Hljóðolfr, Kíli, Hildingr ok Litr,
Ráðspakr, Lofarr, Reginn ok Ljómi,
Ráðsviðr, Lóinn, Rekkr ok Eitri,
Jaki, Eggmóinn, Eikinskjaldi.
Hljóðolfr, Kíli, Hildingr ok Litr, Ráðspakr, Lofarr, Reginn ok Ljómi, Ráðsviðr, Lóinn, Rekkr ok Eitri, Jaki, Eggmóinn, Eikinskjaldi.
Hljóðólfr, Kíli, Hildingr and Litr, Ráðspakr, Lofarr, Reginn and Ljómi, Ráðsviðr, Lóinn, Rekkr and Eitri, Jaki, Eggmóinn, Eikinskjaldi.
[8] Eikinskjaldi: ‘[…]ínskíallde’ B, ‘eikín skíallde’ 744ˣ
[8] Eikinskjaldi: Perhaps the name means ‘one with an oaken shield’ (cf. eik f. ‘oak’ and skjǫldr m. ‘shield’; so Gould 1929, 945), although Bugge (1867, 93 n.) interprets eikinn as ‘violent, raging’ (adj.), hence ‘raging one with a shield’. This name is mentioned twice in Vsp 13/8, 16/2, but only the latter instance is given in Gylf (SnE 2005, 17). The dwarf-name also occurs in the rímur (Finnur Jónsson 1926-8: Eikinskjaldi). See also Note to the river-name Ekin in Þul Á 1/8 and Refr Frag 4/4.