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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Á 6III/7 — Ylgr ‘Ylgr’

Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð,         Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt,         Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn         ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð;         Jorðán es á lesti.

Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, tvær Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.

Nyt, Hrǫnn and need, Nǫt, Slíðr and Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr and Ǫrmt, two Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr and yn and Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð and flood; Jordan is the last.

notes

[7] Ylgr (f.): Lit. ‘she-wolf’ (see Note to Sylgr l. 5 above). There are semantically parallel geographical names such as the Norwegian river Ulva (Rygh 1904, 285) and a Swedish lake called Ulven, mentioned by Hale (1983, 180), both derived from ON úlfr m. ‘wolf’. Alternatively, Ylgr might be related to ModIcel. ylgja f. and ólga f. ‘sea swell’ (Hale loc. cit.).

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