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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Hugar ok hjarta 1III/4 — gollorr ‘pericardium’

Móðr, hjarta, hnegg,         munr, hugr, sefi,
geð, heil, sjafni,         gollorr ok eljun.

Móðr, hjarta, hnegg, munr, hugr, sefi, geð, heil, sjafni, gollorr ok eljun.

Spirit, heart, core, pleasure, thought, mind, mood, brain, love, pericardium and energy.

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[4] gollorr ‘pericardium’: Gollorr m. is etymologically related to gola f. ‘large intestine, colon’ (see AEW: gola; gollorr). The only other occurrences of this word in poetry is GunnLeif Merl I 82/8VIII gollorheimi ‘home of the pericardium [BREAST]’ and GunnLeif Merl II 35/6VIII gollorhallir ‘halls of the pericardium [BREASTS]’ (see Notes there).

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