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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Fiska 2III/2 — ǫgr ‘redfish’

Síld, seiðr, skata,         síl, reyðr ok ǫgr,
skreiðungr ok síkr,         skalgi, flyðra,
fyldingr, styrja         ok fuðryskill,
hámerr, steinbítr         ok háskerðingr.

Síld, seiðr, skata, síl, reyðr ok ǫgr, skreiðungr ok síkr, skalgi, flyðra, fyldingr, styrja ok fuðryskill, hámerr, steinbítr ok háskerðingr.

Herring, coalfish, skate, sand-eel, char and redfish, codfish and houting, roach, flounder, fyldingr, sturgeon and sea scorpion, porbeagle shark, ocean catfish and Greenland shark.

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[2] síl, reyðr ok ǫgr ‘sand-eel, char and redfish’: Sand-eel (síl n.; Ammodytes tobanius) is a relatively small eel living on the sandy bottom of the sea. Reyðr m. is the Atlantic char (Salvelinus alpinus), living in fresh- and saltwater, and ǫgr m. is ‘redfish’ or ‘rose fish’, ‘ocean perch’ (Sebastes marinus), a saltwater fish.

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