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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Á 1III/1 — Gjǫll ‘Gjǫll’

Gjǫll, glit, gera,         glóð ok valskjalf,
Ván, Víð, Vimur,         ving ok Ýsa,
Síð, suðr, freka,         Sœkin, einstika,
elfr, ró, ekla,         Ekin, Rennandi.

Gjǫll, glit, gera, glóð ok valskjalf, Ván, Víð, Vimur, ving ok Ýsa, Síð, suðr, freka, Sœkin, einstika, elfr, ró, ekla, Ekin, Rennandi.

Gjǫll, shining, greedy one, glowing and valskjálf, Ván, Víð, Vimur, ving and Ouse, Síð, boiling one, voracious one, Sœkin, lone-measuring one, river, calm, want, Ekin, Rennandi.

readings

[1] Gjǫll: ‘Mioll’ C, ‘[…]ío[…]’ B, ‘Gio᷎ll’ 744ˣ

notes

[1] Gjǫll (f.): Lit. ‘din’, a mythical river at the border of Hel (Grí 28/10; Gylf, SnE 2005, 9, 47). According to Gylf, Hermóðr, the son of Óðinn, who was sent to ransom his brother Baldr from Hel, had to cross the Gjallarbrú, the bridge over the river Gjǫll, which was paved with shining gold.

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