Þyn, Rín ok Nið, Þǫll, rimr, ysja
Dún, ógn, Dýna, dyn, hǫllfara,
órun ok bró, auðskjalg, Lodda,
mun, merkriða, mein ok Saxelfr.
Þyn, Rín ok Nið, Þǫll, rimr, ysja, Dún, ógn, Dýna, dyn, hǫllfara, órun ok bró, auðskjalg, Lodda, mun, merkriða, mein ok Saxelfr.
Þyn, Rhine and Nidelven, Þǫll, rimr, hastener, Danube, terror, Dvina, noise, sloping-goer, furious one and bró, auðskjálg, Lodda, one moving forward, boundary-crosser, harm and Elbe.
[7] merkriða: merkr riða C
[7] merkriða (f.) ‘boundary-crosser’: This cpd is not attested elsewhere. The first element is probably derived from mark ‘landmark, forest, boundary’ and the second from the strong verb ríða ‘ride, swing, stagger, roll’ (Finnur Jónsson 1933-4, 266-7).