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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Veðra 2III/5 — gǫnsuðr ‘rusher’

Gǫnsurr, gráði,         gol, ofviðri,
gjósta, grindill,         gæla ok óhljóðr,
gneggjuðr, gǫnsuðr,         gœ, dynfari,
hlǫmmuðr, ganrekr,         húsbrjótr ok þjótr.

Gǫnsurr, gráði, gol, ofviðri, gjósta, grindill, gæla ok óhljóðr, gneggjuðr, gǫnsuðr, gœ, dynfari, hlǫmmuðr, ganrekr, húsbrjótr ok þjótr.

Rushing one, zephyr, steady wind, flurry, flaw, destroyer, whiff and un-silent one, neigher, rusher, winter-weather, din-farer, roarer, one driven by witchcraft, house-destroyer and howler.

readings

[5] gneggjuðr gǫnsuðr: ‘geíg[…]o᷎nsudr’ B, ‘geíguðr go᷎nsudr’ 744ˣ

notes

[5] gǫnsuðr (m.) ‘rusher’: See Note to l. 1 above.

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