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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Øxar 1III/11 — talið ‘listed’

Øx, járnsparða         ok jarðhyrna,
skjáfa ok skeggja,         skráma ok genja,
reginspǫnn, Gnepja,         gýgr ok fála,
snaga ok búlda,         barða ok vígglǫð,
þveita ok þenja;         þá es arghyrna;
hon es øfst talið         øxar heita.

Øx, járnsparða ok jarðhyrna, skjáfa ok skeggja, skráma ok genja, reginspǫnn, Gnepja, gýgr ok fála, snaga ok búlda, barða ok vígglǫð, þveita ok þenja; þá es arghyrna; hon es talið øfst heita øxar.

Axe, iron-axe and earth-horn, scraper and bearded one, skráma and gaper, mighty-span, Gnepja, ogress and troll-woman, spiked one and bulging one, whiskered one and battle-bright one, hewer and stretching one; then there is weak-horn; this is listed as the last of the names for axe.

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[11] øfst talið: so A, ‘ǫst’ R, ‘ofst’ , ‘efz’ C, ‘efzt’ B;    talið: so A, talin all others

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