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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Skipa 10III/5 — kjalar ‘keel’

Drengir, dragreip,         dæla, árar,
aktaumar, rœr,         arinn ok nálar,
aurborð, kjalarhæll         ok akkeri,
hnakkmiði, ausker         ok húnspænir.

Drengir, dragreip, dæla, árar, aktaumar, rœr, arinn ok nálar, aurborð, kjalarhæll ok akkeri, hnakkmiði, ausker ok húnspænir.

Ties, halyard, dale, oars, braces, clinch-plates, arinn and needles, sand-strake, keel-heel and anchor, buoy-rope, bailer and crow’s nest.

readings

[5] kjalar‑: so all others, ‘k\i/ælar’ R

notes

[5] kjalarhæll (m.) ‘keel-heel’: A metaphoric name for the hindmost part of the keel (Falk 1912, 34). The word is not otherwise found in skaldic verse, but see hæll ‘keel’s heel’ (st. 7/7 and Note there).

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