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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 5III/7 — snotra ‘weather-vane’

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.

notes

[7] snotra (f.) ‘weather-vane’: Most likely a weather-vane, a carved female head above the stem (cf. Snotra, a goddess, Þul Ásynja 1/4). The word does not occur elsewhere except as the second element of the cpd húsasnotra ‘gable head’. The context in which this term occurs in prose works (Ǫrvar-Odds saga, ch. 14, FSN II, 210; Grœnlendinga saga, ch. 8, ÍF 4, 268) shows that húsasnotra must have been a kind of wooden weather-vane on a ship, which could also adorn the gable of a house (Falk 1912, 42).

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