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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sverða 9III/4 — afspringrafspringr

Fellir, fǫlvir,         Fáfnir, raufnir,
ímnir, eimnir,         afspringr, þinurr,
sigðir, snyrtir,         svelgr, skarr ok nár,
Góinn, gest-Móinn         ok gárr, þrimarr, Níðhǫggr.

Fellir, fǫlvir, Fáfnir, raufnir, ímnir, eimnir, afspringr, þinurr, sigðir, snyrtir, svelgr, skarr ok nár, Góinn, gest-Móinn ok gárr, þrimarr, Níðhǫggr.

Feller, pale one, Fáfnir, piercer, battler, flamer, afspringr, fir, scythe, polisher, swallower, cutter and corpse, Góinn, guest-Móinn and rippled one, thunderer, Níðhǫggr.

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[4] afspringr (m.): This word is only attested in the sense ‘offspring’, which makes little sense as a heiti for ‘sword’. Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 232) tentatively suggests a translation ‘one that springs off, rebounds’ from the strong verb springa ‘spring, leap’, but a verb-adv. collocation springa af is not attested.

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