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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 5III/6 — sikulgjǫrð ‘rope’

Segl, skǫr, sigla,         sviðvíss, stýri,
sýjur, saumfǫr,         súð ok skautreip,
stag, stafn, stjórnvið,         stuðill ok sikulgjǫrð,
snotra ok sólborð,         sess, skutr ok strengr.

Segl, skǫr, sigla, sviðvíss, stýri, sýjur, saumfǫr, súð ok skautreip, stag, stafn, stjórnvið, stuðill ok sikulgjǫrð, snotra ok sólborð, sess, skutr ok strengr.

Sail, overlap, mast, clamp, steering-oar, clinchings, rivet-row, suture and sheet-rope, stay, stem, steering-tie, support and rope, weather-vane and sun-board, rowing-bench, stern and cable.

readings

[6] sikulgjǫrð: ‘sikul gerd’ B, ‘[…]giorð’ R

notes

[6] sikulgjǫrð (f.) ‘rope’: This may be the term for a rope used to reduce the sail in heavy winds, a buntline (from gjǫrð ‘belt’, while the first element seems to be from Lat. cingulum ‘girdle, waist-belt, sword-belt’; Falk 1912, 66). The word is also attested as a term for ‘sword-belt’ (LP: sikulgjǫrð 2 and Hallv Knútdr 2/2). See also kalreip ‘tack’ (st. 9/7).

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