Giants II
21. Hlói, Ganglati
and Helreginn,
Hrossþjófr, Durnir,
Hundálfr, Baugi,
Hrauðungr, Fenrir,
Hróarr and Miði.
Æsir
22. Now I shall list
the Æsir’s names:
There are Yggr and Thor
and Yngvi-Freyr,
Víðarr and Baldr,
Váli and Heimdallr,
there are Týr and Njörðr,
and next I list Bragi,
Höðr, Forseti,
the last here is Loki.
Goddesses
23. Now shall the goddesses
all be named:
Frigg and Freyja,
Fulla and Snotra,
Gerðr and Gefjon,
Gná, Lofn, Skaði,
Jörð and Iðunn,
Ilmr,1 Bil, Njörun.
24. Hlín and Nanna,
Hnoss, Rindr and Sjöfn,
Sól and Sága,
Sigyn and Vör.
There is Vár, and Syn
needs to be named,
and Þrúðr and Rán
are enumerated next after them.
25. Now, Freyja wept
gold for Óðr.
Names of hers are
Hörn and Þrungva,
Sýr, Skjalf and Gefn,
and likewise Mardöll.
Her daughters are
Hnoss and Gersimi.
Valkyries
26. And these others
are Óðin's maidens:
Hildr and Göndul,
Hlökk, Mist, Skögul,
then are Hrund and Eir,
Hrist, and Skuld listed.
Those who shape need2
are known as norns;
Nift and Dísi
I will now name.
A Woman
27. Gentlewoman, bride, lady,
proud lady, spark,
woman, dame, female,
sweet thing, widow,
housewife, wife and sweetheart,
slender lady, matron,
bondswoman, haughty one and war-widow,
maiden and old lady.
A Man
28. Time it is to tell
the terms for men:
poets and husbands,
men and bachelors,
stallions, yeomen,
braves, males,
a company, masters
and landowners.
29. Heroes, thanes,
stalwarts, gentry,
menfolk and seamen,
soldiers, holders,
fellow travelers, a household,
a band, hardymen,
champions and men of valor,
fighters, mates.
30. Population and folk
and bosses,
troops and hosts,
the common people and hordes,
the people, dandies,
lions and travelers,
a gentle, a noble,
a great man, a sage.
31. There’s the illustrious man
and the gold-giving lord,
wealth-amassers
and show-offs,
an army and a division
and chieftains,
the nation and the county,
the assembly, the populace.
32. Now there’s the throng and the crowd,
the village, good people,
the household and servants,
the down-chinned, men of courage,
a crew and a gathering,
a garrison, dandies,
beings and "brians".
33. And there are further
terms for people,
the bodyguard and mercenaries
and housecarls,
a personal army and a couple,
if I list them all,
confidant and buddy
and counselor.
34. Housemates,
staffers,
bench-mate and acquaintance,
fellows and followers,
there are partners
and kinsmen together,
friend, hug-buddy,
the king’s guard, men.
35. Great-grandfather and relative,
grandfather, son, father,
brother, twin,
bro and sib,
baby, child, nephew
and heir,
there are full-blood brothers
and branches from the tree.
36. Offspring, clansman,
relation and kid,
gentleman and a lineage,
kinsman, a line,
youth, buddy,
in-law and secret-sharer,
clan, family line,
dependent and swain.
37. Drinking buddies
and brothers-in-law,
progeny there are
and pillar of the family,
there are council-member
and counsel-giver,
servitors, thralls,
servants, laborers,
workmen, slaves3
and serfs.
Battle
38. These are the heiti:
din and tumult,
clangor, spear-slaughter
and spear-wielding,
strife and a clash,
shield-violence and shield-stir,
the rush and the onslaught,
victory, the campaign, a fight.
39. The fray, murder and slaughter,
an attack, direful enmity and terror
clamor, shock, war,
action and a bout;
there are battle
and fate’s decision,
storm and pugnaciousness,
army-movement, a thunderclap.
A Sword
40. I will recount
the heiti for swords:
blade and Hrotti,
hewer, Dragvandil (draw-wand),
Gróa (grower), Gram (wrath), screamer,
resounding and end-scored,
scythe and polisher,
honor, light ray.
[1. Ilmr or Hilmr is a word that means “a sweet smell”
2. nauð, as in the rune nauðiz. The word is also used in ON for bondage and childbirth.
3. Cleasby and Vigfusson vacillate on whether kefsar is cognate with German Kebsmann, "loverboy."]
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Viðauki I.
Nafnaþulur
Jötnar II.
