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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Øxna 4III/4 — œzt ‘the noblest’

Kýr heitir skirja,         kvíga ok frenja
ok Auðhumbla;         hon es œzt kúa.

Kýr heitir skirja, kvíga ok frenja ok Auðhumbla; hon es œzt kúa.

A cow is called young cow, heifer and lower and Auðhumbla; she is the noblest of cows.

readings

[4] œzt: elzt , A, B

notes

[4] œzt kúa ‘the noblest of cows’: In mss , A and B Auðhumbla is characterised as elzt kúa ‘the oldest of cows’ (adopted in Skj B and Skald).

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