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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hrúts 1III/7 — hornhorn’

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.

notes

[7] hornhróinn: A hap. leg. See Note to gjaldhróinn (l. 4 above). Faulkes (SnE 1998, II, 316) gives the translation ‘high-horned’ here.

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