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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Vargs 1III/7 — gildr ‘worthy one’

Vargr, ulfr, Geri,         vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri,
Hati, Hróðvitnir         ok heiðingi,
Freki ok viðnir,         Fenrir, hlébarðr,
Goti, gildr, glammi,         gylðir, ímarr,
ímr ok egðir         ok skolkinni.

Vargr, ulfr, Geri, vitnir ok hninnir, grádýri, Hati, Hróðvitnir ok heiðingi, Freki ok viðnir, Fenrir, hlébarðr, Goti, gildr, glammi, gylðir, ímarr, ímr ok egðir ok skolkinni.

Wolf, he-wolf, Geri, watcher and hninnir, grey-beast, Hati, Hróðvitnir and heath-dweller, Freki and forest-dweller, Fenrir, hlébarðr, Goti, worthy one, noisy one, howler, combatant, dusky one and edged one and dark-cheeked one.

readings

[7] gildr: gildir A, ‘gylld[…]’ B, ‘gýlldir’ 744ˣ

notes

[7] gildr (m.) ‘worthy one’: A substantivised adj. (gildr ‘worthy’) and not attested elsewhere as a heiti for ‘wolf’. According to LP: 1. gildr, the heiti could be a variant or a corrupt form of gylðir (see l. 8); cf. the variants gildir (A) and ‘gýlldir’ (B), although those variants produce a hypermetrical line.

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