Þul Kvenna II 2III/6 — Lodda ‘Ludden’
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
[6] Lodda ‘Ludden’: This may be Ludden, an island in Rogaland, south-western Norway (see Þul Eyja 5/2 and Note to veig in l. 3 above). Alternatively, the word has been explained as a pejorative term for ‘woman’ (cf. New Norw. lodde ‘shortish and shapeless woman’, ModSwed. dialects ludda ‘slattern’; ÍO: lodda 2). The name occurs in a woman-kenning in Bjhít Lv 12/2V (BjH 16).