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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 2III/8 — leifnirleifnir

Byrðingr, búza,         barðkaldr ok hreinn,
bakki, hǫmlungr,         hélugbarði,
rǫst, bátr ok regg,         rǫð, Hringhornir,
lung, kjóll, langskip,         leifnir, karfi.

Byrðingr, búza, barðkaldr ok hreinn, bakki, hǫmlungr, hélugbarði, rǫst, bátr ok regg, rǫð, Hringhornir, lung, kjóll, langskip, leifnir, karfi.

Freighter, merchant-ship, prow-cold one and reindeer, ferry, oar-strapped one, rimy-prowed one, rǫst, boat and regg, rǫð, Hringhornir, long-boat, barge, longship, leifnir, carvel.

readings

[8] leifnir: ‘[…]’ C

notes

[8] leifnir (m.): Perhaps a proper name. As a heiti for ‘ship’ the word is not found elsewhere, but Leifnir is the name of a sea-king (Þul Sækonunga 4/2). The word may be derived from -leif ‘inheritance’ or from the weak verb leifa ‘leave, relinquish’ (ÍO: Leifnir).

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