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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 3III/7 — grindlogi ‘gate-flame’

Lotti, hrǫnduðr,         lǫgðir, mækir,
mǫnduðr, mundriði         ok Mistilteinn,
malmr, þrór ok marr         ok miðfáinn,
Fetbreiðr, grindlogi         ok Fjǫrsváfnir.

Lotti, hrǫnduðr, lǫgðir, mækir, mǫnduðr, mundriði ok Mistilteinn, malmr, þrór ok marr ok miðfáinn, Fetbreiðr, grindlogi ok Fjǫrsváfnir.

Lotti, thruster, stabber, blade, aimer, hand-swinger and Mistilteinn, metal, thriver and striker and one decorated in the middle, Fetbreiðr, gate-flame and Fjǫrsváfnir.

readings

[7] grindlogi: so , A, B, ‘g\r/inndlagi’ R, ‘garinn lagi’ C

notes

[7] grindlogi (m.) ‘gate-flame’: This heiti, which appears twice in the present þula (see st. 5/8), is not attested in other sources as a heiti for ‘sword’. It seems to have resulted from a misinterpretation of the sword-kenning Gǫndlar grindlogi ‘flame of Gǫndul’s <valkyrie’s> gate [(lit. ‘Gǫndul’s gate-flame’) SHIELD > SWORD]’ VGl Lv 4/5V (Glúm 4) (see Gǫndul, Þul Valkyrja 2/1).

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