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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Jǫtna I 5III/1 — Kǫttr ‘Kǫttr’

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi         ok Alfarinn,
Vindsvalr, Víparr         ok Vafþrúðnir,
Eldr, Aurgelmir,         Ægir, Rangbeinn,
Vindr, Víðblindi,         Vingnir, Leifi.

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi ok Alfarinn, Vindsvalr, Víparr ok Vafþrúðnir, Eldr, Aurgelmir, Ægir, Rangbeinn, Vindr, Víðblindi, Vingnir, Leifi.

Kǫttr, Ǫsgrúi and Alfarinn, Vindsvalr, Víparr and Vafþrúðnir, Eldr, Aurgelmir, Ægir, Rangbeinn, Vindr, Víðblindi, Vingnir, Leifi.

readings

[1] Kǫttr: ‘Krauttr’ B

notes

[1] Kǫttr: Lit. ‘cat’ (m.). In a myth related in Gylf (SnE 2005, 41-2), Þórr tries to lift up the giant’s cat (actually Miðgarðsormr ‘the World Serpent’) in the hall of Útgarðaloki. In HHund I 18/8, kǫttr is a giant-heiti most likely used as a common noun (sonr kattar ‘son of a giant’). See also HálfdEyst (FSN III, 556-8).

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