Skjǫldr, þrunginsalr, skaunn, salbendingr,
bugnir, hlébarðr ok buklari,
véttlimi, targa, veðrglaðr ok hlíf,
víðbleiknir, rít, vígglaðr ok lind.
Skjǫldr, þrunginsalr, skaunn, salbendingr, bugnir, hlébarðr ok buklari, véttlimi, targa, veðrglaðr ok hlíf, víðbleiknir, rít, vígglaðr ok lind.
Shield, crowded hall, skaunn, hall-rounder, bender, lee-edge and buckler, battle-broom, targe, wind-bright one and protection, wide-pale one, engraved one, battle-bright one and linden.
[5] véttlimi: ‘v[…]tliði’ C, ‘[…]ttlime’ B, ‘ríettlime’ 744ˣ
[5] véttlimi (m.) ‘battle-broom’: This cpd, which is not attested elsewhere, is formed from vétt- ‘battle’ (cf. véttrim ‘battle-rim’, Þul Sverða 11/3) and ‑limi ‘broom’ or ‘rod of twigs’ (or ‑lími ‘broom’; see Falk 1914b, 138). Falk (1914b, 137-8, followed by SnE 1998, II, 426) takes this heiti to mean ‘battle-bundle’, and suggests that véttlimi may refer to a wicker shield made of rods.