[5] ráðr (m.): The word is a hap. leg. and its meaning is uncertain (possibly ‘counsellor, adviser’ from the strong verb ráða ‘advise’). Ráðr occurs in this sense as a second element in Germanic personal names (e.g. Gangráðr, Þul Óðins 3/2). It is also possible that ráðr could mean ‘owner, ruler’ (cf. stýrir ‘ruler’ in st. 3/6 above). De Vries (AEW: ráðr 1) suggests that the word could mean ‘clasping (or embracing) one’ (from Gmc *wrēþan from a root *wer- in the sense ‘surround, embrace’; cf. vinduðr ‘coiling one’ in l. 4).