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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 9III/7 — kal ‘tack’

Þul Skipa 9III

Barð, kné, byrði,         belti ok kinnungr,
kjǫlborð, keili         ok kjǫlsýja,
kraptar, kerling,         klœr ok þoptur,
kalreip, þrimir,         klofar ok þiljur.

Barð, kné, byrði, belti ok kinnungr, kjǫlborð, keili ok kjǫlsýja, kraptar, kerling, klœr ok þoptur, kalreip, þrimir, klofar ok þiljur.

Prow, knee, boarding, belt and bow, keelboard, mast-wedge and garboard, bollards, keelson, claws and rowing-benches, tack, gunwales, cleats and decking.

readings

[7] kal‑: om. C, ‘kíal‑’ B

notes

[7] kalreip (n.) ‘tack’: A rope attached to a sail to control its shape (to prevent it from shaking out the wind). The first element of the cpd is derived from the weak verb kala ‘lose the wind’ (cf. ModIcel. kelr seglið ‘the sail loses the wind’), and the second element is reip n. ‘rope’. For the Modern English nautical term ‘tack’, see OED: tack, n.1, II., 5.a. The heiti is known only from the present þula (Falk 1912, 66-7). See also sikulgjǫrð ‘rope’ (st. 5/6).

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