leirvǫr ‘Leirvǫr’

Leirvǫr, Ljóta         ok Loðinfingra,
Kráka, Varðrún         ok Kjallandi,
Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð;         viljum nefna
Rýgi síðarst         ok Rifingǫflu.

Leirvǫr, Ljóta ok Loðinfingra, Kráka, Varðrún ok Kjallandi, Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð; viljum nefna Rýgi síðarst ok Rifingǫflu.

Leirvǫr, Ljóta and Loðinfingra, Kráka, Varðrún and Kjallandi, Vígglǫð, Þurbǫrð; we [I] wish to name Rýgr last, and Rifingafla.

readings

[1] Leirvǫr: Leiðvǫr , ‘[…]írvor’ B, ‘Leirvo᷎r’ 744ˣ

notes

[1] Leirvǫr: Possibly ‘one with muddy lips’, from leir n. ‘clay, earth, loam, mud’ and vǫrr f. ‘lip’ (so Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304). Alternatively, it could be derived from the adj. vǫr f. ‘ware, aware, cautious’ (so Motz 1981, 504; cf. other names with ‑vǫr in the present þula). The name occurs only in EGils Selv 11/1IV ljóta Leirvǫr ‘ugly Leirvǫr’ (cf. Ljóta, the next name in this list). Leiðvǫr in must be a scribal error.

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