Þul Á 6III/3 — Leiptr ‘Leiptr’
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð,
Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, Kerlaugar tvær,
Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul,
Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn ok nauð, Nǫt, Slíðr ok Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr ok Ǫrmt, tvær Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr ok yn ok Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð ok flóð; Jorðán es á lesti.
Nyt, Hrǫnn and need, Nǫt, Slíðr and Hríð, Kǫrmt, Leiptr and Ǫrmt, two Kerlaugar, Gǫmul, Sylgr and yn and Geirvimul, Ylgr, Vǫð and flood; Jordan is the last.
readings
[3] Leiptr: so all others, ‘leifstr’ R
notes
[3] Leiptr (f.): Lit. ‘lightning’. The name might refer either to the movement or to the glow of the river (S-G I, 199). This is one of the mythical rivers that flow from the spring Hvergelmir (Grí 28/10; Gylf, SnE 2005, 9). Cf. also HHund II 31/6 where Leiptr is a river where oaths are sworn.