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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hrúts 1III/3 — gumarrgumarr

Hrútr, ofrhyrningr,         hornumskvali,
gumarr, hornglóinn         ok gjaldhróinn,
hveðurr, hornglói,         Hallinskíði,
berr, hornhróinn         ok Heimdali,
bekri, miðjungr,         blær, mǫrðr ok veðr.

Hrútr, ofrhyrningr, hornumskvali, gumarr, hornglóinn ok gjaldhróinn, hveðurr, hornglói, Hallinskíði, berr, hornhróinn ok Heimdali, bekri, miðjungr, blær, mǫrðr ok veðr.

Ram, mighty-horned one, horn-clamourer, gumarr, horn-glowing one and gjaldhróinn, roarer, horn-glowing one, Hallinskíði, berr, hornhróinn and Heimdali, bellower, middler, bleater, mǫrðr and wether.

readings

[3] gumarr: ‘gummarr’

notes

[3] gumarr: This heiti could be the same word as the first element in OSwed. gummerlamb ‘ram’ (cf. also New Norw. gumsa ‘sheep’, ModSwed. gumse ‘ram’ and ON gemla ‘one-year-old sheep’, gemlingr ‘one-year-old ram’; see AEW: gumarr).

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