Emjar, þremjar ok Ǫlrøðarnautr,
merki, véttrim ok missifengr,
ónn ok skafningr, undirdregningr,
vargr ok Kaldhamarsnautr, valbǫst ok herðr.
Emjar, þremjar ok Ǫlrøðarnautr, merki, véttrim ok missifengr, ónn ok skafningr, undirdregningr, vargr ok Kaldhamarsnautr, valbǫst ok herðr.
Howls, cutters and Ǫlrøðr’s gift, mark, battle-rim and mis-hitting one, ónn and polished one, under-drawn one, wolf and Kaldhamarr’s gift, sword-hilt panel and shoulder.
[7] vargr (m.) ‘wolf’: This is probably a sword-heiti derived from sword-kennings with vargr as a base-word (cf. HSt Frag 6/4 benvargr ‘wound-wolf [SWORD]’). Cf. such similar heiti in this þula as verulfr ‘man-wolf’ (st. 4/3) and vitnir ‘wolf’ (st. 6/7). None of these words occurs as poetic terms for ‘sword’ (see also Falk 1914b, 62).