Þul Sverða 1III/5 — gellir ‘yeller’
Ek mun segja sverða heiti:
hjǫrr ok Hrotti, hǫguðr, Dragvandill,
gróa, Gramr, gellir, gjallr ok neðanskarðr,
sigðr ok Snyrtir, sómi, skjómi.
Ek mun segja heiti sverða: hjǫrr ok Hrotti, hǫguðr, Dragvandill, gróa, Gramr, gellir, gjallr ok neðanskarðr, sigðr ok Snyrtir, sómi, skjómi.
I shall say the names of swords: sword and Hrotti, useful one, Dragvandill, growing one, Gramr, yeller, clamouring one and end-notched one, sickle and Snyrtir, honour, glimmer.
readings
[5] gellir: om. C, gillir A, B
notes
[5] gellir (m.) ‘yeller’: The A, B variant gillir (so also the LaufE mss) has the same meaning. Gellir is an agent noun derived from the weak verb gella ‘cause sth. to ring, resound’ (causative formation from the strong verb gjalla ‘ring, resound’; cf. the next word). The word is also listed among the heiti for ‘ox’ (Þul Øxna 3/5). Gellir is attested in prose as a pers. n. and as a nickname (see Note to Arn Magndr 4/4II), but the word does not occur elsewhere as a heiti for ‘sword’.