Þul Á 4III/2 — hnipul ‘seizer’
Rǫgn, Hrǫnn ok raun, Raumelfr, hnipul,
hnǫpul, hjalmunlá, Humra, Vína,
Víl, Vín, vella, valin, semð, salin,
Nepr, Drǫfn, strauma, Nis, mynt, gnapa.
Rǫgn, Hrǫnn ok raun, Raumelfr, hnipul, hnǫpul, hjalmunlá, Humra, Vína, Víl, Vín, vella, valin, semð, salin, Nepr, Drǫfn, strauma, Nis, mynt, gnapa.
Rǫgn, Hrǫnn and ordeal, Glomma, seizer, grasper, rudder-wave, Humber, Dvina, Víl, Vín, boiling one, chosen one, calm, salin, Dnieper, Drammenselva, torrent, Nissan, mouthed one, leaning one.
readings
[2] hnipul: ‘hnipod’ Tˣ, ‘hníful’ B
notes
[2] hnipul (f.) ‘seizer’: The origin of this name is unclear. The heiti may be related to New Norw. nipla, ModSwed. dialects nippla, ModGer. dialects nipfeln ‘touch, feel, tear, catch’ (ÍO: Hnipul)). Finnur Jónsson (1933-4, 266) interprets the name as ‘slowly streaming one’ (from hnip- in hnipinn, p. p. of the strong verb hnípa ‘be downcast’), but that etymology is rejected in ÍO: Hnipul. Cf. also the next heiti. — [2-3] hnipul, hnǫpul ‘seizer, grasper’: Neither name is attested elsewhere, but Grí 27/6-7 has the pair gipul and gǫpul. The suffixes ‑ull, ‑all (f. nom. sg. -ul, -al) are quite common in adjectiva agentis (see ANG §173.1 and Anm. 1). See also Geirvimul in st. 6/6.