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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Orma 3III/8 — sneldingr ‘wicked 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.

readings

[8] sneldingr: snelduðr B

notes

[8] sneldingr (m.) ‘wicked one’: A hap. leg., which has the derivational suffix -uðr in B. According to AEW: sneldingr, this heiti is possibly derived from the adj. sneldr ‘wicked, cruel’. Alternatively, it could be related to snáldr m. ‘snout’, attested in Old Norse prose as a term for a snake’s snout (Konraðs saga ch. 9, Cederschiöld 1884, 70); cf. ÍO: sneldingur).

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