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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Grýlu 1III/6 — ǫldungr ‘elder’

Skolli, slapparðr         ok Skaufhali,
skollr, melrakki,         skaufi, Grýla;
enn es refr ok Skrǫggr,         ǫldungr, dáinn,
laufafettir,         fóa, brunnmigi.

Skolli, slapparðr ok Skaufhali, skollr, melrakki, skaufi, Grýla; enn es refr ok Skrǫggr, ǫldungr, dáinn, laufafettir, fóa, brunnmigi.

Skulker, weakling and Skaufhali, deceiver, arctic fox, tailed one, Grýla; further there is fox and Skrǫggr, elder, deceased one, leaf-pacer, fox, spring-pisser.

notes

[6] ǫldungr (m.) ‘elder’: Cf. ǫldungr m. ‘famous man’. This word is also a term for ‘ox’ (see Þul Øxna 3/3 and Note there), but it is not found elsewhere as a heiti for ‘fox’.

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