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Þul Skipa 1III/4 — rúmnir ‘seater’

Þul Skipa 1III

Nú mun ek skýra         of skipa heiti:
ǫrk, árakló,         askr, sessrúmnir,
skeið, skúta, skip         ok Skíðblaðnir,
nór, Naglfari,         nǫkkvi, snekkja.

Nú mun ek skýra of heiti skipa: ǫrk, árakló, askr, sessrúmnir, skeið, skúta, skip ok Skíðblaðnir, nór, Naglfari, nǫkkvi, snekkja.

Now I shall explain the names of ships: ark, oar-claw, ash, roomy-seater, warship, vessel, ship and Skíðblaðnir, nór, Naglfari, rowing boat, warship.

readings

[4] ‑rúmnir: hrungnis C, ‘rymir’ B

notes

[4] sessrúmnir (m.) ‘roomy-seater’: In Gylf (SnE 2005, 25), Sessrúmnir is the name of Freyja’s hall, but as a heiti for ‘ship’ the cpd occurs only in the present þula. This fact suggests that the term had changed its referent in the þulur, perhaps owing to the reinterpretation of the first element as a nautical term, i.e. sess m. ‘bench of a boat’ (on the transformation of mythical names into heiti, see Gurevich 1992c, 42-7).

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