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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 8III/3 — vengi ‘cabin’

Rá, rakki, rif,         rengr ok hǫmlur,
vindáss, vengi,         vǫndr, langnefjur,
vǫlt, beitiáss,         varta, brandar,
bitar, bóglína,         bulkastokkar.

Rá, rakki, rif, rengr ok hǫmlur, vindáss, vengi, vǫndr, langnefjur, vǫlt, beitiáss, varta, brandar, bitar, bóglína, bulkastokkar.

Yard, parrel, reef, ribs and oar-loops, windlass, cabin, wand, rowlock-pins, roller, tacking-boom, prow-carving, bows, transoms, bowline, bulk-heads.

readings

[3] vengi: ‘vængi’ C, A, ‘v[…]gi’ B, ‘venngí’ 744ˣ

notes

[3] vengi (n.) ‘cabin’: The word is found only in this þula and in Hharð Gamv 2/4II hjǫrtr vengis ‘the stag of the cabin [SHIP]’ (see Note there).

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