Þul Á 3III/3 — Mǫrn ‘Marne’
Tifr, Durn, Vína, Tems, Vǫnd ok Strǫnd,
Mǫrn, móða, þrym, Morn ok Gautelfr,
alin, uðr, Alkoga ok Eufrátes,
ógn, eiðrennir ok Apardjón.
Tifr, Durn, Vína, Tems, Vǫnd ok Strǫnd, Mǫrn, móða, þrym, Morn ok Gautelfr, alin, uðr, Alkoga ok Eufrátes, ógn, eiðrennir ok Apardjón.
Tiber, Durn, Dvina, Thames, Vǫnd and Strǫnd, Marne, loamy stream, noise, Marne and Götaälv, nourished one, wave, Alkoga and Euphrates, terror, isthmus-runner and Aberdeen.
readings
[3] Mǫrn: so Tˣ, A, B, ‘mavra’ R, ‘maura’ C
notes
[3] Mǫrn (f.) ‘Marne’: So Tˣ, A, B. Either the Marne in France or the Norwegian Mandalselva; cf. the Modern Norwegian town Mandal (< ON Marnadalr; see ÍO: Mörn 2, Rygh 1904, 155 and Morn in the next line). Mǫrn is also the name of a giantess (Þjóð Haustl 6/4 and 12/8), and it is not clear if there is a connection between the river-heiti and the name of the giantess (see AEW: Mǫrn). The R, C variant mǫra (‘maura’) could be the Old Norse name for Strath More in Scotland (CVC 780). — [4] Morn ‘Marne’: Perhaps a variant of Mǫrn ‘the Marne’. See Note to Mǫrn in l. 3 above. Cf. the river-name Sæmorn in HHj 5/6 (NK 141).