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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 7III/4 — Skǫfnungr ‘Skǫfnungr’

Skelkvingr, fylvingr,         flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, Skilfingr,         Skǫfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, Hvítingr,         Bæsingr, Tyrfingr,
hœkingr ok hringr;         hittask mun nættingr.

Skelkvingr, fylvingr, flæmingr, skerðingr, skotningr, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, rifjungr, brotningr, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hœkingr ok hringr; hittask mun nættingr.

Terrifier, fylvingr, chaser, notcher, shooter, Skilfingr, Skǫfnungr, tearer, broken one, Hvítingr, Bæsingr, Tyrfingr, hooked one and ring; one will come across night-bringer.

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[4] Skǫfnungr: Lit. ‘polished one’. This is the name of the sword of King Hrólfr kraki (Hrólf, FSN I, 93, 102, 109), which is also mentioned in a number of Íslendinga sǫgur (cf. Korm ch. 9, ÍF 8, 233-6). In poetry it is used only as a common noun. Cf. skafningr m. ‘polished one’ among Heiti á sverði (st. 11/5), from the strong verb skafa ‘shave, plane’, as well as skafin sverð ‘polished swords’ (SnSt Ht 8/4).

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