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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Trollkvenna 5III/5 — Þurbǫrð ‘Þurbǫrð’

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

[5] Þurbǫrð: ‘þaurbaurð’ C

notes

[5] Þurbǫrð: A hap. leg. Perhaps ‘one with dry cheeks’ (Finnur Jónsson 1934-5, 304), from the adj. þurr ‘dry’ and barð n. ‘edge’.

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