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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 4III/8 — hnefi ‘fist’

Vægir, veigarr,         vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir,         vindbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill,         eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr,         salgarðr, hnefi.

Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr, verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl, askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi, svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.

Wavy one, threaded one, corpse-long one and blade, man-wolf, chosen one, wind-bright one and torment, ash, Angrvaðill, edge-sharp one, swooper and ugly-swooping one, hall-fence, fist.

readings

[8] hnefi: nefi C

notes

[8] hnefi (m.) ‘fist’: Possibly referring to the hilt of a sword (cf. blóðhnefi ‘blood-fist’, which is mentioned among the Heiti á sverði ‘Names for parts of the sword’, st. 10/6). Alternatively, hnefi could designate a sword with a certain shape of the hilt (so Falk 1914b, 51). The word is also listed in Þul á hendi l. 7 and Þul Sækonunga 5/5. The C variant nefi m. ‘nephew’ makes no sense in the context.

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