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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Eyv Lv 12I/1 — Snýr ‘It is snowing’

Snýr á Svǫlnis vôru
— svá hǫfum inn sem Finnar
birkihind of bundit
brums — at miðju sumri.

Snýr á vôru Svǫlnis at miðju sumri; hǫfum of bundit birkihind brums inn svá sem Finnar.

It is snowing on the spouse of Svǫlnir <= Óðinn> [= Jǫrð (jǫrð ‘earth’)] in the middle of summer; we have tied up the bark-stripping hind of the bud [GOAT] inside just like the Saami.

readings

[1] Snýr: snýr á F

notes

[1] snýr ‘it is snowing’: The 3rd pers. pres. indic. form of an otherwise unattested verb *snýja ‘to snow’ (ÍF 26); see further Note to SnSt Ht 62/1III.

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