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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Fugla 2III/8 — skurfirskurfir

Óðinshani, alka,         ǫnd, hrossagaukr,
hrafn, hœns, himbrin,         hryggjarstykki,
heri, hani, hœna         ok hilduri,
úfr, valr, smyrill,         ugla, skurfir.

Óðinshani, alka, ǫnd, hrossagaukr, hrafn, hœns, himbrin, hryggjarstykki, heri, hani, hœna ok hilduri, úfr, valr, smyrill, ugla, skurfir.

Red-necked phalarope, auk, duck, snipe, raven, poultry, great northern diver, hryggjarstykki, heri, rooster, hen and hilduri, eagle-owl, falcon, merlin, owl, skurfir.

notes

[8] skurfir (m.): A hap. leg. It is not clear what kind of bird this is, but skurfir is perhaps related to skarfr ‘cormorant’ (ÍO: skurfir; see st. 3/6 below); if so, skurfir may mean ‘cormorant’, Phalacrocorax carbo (Bjarni Sæmundsson 1936, 503). In Skj B and Skald, the heiti is spelled skyrfir.

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