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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Þul Elds 2III/2 — linnr ‘serpent’

Leygr, vafrlogi,         linnr ok farri,
brandr, fýr, túsi,         brími, nertill,
viti, eimyrja,         vélann, fasti,
funi, hyrr, fœðir,         fúrr ok eisa.

Leygr, vafrlogi, linnr ok farri, brandr, fýr, túsi, brími, nertill, viti, eimyrja, vélann, fasti, funi, hyrr, fœðir, fúrr ok eisa.

Flame, flickering flame, serpent and wanderer, fire, blaze, crackling one, burning, gnawing one, beacon, live coals, deceiver, fire, pyre, flare, feeder, bonfire and glowing embers.

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[2] linnr (m.) ‘serpent’: A poetic term for ‘serpent’ (see Þul Orma 3/4; also listed in Þul Viðar 3/1), possibly metaphorically transferred to fire (perhaps ‘flexible’ or ‘biting’), but never otherwise attested as a heiti for ‘fire’. RE 1665 has ‘Linur’, i.e. the adj. linr ‘mild, soft, pleasant’, which makes little sense in the context.

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