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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Sólar 1III/3 — leiptr ‘lightning’

Sól ok sunna,         sýn, fagrahvél,
leiptr, hrjóðr, leika,         líknskin, rǫðull,
leiptr, ifrǫðull         ok ljósfari,
drífandi, alfrǫðull         ok Dvalins leika.

Sól ok sunna, sýn, fagrahvél, leiptr, hrjóðr, leika, líknskin, rǫðull, leiptr, ifrǫðull ok ljósfari, drífandi, alfrǫðull ok leika Dvalins.

Sun and sunlight, sight, fair-wheel, lightning, coverer, plaything, grace-shine, disc, lightning, doubt-disc and light-bringer, driving one, elf-disc and Dvalinn’s <dwarf’s> plaything.

readings

[3] leiptr: om. C, ‘[…]eíptr’ B, leiptr 744ˣ

notes

[3] leiptr, hrjóðr ‘lightning, coverer’: As heiti for ‘sun’ these words are found only in this stanza, but the same pair appears among heiti for ‘heaven’ in Skm (SnE 1998, I, 85) and in Þul Himins II l. 7 (see Note there). Hrjóðr is also the name of one of the nine heavens in Þul Himins I l. 13 and in Þul Himins II l. 6. It is possible that hrjóðr has been included in the present stanza owing to confusion of the two lists of heiti (see also Notes to ll. 6-7 below). For leiptr, see Note to l. 5 below.

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