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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Orma 3III/3 — langbarðr ‘long-bearded one’

Níðhǫggr, náinn,         niðr, holdvari,
langbarðr, lýðir,         linnr, heiðbúi,
strykr, steinbúi,         stýrir, Sváfnir,
snákr, scorpion,         sneldingr, naðra.

Níðhǫggr, náinn, niðr, holdvari, langbarðr, lýðir, linnr, heiðbúi, strykr, steinbúi, stýrir, Sváfnir, snákr, scorpion, sneldingr, naðra.

Níðhǫggr, corpse-like one, descendant, flesh-wary one, long-bearded one, lýðir, serpent, heath-dweller, striped one, stone-dweller, ruler, Sváfnir, snake, scorpion, wicked one, viper.

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[3] langbarðr (m.) ‘long-bearded one’: As a heiti for ‘serpent’, the word occurs only in this þula, but it is also found in Þul Óðins 7/6 and Þul Sverða 2/3. It is likely that this word was transferred from a list of Óðinn’s names (see Note to grímr in st. 2/5 above). Another possibility is a semantic derivation ‘sword’ > ‘serpent’, since orma heiti are traditionally used as base-words in kennings for ‘sword’ (cf. other heiti for both ‘sword’ and ‘serpent’, e.g. Níðhǫggr in l. 1 above).

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