Randvér, Rǫkkvi, Reifnir, Leifnir,
Næfill, Ræfill, Nóri, Lyngvi,
Byrvill, Kílmundr, Beimi, Jórekr,
Ásmundr, Þvinnill, Yngvi, Teiti.
Randvér, Rǫkkvi, Reifnir, Leifnir, Næfill, Ræfill, Nóri, Lyngvi, Byrvill, Kílmundr, Beimi, Jórekr, Ásmundr, Þvinnill, Yngvi, Teiti.
Randvér, Rǫkkvi, Reifnir, Leifnir, Næfill, Ræfill, Nóri, Lyngvi, Byrvill, Kílmundr, Beimi, Jórekr, Ásmundr, Þvinnill, Yngvi, Teiti.
[5] Byrvill: ‘[…]’ B, ‘bjrvill’ 744ˣ, ‘biruill’ C
[4] Byrvill: The name is attested twice in Saxo, once as the sea-king Biruillus and once as Birwil Pallidus ‘the Pale’ (Saxo 2005, I, 7, 11, 12, pp. 506-7, I, 8, 3, 6, pp. 514-15), a champion who fought at the epic battle of Brávellir. Byrvill may mean ‘coarse, rude one’; cf. New Norw. burul, burvul, byrvel ‘an impudent, rough fellow’ (Björn Sigfússon 1934, 128). In the skaldic corpus, Byrvill occurs once as a determinant in a kenning for ‘ship’ (Anon Pl 35/1VII).