Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr,
verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl,
askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi,
svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.
Vægir, veigarr, vallangr ok brandr, verulfr, valnir, vindbjartr ok kvǫl, askr, Angrvaðill, eggjumskarpi, svipuðr ok svipaljótr, salgarðr, hnefi.
Wavy one, threaded one, corpse-long one and blade, man-wolf, chosen one, wind-bright one and torment, ash, Angrvaðill, edge-sharp one, swooper and ugly-swooping one, hall-fence, fist.
[8] ‑garðr: ‑gandr C, ‘[…]rdr’ B, ‑garðr 744ˣ
[8] salgarðr (m.) ‘hall-fence’: An otherwise unattested cpd from salr m. ‘hall’ and garðr m. ‘fence, yard’. The heiti might refer to the custom of hanging weapons on the walls of a hall (cf. salbendingr ‘hall-rounder’, Þul Skjaldar 1/2; Sigv Austv 16/1-4I; Falk 1914b, 58 and SnE 1998, II, 381). The C variant, salgandr lit. ‘hall-fiend’, ‘‑wolf’ is not attested elsewhere and could have resulted from such a kenning for ‘fire’ as gandr hallar ‘wolf of the hall [FIRE]’ (Sturl Hryn 10/4II).