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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hauks 1III/3 — heiðir ‘heath-dweller’

Haukr, hamðir, harmr,         Hábrók, tregi,
heiðir, heimþér,         hrímnir, kǫglingr,
ginnarr, gamðir         ok geirlǫðnir,
gǫllungr, ginnungr         ok gaglhati.

Haukr, hamðir, harmr, Hábrók, tregi, heiðir, heimþér, hrímnir, kǫglingr, ginnarr, gamðir ok geirlǫðnir, gǫllungr, ginnungr ok gaglhati.

Hawk, hamðir, sorrow, Hábrók, grief, heath-dweller, heimþér, noise-maker, tracking one, deceiver, amusing one and spear-inviter, screamer, impostor and goose-hater.

readings

[3] heiðir: so B, ‘heiþér’ A

notes

[3] heiðir (m.) ‘heath-dweller’: So B. Ms. A has ‘heiþér’ (see Note to hamðir, l. 1 above). The heiti is probably derived from heiðr f. ‘heath’ and refers to a wild bird. Alternatively, it could be related to heiðr m. ‘honour, payment’ and mean ‘noble gift’ (if so, as Falk 1925a, 239 believes, this word possibly denotes a bird given as a gift or as payment).

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