21. Hlói, Ganglati
ok Helreginn,
Hrossþjófr, Durnir,
Hundálfr, Baugi,
Hrauðungr, Fenrir,
Hróarr ok Miði.
Æsir.
22. Enn skal telja
ása heiti:
Þar er Yggr ok Þórr
ok Yngvifreyr,
Víðarr ok Baldr,
Váli ok Heimdallr,
þá er Týr ok Njörðr,
tel ek næst Braga,
Höðr, Forseti,
hér er efztr Loki.
Ásynjur.
23. Nú skal ásynjur
allar nefna:
Frigg ok Freyja,
Fulla ok Snotra,
Gerðr ok Gefjon,
Gná, Lofn, Skaði,
Jörð ok Iðunn,
Ilmr, Bil, Njörun.
24. Hlín ok Nanna,
Hnoss, Rindr ok Sjöfn,
Sól ok Sága,
Sigyn ok Vör.
Þá er Vár, ok Syn
verðr at nefna,
en Þrúðr ok Rán
þeim næst talið.
25. Grét ok at Óði
gulli Freyja.
Heiti eru hennar
Hörn ok Þrungva,
Sýr, Skjalf ok Gefn,
ok it sama Mardöll.
Dætr eru hennar
Hnoss ok Gersimi.
Valkyrjur.
26. Enn eru aðrar
Óðins meyjar:
Hildr ok Göndul,
Hlökk, Mist, Skögul,
þá er Hrund ok Eir,
Hrist, Skuld talið.
Nornir heita,
þær er nauð skapa,
Nift ok Dísi
nú mun ek telja.
Kona.
27. Snót, brúðr, svanni,
svarri, sprakki,
fljóð, sprund, kona,
feima, ekkja,
rýgr, víf ok drós,
ristill, sæta,
man, svarkr ok hæll,
mær ok kerling.
Maðr.
28. Már er at segja
manna heiti:
greppar ok gumnar
gumar ok drengir,
gotnar, rekkar,
garpar, seggir,
sveit, snillingar
ok sælkerar.
29. Bragnar, þegnar
beimar, hölðar,
firar ok flotnar,
fyrðar, hölðar,
föruneyti, drótt,
flokkr, harðmenni,
kníar ok kappar,
kenpur, nautar.
30. Öld ok ærir
ok afarmenni,
liðar ok lofðar,
lýðr ok sagnir,
ljóðr, oflátar,
ljónar ok ferðir,
mildingr, mæringr,
mannbaldr, spekingr.
31. Þá er glæsimaðr
ok gullskati,
auðkýfingar
ok oflátar,
herr ok helmingr
ok höfðingjar,
fólk ok fylki,
fundr, almenning.
32. Nú er þröng ok þyss,
þorp, auðskatar,
drótt ok syrvar,
dúnn, prýðimenn,
sögn ok samnaðr,
seta, stertimenn,
fjörr ok brjónar.
33. Enn eru eftir
aldar heiti,
hirð ok gestir
ok húskarlar,
inndrótt ok hjón,
ef ek allt segi,
rúni ok þófti
ok ráðgjafi.
34. Innhýsingar,
aldaþjóftar,
sessi ok máli,
serlar ok fylgðir,
þá er félagar
ok frændr saman,
vinr, einkili,
verðung, halir.
35. Ái ok áttungr,
afi, sonr, faðir,
bróðir, barmi,
blóði ok lifri,
jóð, burr, nefi
ok arfuni,
þá eru hlýrar
ok höfuðbaðmar.
36. Niðr, hleytamaðr,
niðjungr ok barn,
konr ok kynkvísl,
kundr, ættbogi,
mögr, málunautr,
mágr ok spjalli,
ættbaðmr, ættslóð,
ofsköft ok sveinn.
37. Sessunautar
ok sifjungar,
afspringr er þá
ok ættstuðill,
þá er ráðunautr
ok ráðgjafi,
þjónar, þrælar,
þírr, önnungar,
verkmenn, kefsar
ok vílmegir.
Orrosta.
38. Þau eru heiti:
hjaldr ok rimma,
göll, geirahöð
ok geirþriful,
róg ok róma,
randgríðr ok storð,
svipul ok snerra,
sig, fólk, jara.
39. Sóta, morð ok víg,
sókn, dólg ok ógn
dynr, gnýr, tara,
drima ok ímun;
þá er orrosta
ok örlygi,
hríð ok etja,
herþögn, þrima.
Sverð.
40. Ek mun segja
sverða heiti:
hjörr ok hrotti,
höguðr, dragvandill,
gróa, gramr, gellir,
gjallr ok neðanskarðr,
sigðr ok snyrtir,
sómi, skjómi.
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