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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Orma 4III/7 — Móinn ‘Móinn’

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

[7] Móinn: ‘m[…]nn’ B, ‘moínn’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] Móinn: Lit. ‘heath-dweller’ (from mór ‘moor, heath’ and the characterising adjectival suffix ‑inn). One of the mythical serpents that gnaw on the roots of the ash Yggdrasill (Grí 34/4; Gylf, SnE 2005, 19). Móinn is mentioned among serpent-heiti in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 90) and in the list in LaufE. The name is also found in Þul Hesta 4/1 and as a second element in poetic compounds (e.g. the sword-heiti gest-Móinn in Þul Sverða 9/7 and fík-Móinn in Þul Hjálms 1/4). In skaldic poetry, móinn is used in kennings as a heiti for ‘serpent’ in general.

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