Anon Bjark 5III/7 — Órunar ‘of Órun’
Ýtti ǫrr hilmir — aldir við tóku —
Sifjar svarðfestum, svelli dalnauðar,
tregum Otrs gjǫldum, tôrum Mardallar,
eldi Órunar, Iðja glysmôlum.
Ǫrr hilmir ýtti – aldir tóku við – svarðfestum Sifjar, svelli dalnauðar, tregum gjǫldum Otrs, tôrum Mardallar, eldi Órunar, glysmôlum Iðja.
The generous prince distributed – the men received [it] – Sif’s <goddess’s> scalp-cords [HAIR > GOLD], ice of the bow-compulsion [ARM > SILVER], the reluctant payment for Otr [GOLD], the tears of Mardǫll <= Freyja> [GOLD], the fire of Órun <river> [GOLD], the shining speeches of Iði <giant> [GOLD].
readings
[7] Órunar: ‘odrunar’ Tˣ, ‘oranar’ W, ‘oronar’ U, ‘ǫlrvnar’ A, ‘o᷎runnar’ B, ‘arunar’ C, ‘Oränar’ papp10ˣ, ‘uranar’ 2368ˣ, ‘Uranar’ 743ˣ
notes
[7] eldi Órunar ‘the fire of Órun <river> [GOLD]’: Gold-kennings were commonly formed from base words meaning ‘fire’ and determinants referring to any body of water, including rivers (cf. Meissner 225, 229-37; SnE 1998, I, 41). The river-name Órun is recorded only here and in Þul Á 2/5, where it occurs as a substantivised adj. having the meaning ‘furious one’; see Note to that line.
kennings
- eldi Órunar, — the fire of Órun <river>, [GOLD]