Vindalfr ok Vitr, Vífir, Óri,
Varr, Gullmævill, Viðr ok Ǫlni,
Ginnarr ok Þrór, Gandalfr, Þorinn,
Þekkr, Þrár, Þulinn, Þrasir ok Fullangr.
Vindalfr ok Vitr, Vífir, Óri, Varr, Gullmævill, Viðr ok Ǫlni, Ginnarr ok Þrór, Gandalfr, Þorinn, Þekkr, Þrár, Þulinn, Þrasir ok Fullangr.
Vindálfr and Vitr, Vífir, Óri, Varr, Gullmævill, Viðr and Ǫlni, Ginnarr and Þrór, Gandálfr, Þorinn, Þekkr, Þrár, Þulinn, Þrasir and Fullangr.
[2] Vífir Óri: ‘[…]re’ B, ‘vi … are’ 744ˣ
[2] Vífir: A hap. leg. The etymology of this name is obscure. According to Gould (1929, 955), it means fututor (‘fucker’; cf. víf n. ‘woman’ and the adj. vífinn ‘uxorious’). It is more likely, however, that the name was derived from a weak verb *vífa ‘cover, wrap’, which in Old Norse is attested only in the adj. svellvífaðr ‘covered with ice’ in FriðÞ Lv 3/8VIII (Frið 3). See also the weak verb veifa ‘wave’ (AEW: vífa). The LaufE mss give the variant forms ‘Vivor’ (papp10ˣ(39v), 743ˣ(69r) and ‘Wiuór’ 2368ˣ(87), i.e. Vífurr or Víforr). Ms. B was already damaged at the time when it was copied in 744ˣ and the reading cannot be restored.