A Sword
41. Rogue, cutter, metal,
Skrýmir, Laufi (leaf),
ale-glory, halbard
and wormstick,
leg-biter and bull
and Leifnir’s ruin,
war-bared, Hneitir (slicer)
and sea-raked.
42. Lotti (reducer), gushmaker,
stabber, seax,
hand weapon, hand grip
and Mistletoe,
steel, throe-giver and striker
and middle-decorated,4
Fetbreid (broad-track), gate-fire
and life-quencher.
43. Wavy, threaded,
corpse-pain and brand,
man, wolf,5 slaughterer,
wind-bright and torture,
ash, sorrow-wader,
sharp of edges,
swooper and hideous darter,
hall-fence, grip.
44. Inciter, head-sharp,
skull-breaker,
carrion-Gaut, army-shining
and flesh-Mímir,
wound-opener, reverser,
surf-raiser, burnished,
gleam, lacerator,
reducer, gate-fire.
45. Mimungr and death
and Speech-Witness,
treasure, corpse-enclosed,
crane, twist-stick,
trooper, millstone-biter,
beam of light, hardness,
witness, ripper,
barrier-breaker.
46. Mocker, pale-maker,
dismisser, notcher,
luckbringer, Skilfingr (trembler),
polished, tearer,
rupturer, whitey,
Bæsingr (bastard), Tyrfingr (tarry),
gobbler and hewer,
and nightbringer will be found here.
47. Fire and hand-resounding,
long-sharp and flame,
eagle and terrorizer
and Naglfari (riveted),
reclaimer, Mörnir (jabber),
breeze6 and diminisher,
blaze and long-neck,
stormy, defiler.
48. Feller, pale,
Fáfnir (embracer), piercer,
battler, reeking,
offspring, bender,
winner, polisher,
swallower, cutter and dead man,
Goin (merry), guest-Moin (moor-guest),
mocker, thunderer, Níðhöggr (mean-striker).
49. Point, blood-band
and wound-knuckles,
blood interlace, bloodcasting
and bloody eddy,
blood opening, feinter
and blood-grip,
restless caster and brand,
edge-strips, battle.
50. Howler, blade
and Ölröð’s gift,
mark, battle-edge
and missed aim,
fringe and shaver,
under-dragger,
outlaw, Kaldhamar’s gift,
hilt and hard shoulder.
51. Sword and clamorer
and trusty nail,
clinch, victory-knob,
boss and tang,
grip, hew-father
and middle-pierce.
An Axe
52. Axe, earth-horn
and iron-blade,
opener and sideways shover,
cutter and hatchet,
power-span, Gnepja (jutter),
ogress and Fála (frightener),
spiked and bulging,
barbed axe and Vígglöð (battle-bright),
chopper and extended,
there is the wretch’s horn,
this is the called the last word7
of the names of axes.
A Spear
53. Dart, spear and stinger,
leaning-post, lance and javelin,
swifty, pike and tirer,
halberd, carrion-blade,
throwing spear, shaft, borer,
missile, Irish halberd,
gavelock, fluke,
Gungnir, Poitier shaft.
An Arrow
54. Arrow is also shaft,
point, white-shot,
Fenja and sleet-fall,
vane, whistling shot,
fletching, bale, bolt,
spike and Hremsa (clutch),
utility vane and piercer,
equipment and shafted weapon.
55. Flying fire, swift-flyer,
grass-stalk and lancet,
mention will be made of finder
and Gusi's smithing,
Jólf’s smithings there are,
but the last word is whizzer.
A Bow
56. Elm, arc, bow,
yew and double-wood,
switch, glaring and noisy,
honorable, scooped-clanger.
And I speak the names also
of all weapons collectively:
iron, shaft and striker,
steel and spear.
A Shield
57. Shield, the beset man’s hall,
protector, hall-binder,
bender, lee-edge8
and buckler,
hand-staff, targe,
wind-horse and shelter,
wide-pale, etched thing,
battle-blithe and linden.
58. Resounding, dew-scraper
and gem-shelterer,
battle-light, stony
and battle-shelter,
cooled and board,
defiled, border,
little stern, beaky,
sheer, double boarded,
battler and roarer,
everlasting, shining,
ring, fair-dark,
carried, middle-protector.
A Helmet
59. I shall tell the terms
for Hropt’s hood:
helmet, gold-pale,
cover, slaughter-rimy,
stone-rimy, hollowed
and shelterer,
life-protector, fine-looker
and eager-brown
Hildigöltr (battle-boar), casque,
battle-crest and warmer,
cowl, frightener,
shining, dome.
A Mailshirt
60. Byrnie, arriver, helmet-ringer,
sark and close,
cold one, Finnsleif (Finn's legacy),
fare-to-battle, hold-fast, hindrance9
and blood-toy.
[4. reading ok for om
5. Possibly verr, úlfr should be amended to verrúlfr, "man-wolf."
6. blær also appears as one of the terms for a ram.
7. Efzt can mean either "highest" or "last" - like ultimate. The same in the last line of verse 55. But presumably in verse 22, applied to Loki, it just
means "last."
