Hvati, hǫfuðhvessingr, hausamølvir,
hræva-Gautr, herbrái ok hold-Mímir,
bensœgr, brigðir, Brimir, huglognir,
skyggðir, skreyfir, skarðr, grindlogi.
Hvati, hǫfuðhvessingr, hausamølvir, hræva-Gautr, herbrái ok hold-Mímir, bensœgr, brigðir, Brimir, huglognir, skyggðir, skreyfir, skarðr, grindlogi.
Quick one, head-sharpener, crusher of skulls, Gautr of corpses, war-shining one and flesh-Mímir, wound-strip, fickle one, Brimir, clinch-failer, polished one, heaper, notched one, gate-flame.
[7] skreyfir: ‘skreivir’ R, ‘screuuir’ Tˣ, ‘skryvir’ A, ‘skrýd‑’ B
[7] skreyfir (m.) ‘heaper’: A hap. leg. The spelling varies in the mss: ‘skreivir’ R, ‘screuuir’ Tˣ, ‘skræuir’ C, ‘skryfir’ A, ‘skríd-’ B (the LaufE mss have ‘skrÿver’ (papp10ˣ), ‘skryuer’ (2368ˣ) and ‘skryver’ (743ˣ)). Cf. ModIcel. skreyfa, New Norw. skrøyva ‘to heap high’. The term may denote a sword that piles up a heap of corpses (Falk 1914b, 59).