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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Bjarnar 1III/11 — íug ‘greedy’

Þul Bjarnar 1III

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

[11] íug‑: víg‑ , B

notes

[11] íugtanni (m.) ‘greedy-toothed one’: This is an obscure word, whose first element is most likely derived from an adj. *íugr ‘greedy’ and the second from tǫnn f. ‘tooth’. Mss , B have the variant víg- ‘battle-’ (cf. vígtǫnn in Grett Lv 3/8V (Gr 11)). See also LP: íugtanni, SnE 1998, II, 329 and Note to Anon (FoGT) 4/2.

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