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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hauks 2III/2 — undskornir ‘wound-cleaver’

Yrlygr, ymir,         undskornir, valr,
ifjungr, ifli,         ifill, Veðrfǫlnir,
forseti, viðnir,         fjǫrsungr, þrǫmmungr,
olgr, mútari,         ǫglir, sauðnir.

Yrlygr, ymir, undskornir, valr, ifjungr, ifli, ifill, Veðrfǫlnir, forseti, viðnir, fjǫrsungr, þrǫmmungr, olgr, mútari, ǫglir, sauðnir.

Fighter, clamourer, wound-cleaver, falcon, hooded one, blindfolded one, bound one, Veðrfǫlnir, watchful one, forest-dweller, spotted one, lumbering one, noise-maker, moulted one, ǫglir, one suffering from heat.

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[2] undskornir (m.) ‘wound-cleaver’: The first element in this cpd name is und f. ‘wound’ and the second component is derived from the strong verb skera ‘cut’. Thus the heiti refers to a bird of prey. In Skm (SnE 1998, I, 92), this word is mentioned among the heiti for ‘eagle’, but it is not found in poetry.

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