I am making a wall hanging in needlepoint of the Yggdrasil Illustration from
the Icelandic manuscript AM 738, 4to., bl. 44r, from 1680. I had bought a
post card of this illustration at the Arne Magnusson Institute last year. It
is in color, and the tree looks like a kind of palm tree. I have not found
this picture on the internet so far.
I am trying to decipher all the words in the illustration so that I can
produce them properly on the wall hanging. There is quite a variation of
spelling, using upper and lower case, change in types of letters, etc. If
you can clarify some of these words, please write back.
Starting at the top of the tree:
askur yckdrasils (why an "s" at the end?)
In front of the hawk:
Vedr
folnir
Behind the eagle:
Hakur mylla
augria
Ørn syturi
syn afli (I am really guessing here, the scribbles are hard to read)
Names of the harts:
Duneyr
Dvalin (the n has a line over it)
Durathror
Däin
By the squirrel:
Rata
tøskur
þer øf (the first letter could be an "f", the last letter could be a "p")
undar (is this one word?)
ord my
Hu agr
og nyt
hoggs
At bottom:
Nydhogg
nagar
Your help is much appreciated!
Regards,
Birgit Knorr