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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Kvenna II 2III/7 — norn ‘norn’

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.

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[7] fit, norn ‘meadow, norn’: Since this line is hypometrical, Konráð Gíslason (Nj 1875-89, II, 898) suggested emendation to fit, norn ok Hrund (for the last name, see Þul Valkyrja 2/4 and Note).

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