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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Øxna 2III/5 — hliðrhliðr

Himinhrjóðr, simir         ok harðfari,
Hœfir, digni,         hjǫlluðr, simull,
hliðr, stúfr ok litr,         hríðr, forsimi,
Arfr, jǫrmuni         ok eikismiðr.

Himinhrjóðr, simir ok harðfari, Hœfir, digni, hjǫlluðr, simull, hliðr, stúfr ok litr, hríðr, forsimi, Arfr, jǫrmuni ok eikismiðr.

Himinhrjóðr, simir and hard-goer, Hœfir, stout one, roarer, simull, hliðr, stump and coloured one, hríðr, forsimi, Arfr, mighty one and eikismiðr.

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[5] hliðr (m.): Other than in the present stanza, the heiti is mentioned in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 109) as an example of wordplay: Hlið heitir á garði ok hlið kalla menn oxa ‘There is what is called a gateway (hlið) in a fence, and people call an ox hlið’). Hliðr is also a heiti for ‘stag’ (Þul Hjartar l. 2). The meaning of this heiti is not clear (see also røkkvihliðr, st. 1/8 above).

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