Hyndla spake:
16. "Hence come the Skjoldungs, | hence the Skilfings,
Hence the Othlings, | hence the Ynglings,
Hence come the free-born, | hence the high-born,
The noblest of men | that in Mithgarth dwell:
And all are thy kinsmen, | Ottar, thou fool!
17. Hildigun then | her mother hight,
The daughter of Svava | and Sækonung;
And all are thy kinsmen, | Ottar, thou fool!
It is much to know,-- | wilt thou hear yet more?
18. The mate of Dag | was a mother of heroes,
Thora, who bore him | the bravest of fighters,
Frathmar and Gyrth | and the Frekis twain,
Am and Jofurmar, | Alf the Old;
It is much to know,-- | wilt thou hear yet more?
19. Her husband was Ketil, | the heir of Klypp,
He was of thy mother | the mother's-father;
Before the days | of Kari was Frothi,
And horn of Hild | was Hoalf then.
20. Next was Nanna, | daughter of Nokkvi,
Thy father's kinsman | her son became;
Old is the line, | and longer still,
And all are thy kinsmen, | Ottar, thou fool!"
[16. Compare stanza 11. All or part of this stanza may be interpolated.
17. Hildigun (or Hildiguth): with this the poem returns to Ottar's direct ancestry, Hildigun being Friaut's mother. Line 4: cf. the refrain-line
in the Voluspo (stanzas 27, 29, etc.).
18. Another interpolation, as Ketil (stanza 19, line 1) is the husband of Hildigun (stanza 17). Dag: one of Halfdan's sons, and ancestor of the
Döglings. Line 5 may be a late addition.
19. Ketil: the semi-mythical Ketil Hortha-Kari, from whom various Icelandic families traced their descent. Hoalf: probably King Half of Horthaland,
hero of the Halfssaga, and son of Hjorleif and Hild (cf. stanza 12, note).
20. Nanna: the manuscript has "Manna." Of Nanna and her father, Nokkvi, we know nothing, but apparently Nanna's son married a sister of Instein,
Ottar's father.]
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Hyndla kvað:
16. "Þaðan eru Skjöldungar, þaðan Skilfingar,
þaðan Öðlingar, þaðan Ynglingar,
þaðan höldborit, þaðan hersborit,
mest manna val und Miðgarði;
allt er þat ætt þín, Óttarr heimski.
17. Var Hildigunnr hennar móðir,
Sváfu barn ok sækonungs;
allt er þat ætt þín, Óttarr heimski.
Varðar, at viti svá. Viltu enn lengra?
18. Dagr átti Þóru drengja móður,
ólusk í ætt þar æðstir kappar:
Fraðmarr ok Gyrðr ok Frekar báðir,
Ámr ok Jösurmarr, Alfr inn gamli.
Varðar, at viti svá. Viltu enn lengra?
19. Ketill hét vinr þeira, Klypps arfþegi,
var hann móðurfaðir móður þinnar;
þar var Fróði fyrr en Kári,
inn eldri var Alfr of getinn.
20. Nanna var næst þar Nökkva dóttir,
var mögr hennar mágr þíns föður;
fyrnð er sú mægð, fram tel ek lengra;
kunna ek báða Brodd ok Hörvi;
allt er þat ætt þín, Óttarr heimski."
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