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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Bjarnar 1III/1 — bolmr ‘mighty one’

Bjǫrn, bersi, bolmr,         bera, elgviðnir,
blájaxl, ísolfr         ok breiðvegi,
bestingr, bassi,         balti, hlébarðr,
úfr, frekr, vilnir,         jórekr, mǫsmi,
fetviðnir, húnn,         fress, vetrliði,
íugtanni, jalfuðr,         ifjungr, vilskarpr.

Bjǫrn, bersi, bolmr, bera, elgviðnir, blájaxl, ísolfr ok breiðvegi, bestingr, bassi, balti, hlébarðr, úfr, frekr, vilnir, jórekr, mǫsmi, fetviðnir, húnn, fress, vetrliði, íugtanni, jalfuðr, ifjungr, vilskarpr.

Bear, little bear, mighty one, she-bear, elk-forest-dweller, dark molar, ice-wolf and broad-fighter, haltered one, bassi, heavy-stepper, hlébarðr, gruff one, greedy one, vilnir, horse-powerful one, mǫsmi, fetviðnir, bear-cub, snarler, winter-survivor, greedy-toothed one, roarer, hooded one, bowel-sharp one.

readings

[1] bolmr: so C, blómr all others

notes

[1] bolmr (m.) ‘mighty one’: So C. This poetic word for ‘bear’ occurs in a kenning for ‘giant’ (Þjóð Haustl 18/4). The origin of the heiti is obscure. It could mean ‘mighty one’ (cf. ModSwed. dialects bolmstark ‘very strong’; AEW: bolmr). All other mss have ‘blomr’, presumably with metathesis. Blómr is also recorded in the list of bjarnar heiti in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 88).

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