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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Øxna 1III/10 — Vingnis ‘Vingnir’s’

Enn skal segja         øxna heiti:
árvakr, drjóni         ok jǫrmunrekr,
simi, Freyr, Reginn,         smiðr, eyþvari,
Rauðr ok rekningr         ok røkkvihliðr,
viggi, bautuðr,         Vingnis stjóri.

Enn skal segja heiti øxna: árvakr, drjóni ok jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smiðr, eyþvari, Rauðr ok rekningr ok røkkvihliðr, viggi, bautuðr, stjóri Vingnis.

In addition I shall say names for oxen: alert one, bellower and jǫrmunrekr, simi, Freyr, Reginn, smith, island-borer, Rauðr and driven one and røkkvihliðr, viggi, striker, Vingnir’s guide.

readings

[10] Vingnis: vingnir A, B

notes

[10] stjóri Vingnis ‘Vingnir’s guide’: The name could allude to a lost legend. Alternatively, Vingnir m. and stjóri m. may be two separate heiti (so mss A and B, and adopted in Skj B and Skald). Vingnir is also a giant’s name, as well as a name for Óðinn and Þórr (Þul Jǫtna I 5/8, Þul Óðins 5/8). As to stjóri ‘leader, guide’, Kock (NN §2158B) argues that, despite possible associations with the weak verb stýra ‘steer, guide’, in the present context the word is a weak form of ON stjórr m. ‘steer, young bull’ (cf. OE steor, Goth. stiur, ModGer. Stier ‘bull’).

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