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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hafrs 1III/2 — ǫlnir ‘ǫlnir’

Hafr heitir Grímnir         ok Geirǫlnir,
Tanngnjóstr, kjappi         ok Tanngrisnir,
skimuðr ok brúsi,         bokkr, Grímr taliðr.

Hafr heitir Grímnir ok Geirǫlnir, Tanngnjóstr, kjappi ok Tanngrisnir, skimuðr ok brúsi, bokkr, Grímr taliðr.

A male goat is called Grímnir and Geirǫlnir, Tanngnjóstr, chopper and Tanngrisnir, one looking around and rusher, buck, Grímr [is] counted.

readings

[2] ‑ǫlnir: ‑ólnir B

notes

[2] Geirǫlnir: Lit. ‘spear-feeder’. The first element is geirr m. ‘spear’ and the second is derived from the strong verb ala ‘nourish, feed’. As a heiti for ‘goat’ the name does not occur elsewhere, but Geirǫlnir is a name for Óðinn (see Þul Óðins 5/6 and Note to Grímnir, l. 1 above). Cf. also Ǫlni (Þul Dverga 4/4).

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