Þul Kvenna II 2III/3 — veig ‘strong beverage’
Reið, selja, strind, rein, skorð ok fjǫrn,
bjǫrk, veig ok þǫll, brík, þopta, Gefn,
lág, grund ok hlíð, Lodda, bróka,
fit, norn, fold, Þír* ok lind.
Reið, selja, strind, rein, skorð ok fjǫrn, bjǫrk, veig ok þǫll, brík, þopta, Gefn, lág, grund ok hlíð, Lodda, bróka, fit, norn, fold, Þír* ok lind.
Chariot, sallow, earth, strip of land, prop and landscape, birch, strong beverage and fir-tree, plank, thwart, Gefn, log, ground and slope, Ludden, bróka, meadow, norn, field, Þír and linden-tree.
notes
[3] veig (f.) ‘strong beverage’: The primary meaning of the word is ‘a kind of strong beverage, drink’ (see CVC: veig) and it normally features in kennings as the determinant rather than base-word. It is likely that the presence of this word in this þula may be explained by the fact that it frequently appears as a second part in f. personal names (e.g. Álm-, Bǫð-, Goll-, Ráð-, Sólveig, where ‑veig perhaps means either ‘strength’ or ‘warlike’; see AEW: veig 5). The only instance in which ‑veig appears in a cpd in skaldic poetry is VGl Lv 7/6V (Glúm 7) hǫrveig ‘linen-wearer’ (so LP: hǫrveig). Alternatively, veig in this stanza could be the same word as the Norwegian island Veig ‘Vega’ (see Þul Islands l. 6 and cf. the island Lodda ‘Ludden’ in l. 6 below).