Þjóð Yt 23I/3 — Býleists ‘of Býleistr’
En Eysteinn
fyr ási fór
til Býleists
bróður meyjar.
Ok nú liggr
und lagar beinum
rekks lǫðuðr
á raðar braddi,
þars élkaldr
hjá jǫfur gauzkum
Vǫðlu straumr
at vági kømr.
En Eysteinn fór fyr ási til meyjar bróður Býleists. Ok nú liggr lǫðuðr rekks und beinum lagar á braddi raðar, þars élkaldr straumr Vǫðlu kømr at vági hjá gauzkum jǫfur.
And Eysteinn went because of the sail-yard to the maiden of the brother of Býleistr <mythological being> [= Loki > = Hel]. And now the inviter of the warrior [RULER] lies under the bones of the sea [STONES] at the edge of the ridge where the blizzard-cold stream of the Vaðla empties into the bay near the Gautish prince.
readings
[3] Býleists: so F, ‘byleistiz’ Kˣ, papp18ˣ, 521ˣ, 761aˣ, ‘blylestz’ J1ˣ, R685ˣ, ‘bylestz’ J2ˣ
notes
[3] Býleists ‘of Býleistr <mythological being>’: Because the reading ‘byleistiz’ of the Kringla transcripts is metrically unacceptable, the reading of F, which corresponds to most other attested forms of the name, is chosen. Býleistr is recorded only within periphrases referring to Loki as his brother, as in Vsp 51/8, Hyndl 40/8 and Grett Ævkv I 2/5V, and in Gylf (SnE 2005, 26) and Skm (SnE 1998, I, 19). Neither the form of the name nor its origin has been clarified fully, since the ms. spellings in the Poetic Edda and SnE point to either Býleistr or Býleiptr; see Wadstein (1895a, 77-8) and Hkr 1893-1901, IV for discussion of which of the two forms is the original. Etymological derivations of the word are assembled in S-G I, 66.
kennings
- bróður Býleists. — of the brother of Býleistr <mythological being>. [= Loki]
- meyjar bróður Býleists. — the maiden of the brother of Býleistr <mythological being>. [= Hel]