Haukr, hamðir, harmr, Hábrók, tregi,
heiðir, heimþér, hrímnir, kǫglingr,
ginnarr, gamðir ok geirlǫðnir,
gǫllungr, ginnungr ok gaglhati.
Haukr, hamðir, harmr, Hábrók, tregi, heiðir, heimþér, hrímnir, kǫglingr, ginnarr, gamðir ok geirlǫðnir, gǫllungr, ginnungr ok gaglhati.
Hawk, hamðir, sorrow, Hábrók, grief, heath-dweller, heimþér, noise-maker, tracking one, deceiver, amusing one and spear-inviter, screamer, impostor and goose-hater.
[5] gamðir (m.) ‘amusing one’: The word is a poetic term most likely referring to falconry and attested only once (KormǪ Lv 23/3V (Korm 25)). It is possibly related to gaman m. ‘amusement’ (cf. New Norw. gama seg, gamast ‘amuse oneself’; Falk 1925a, 246). If so, gamðir may have been derived from *gam(an)-þér (Holthausen 1948, 79; cf. Björn Magnússon Ólsen 1888, 42; ÍO: gamðir).