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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Veðra 2III/7 — rekr ‘witchcraft’

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

[7] ‑rekr: ‘‑rek[…]’ B, ‑rekr 744ˣ

notes

[7] ganrekr (m.) ‘one driven by witchcraft’: The correct form of this heiti is most likely gandrekr ‘one driven by witchcraft’ (a gale brought about by witchcraft; cf. LP: gandrekr, so also Skald). Alternatively, the word could be interpreted as ‘noise-driver’ (if so, from gan n. ‘yawn, shout, noise, foolish behaviour’ and the verb gana ‘open up, gape’, ‘be greedy, pursue sby greedily’, ‘stare’). Mss A(14v, 20v) and B have gan- without any variants.

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