Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi,
Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli,
Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi.
Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr ok Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. Sékkat ek fleiri sækonunga.
Virfill, Vinnill, Vandill, Sǫlsi, Gautrekr and Húnn, Gjúki, Buðli, Hómarr, Hnefi, Hǫrvi, Sǫrvi. I see no more sea-kings.
[5] Hómarr: ‘hæmarr’ C, ‘h[…]’ B, ‘he . . . .’ 744ˣ
[5] Hómarr: A hap. leg., perhaps related to ModIcel. hvoma ‘to swallow’, hence ‘glutton’ (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 132; AEW: Hómarr). Finnur Jónsson (1934-5, 295-6) suggests that it is possibly a cpd formed from the elements hó-, há- (from the adj. hár ‘high’) and ‑marr (from *māriʀ > mærr ‘famous’; cf. Bjartmarr etc.).