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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 4III/8 — tíðr ‘famous one’

Knǫrr, kuggr, knúi,         keipull, eikja,
dreki, Elliði,         drómundr ok prámr,
fura, vigg, galeið,         ferja, skalda,
fley, flaust ok þekkr,         fartíðr ok lið.

Knǫrr, kuggr, knúi, keipull, eikja, dreki, Elliði, drómundr ok prámr, fura, vigg, galeið, ferja, skalda, fley, flaust ok þekkr, fartíðr ok lið.

Merchant-ship, cog, knuckle, coble, rowing boat, dragon, Elliði, dromon and prámr, fir, steed, galley, ferry, punt, ferry, floating one and pleasant one, travel-famous one and fleet.

readings

[8] ‑tíðr: tíð C, B

notes

[8] fartíðr (m.) ‘travel-famous one’: From far- ‘travel, journey’ and the adj. tíðr ‘famous’ (see LP: tíðr 2). This ship-heiti is known only from this þula. Cf. þekkr ‘pleasant one’ (l. 7 above).

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