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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Fiska 1III/8 — Andvari ‘Andvari’

Lax ok langa,         lýsa, brosma,
birtingr, hœingr,         bust ok hrygna,
humarr, hrognkelsi,         hveðnir, flóki,
ǫlunn, aurriði         ok Andvari.

Lax ok langa, lýsa, brosma, birtingr, hœingr, bust ok hrygna, humarr, hrognkelsi, hveðnir, flóki, ǫlunn, aurriði ok Andvari.

Salmon and ling, whiting, tusk, sea-trout, male salmon, perch and kelt, lobster, lumpfish, male fish, flounder, mackerel, trout and Andvari.

notes

[8] Andvari: Lit. ‘watcher’. This is the name of a legendary dwarf who assumed the form of a pike, hence, ‘pike’ (Kristensen 1917, 112). Cf. the prose to Reg (NK 173): hann var lǫngom í forsinom í geddo líki ‘he stayed in the waterfall for a long time in the shape of a pike’. Other than in the present list, the word does not occur as a heiti for ‘fish’.

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