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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Bjarnar 1III/12 — vilskarpr ‘bowel-sharp 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

[12] vilskarpr: ‘[…]karp[…]’ B, ‘… skarpr744ˣ

notes

[12] vilskarpr (m.) ‘bowel-sharp one’: This name probably refers to the emptiness of a bear’s guts (vil n. pl.) after hibernation (cf. ‘shrivelled-gut’ suggested in SnE 1998, II, 429). The word is not found other than in the list of bjarnar heiti in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 88) and in the present þula.

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