Þul Viðar 3III/8 — jǫlstr ‘willow’
Lind, lág ok linnr, lyng, skíð, pera,
þǫll ok þyrnir, þinurr, storð ok klungr,
mǫsurr ok grǫn tvenn ok marhrísla,
ilstri, vínviðr, jǫlstr, cípressus.
Lind, lág ok linnr, lyng, skíð, pera, þǫll ok þyrnir, þinurr, storð ok klungr, mǫsurr ok grǫn tvenn ok marhrísla, ilstri, vínviðr, jǫlstr, cípressus.
Linden, log and serpent, heather, firewood, pear-tree, fir and bramble, fir, sapling and wild briar, burl and two pines and mare-twig, willow, vine, willow, cípressus.
readings
[8] jǫlstr: ‘ióstr’ A, ‘jostr’ B
notes
[8] jǫlstr (m.) ‘willow’: In this þula the word is spelled (normalised) jóstr (so also the LaufE mss). Cf. ModIcel. jölstur ‘willow’, New Norw. ister, ModSwed. dialects jolster, jälster, juster ‘laurel willow’ (Salix pentandra), from Gmc *elustrō (AEW: jǫlstr). The word does not occur in Old Norse sources other than in the present stanza and in Guðr I 19/5-7 (NK 205): nú em ec svá lítil, | sem lauf sé | opt í iǫlstrom ‘now I am as small as a leaf often is on willows’. See also ilstri ‘willow’ in l. 7 above.