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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hrafns 1III/2 — óværi ‘restless one’

Hrafn, holdbori,         Huginn, óværi,
blæingr, liti,         borginmóði,
hornklofi, viti,         klóakan,
krákr, drúkr, Muninn,         corvus, geri.

Hrafn, holdbori, Huginn, óværi, blæingr, liti, borginmóði, hornklofi, viti, klóakan, krákr, drúkr, Muninn, corvus, geri.

Raven, flesh-borer, Huginn, restless one, black one, sharp-seeing one, borginmóði, horn-splitter, wise one, sharp-clawed one, crow, drúkr, Muninn, corvus, greedy one.

readings

[2] óværi: óveri B

notes

[2] óværi (m.) ‘restless one’: In this form the name probably means either ‘restless one’ or ‘unfriendly one’ (formed from the negative prefix ó- and the adj. værr ‘peaceful, tranquil’). However, since [e] is normally rendered as <æ> in ms. A, the actual form of this heiti may well be óveri (so B). In this case the word could be connected with the weak verb verja ‘defend’, but the meaning of óveri is unclear. The LaufE mss have óvari ‘incautious one’ here.

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