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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Orma 4III/5 — ráðrráðr

Liðr, japr, bráinn,         linni, stefningr,
snillingr, viðnir,         serfr ok vinduðr,
ráðr, rábia,         reimir, seimir,
Móinn, dalginna         ok Miðgarðsormr.

Liðr, japr, bráinn, linni, stefningr, snillingr, viðnir, serfr ok vinduðr, ráðr, rábia, reimir, seimir, Móinn, dalginna ok Miðgarðsormr.

Serpent, japr, flickering one, reptile, stefningr, swift one, forest-dweller, serfr and coiling one, ráðr, rábia, stringing one, glittering one, Móinn, dale-poisoner and Miðgarðsormr.

readings

[5] ráðr rábia: ‘vínningr’ B

notes

[5] ráðr (m.): The word is a hap. leg. and its meaning is uncertain (possibly ‘counsellor, adviser’ from the strong verb ráða ‘advise’). Ráðr occurs in this sense as a second element in Germanic personal names (e.g. Gangráðr, Þul Óðins 3/2). It is also possible that ráðr could mean ‘owner, ruler’ (cf. stýrir ‘ruler’ in st. 3/6 above). De Vries (AEW: ráðr 1) suggests that the word could mean ‘clasping (or embracing) one’ (from Gmc *wrēþan from a root *wer- in the sense ‘surround, embrace’; cf. vinduðr ‘coiling one’ in l. 4).

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