Þul Fugla 1III/6 — doðrkvisa ‘doðrkvisa’
Gammr, grípr, gaukþjórr, gaukr, sviplækja,
grágás, heimgás, gagl ok helsingr,
geirfugl, geitungr, gleða, doðrkvisa,
ari, nagr, arta, ǫlpt, már ok haukr.
Gammr, grípr, gaukþjórr, gaukr, sviplækja, grágás, heimgás, gagl ok helsingr, geirfugl, geitungr, gleða, doðrkvisa, ari, nagr, arta, ǫlpt, már ok haukr.
Vulture, griffin, wryneck, cuckoo, sviplækja, grey goose, domestic goose, gosling and barnacle goose, great auk, wasp, kite, doðrkvisa, eagle, nagr, teal, swan, seagull and hawk.
notes
[6] doðrkvisa: A hap. leg. and an unknown kind of bird. For the first element, doðr- cf. ModIcel. lækjardoðra, lækjaduðra, also a bird-name, which Eggert Ólafsson (Eggert Ólafsson and Bjarni Pálsson 1772, 985) identifies as ‘water rail’ (Rallus aquaticus) or ‘redshank’ (Tringa totanus). The identification of the latter bird is, however, uncertain (Bjarni Sæmundsson 1936, 355). Cf. also doðka (st. 6/1 below). The second element, ‑kvisa, is likely to be related to the weak verb kvisa ‘gossip, whisper’, and it may refer to the twitter of a bird (see ÍO: doðra, doðrkvisa).