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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Kvenna II 2III/8 — fold ‘field’

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.

readings

[8] fold: ‘vø̨lld’ A

notes

[8] fold (f.) ‘field’: The ms. reads ‘vø̨ld’, which cannot be construed to make any sense in this context, and initial f- is required by alliteration.

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