8. hlébarðr; also the word for leopard; see also verses 95, 98.
9. Sýn is also a goddess' name.]
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Viðauki I.
Nafnaþulur
Sverð.
41. Skálkr, skerkir, stúfr,
skrýmir, laufi,
öltírr, langbarðr
ok ormþvari,
leggbiti ok kýrr
ok Leifnis grand,
herberi, hneitir
ok hafrakan.
42. Lotti, hrönduðr,
lögðir, mækir,
mönduðr, mundriði
ok mistilteinn,
málmr, þrór ok marr
om miðfáinn,
fetbreiðr, grindlogi
ok fjörsoðnir.
43. Vægir, veigarr,
vallangr ok brandr,
verr, úlfr, valnir,
vindbjartr ok kvöl,
askr, angrvaðill,
eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr,
salgarðr, hnefi.
44. Hvati, höfuðhvessingr,
hausamölvir,
hrævagautr, herbrái
ok holdmímir,
bensogr, brigðir,
brimir, huglognir,
skyggðir, skreyfir,
skarðr, grindlogi.
45. Mimungr ok fellir
ok málvitnir,
taurarr, hrævarðr,
trani, vindþvari,
liðnir, kvernbiti,
ljómi, herðir,
vitnir, ýfrir,
veggjalestir.
46. Skelkvingr, fylvingr,
flæmingr, skerðingr,
skotningr, skilfingr,
sköfnungr, rifjungr,
brotningr, hvítingr,
bæsingr, tyrfingr,
hækingr ok hingr,
hittask mun nættingr.
47. Logi ok mundgjallr,
langhvass ok eldr,
örn ok eygir
ok naglfari,
brigðir, mörnir,
blær ok skerðir,
hyrr ok helsingr,
hríðir, atti.
48. Fellir, fölvir,
fáfnir, raufnir,
imnir, eimnir,
afspringr, þinurr,
sigðir, snyrtir,
svelgr, skarr ok nár,
góinn, gestmóinn,
gárr, þrimarr, níðhöggr.
49. Oddr, blóðvarta
ok benknúar,
blóðrefill, blóðvarp
ok blóðiða,
blóðvaka, ljúgfengr
ok blóðhnefi,
iðvarp ok brandr,
eggteinar, fólk.
50. Emjar, þremjar
ok Ölröðarnautr,
merki, véttrim
ok missifengr,
ánn ok skafningr,
undirdregningr,
vargr, Kaldhamarsnautr,
valböst ok herðr.
51. Sverð ok gelmingr
ok samnagli,
hugró, sigrhnoð,
hjalt ok tangi,
mundríðr, höggfáðr
ok meðalkafli.
Öx.
52. Öx, jarðhyrna
ok járnsparða,
skjáfa ok skekkja,
skráma ok genja,
reginspönn, gnepja,
gýgr ok fála,
snaga ok búlda,
barða ok vígglöð,
þveita ok þenja,
þá er arghyrna,
hon er efzt talið
öxar heita.
Spjót.
53. Darr, spjót ok nöt,
döf, lenz ok vigr,
snata, fleinn ok sváf,
sviða, hræmæki,
geirr, spjör, nata,
gefja, kesja,
gaflak, frakka,
gungnir, peita.
Ör.
54. Ör er ok akka,
oddr, hvítmýlingr,
fenja ok drífa,
flaug, dynfara,
bösl, böl, bílda,
broddr ok hremsa,
gögnflaug ok þrös,
gögn ok skaftsnör.
55. Flugglöð, flugsvinn,
fífa ok skeyti,
geta skal Fenna
ok Gusissmíðis,
Jólfs smíði er,
en efzt þura.
Bogi.
56. Álmr, dalr, bogi,
ýr ok tvíviðr,
sveigr, glær ok þrymr,
sómr, skálgelmir.
Enn kvað ek heita
öll vápn saman:
járn, ör ok slög,
ísarn ok spjör.
Skjöldr.
57. Skjöldr, þrunginsalr,
skaunn, salbendingr,
bugnir, hlébarðr
ok buklari,
vétlimi, targa,
veðrglaðr ok hlíf,
víðbleiknir, rít,
vígglaðr ok lind.
58. Gjallr, döggskafi
ok gimskýlir,
böðljós, grýta
ok böðskýlir,
svalinn ok randi,
saurnir, borði,
skuttingr, barði,
skírr, tvíbyrðingr,
örlygr ok svarmr,
eilífnir, heiðr,
baugr, fagrbláinn,
bera, miðfjörnir.
Hjálmr.
59. Hrofts hattar skal ek
heiti segja:
hjálmr, gullfáinn,
hrönn, valhrímnir,
hallhrímnir, skólkr
ok hlífandi,
fjörnir, þokki
ok fíkmóinn
hildigöltr, kellir,
herkumbl ok velgr,
gríma, ægir,
glævir, stefnir.
Brynja.
60. Brynja, kund, hjálmgöll,
hrauð ok náin,
köld, Finnsleif,
böðfara, þýð, sýn
ok blóðleika.
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